4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Call Down the Hawk, by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #1) I adore Maggie Steifvater's writing. In her gorgeous prose, the language is art, flowing in surprising surges like over a waterfall. Call Down the Hawk is no different. In fact, there are times where she's over-describing, where another analogy … Continue reading Review: Call Down the Hawk
3 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Midnight Beauties, by Megan Shepherd (Grim Lovelies #2) At the end of the first book in this series, owl-turned-girl Anouk finds herself bound into a magical betrothal and fleeing Paris in hopes of becoming a witch. Read it, if you want that the make sense. Anouk barely makes her … Continue reading Review: Midnight Beauties
2.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Grim Lovelies, Megan Shepherd (Grim Lovelies #1) Anouk lives in a magical world adjacent to ours, and spends her days as a maid in the Parisian townhouse of the witch who created her. That witch, Mada Vittora, made other servants too, all from animals. But this kind of magic … Continue reading Review: Grim Lovelies
3.5 out of 5 stars Libba Bray's historical settings are deliciously atmospheric, and the magic in her stories sparkles with dark possibility. Goodreads.com: A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle #1) Apparently I read this back in 2008, and gave it the same rating. I have zero recollection of that. Gemma Doyle … Continue reading Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty
3.5 out of 5 stars Decent and solid, but this series deserved a little better in the end. Goodreads.com: The Queen of Nothing, by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #3) I prefer to read any series back-to-back, yet always fall for pretty cover art on the shelf and end up waiting a year … Continue reading Review: The Queen of Nothing
2.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Shiver, by Maggie Stievater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) I really don't care about werewolves. So despite a deep appreciation for Maggie Stievater's other work, I had never picked up the Shiver series. Then circumstance kicked in: it was $0.50 at Goodwill, with a strong chance I'd have … Continue reading Review: Shiver
2.5 out of 5 stars Tella thinks about herself for 478 pages. The End. Goodreads.com: Finale, by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #3) Mehhhhhhhhh. I didn't love Caraval (3.5 stars) or Legendary (2.5 stars). This whole series talks about and drips with and swims in magic, without actually feeling very magical. My overall take on the first … Continue reading Review: Finale
3.5 out of 5 stars I've gone back and forth in this series, giving increasingly better ratings as the story progressed:Three Dark Crowns got 3 stars, One Dark Throne got 3.5, and Two Dark Reigns got 4 stars. I had high hopes for the final installment - book four, though it has the number five … Continue reading Review: Five Dark Fates
3 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: The Wicked King, by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #2) Jude Duarte is human, but lives in Faerie with her sister Taryn, and the man who killed their parents. To understand why, you'd need to read The Cruel Prince. It took me half of that book to … Continue reading Review: The Wicked King
2.5 out of 5 stars Maybe I should have started reading where the author started writing. Goodreads.com: The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher #0.5) Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher. Stolen as a child by a cult who practices dangerous magical rituals on their prey, Witchers are those who survive to become meta-humans … Continue reading Review: The Last Wish
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