The River of No Return Series: River of No Return #1 on April 23, 2013 Add to Goodreads In Bee Ridgway’s wonderfully imaginative debut novel, a man and a woman travel through time in a quest to bring down a secret society that controls the past and, thus, the future…. Read more »
Genre: Fantasy
The Sweetest Dark, by Shana Abe (review)
The Sweetest Dark Series: Sweetest Dark #1 on April 2, 2013 Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Deepest Night For fans of Lauren Kate and Libba Bray, The Sweetest Dark is filled with thrilling romance, exciting adventure, and ancient magic. Shana Abé brilliantly captures the drama… Read more »
His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik
His Majesty’s Dragon Series: Temeraire #1 on March 28, 2006 (paperback) Pages: 353 Add to Goodreads Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs… April 11, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★
Etiquette and Espionage, by Gail Carriger (review)
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger Series: Finishing School #1 Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on February 5th 2013 Genres: Steampunk, YA (Young Adult) Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Curtsies & Conspiracies, Waistcoats & Weaponry Also by this… Read more »
The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge (review)
The Little White Horse Add to Goodreads When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she’s entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is… Read more »
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle #1), by Patrick Rothfuss (review)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Series: Kingkiller Chronicle Published by DAW Books on March 27, 2007 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 662 Format: Audiobook Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Told in Kvothe’s own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the… Read more »
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone, by Shannon Hale (review)
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale Series: Princess Academy #2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on August 21st 2012 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books, YA (Young Adult) Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Also by this author: Princess… Read more »
Libriomancer, by Jim C. Hines (review)
Libriomancer Series: Magic Ex Libris #1 on August 7th 2012 Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Codex Born Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach… Read more »
Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman (review)
Seraphina Series: Seraphina #1 on July 2012 Pages: 499 Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop Add to Goodreads Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational,… Read more »
Home from the Sea, by Mercedes Lackey
Home from the Sea Series: Elemental Masters #8 on June 5, 2012 Pages: 311 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable In Edwardian Britain, magic is real…. August 3, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½