A Snicker of Magic on February 24, 2014 Pages: 311 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Introducing an extraordinary new voice — a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing. Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where… Read more »
Tag: fantasy
Dark Witch, by Nora Roberts
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts Series: Cousins O’Dwyer #1 Published by Berkley on 2013-10-29 Genres: Romantic suspense, Paranormal Romance Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shadow Spell, Blood Magick Also by this author: Shadow Spell, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach, Jewels… Read more »
Codex Born, by Jim C. Hines
Codex Born by Jim C. Hines Series: Magic Ex Libris #2 Published by Penguin on August 6th 2013 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover Source: a friend (borrowed) Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Libriomancer Also by this author: Libriomancer Isaac Vainio’s life was almost perfect. He should have… Read more »
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop
Description: Welcome to the most magical house in London. The family of eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily have inherited it, together with the mysterious shop downstairs. Long ago, the shop’s famous chocolate-makers, who also happen to be Oz and Lily’s great uncles, were clever sorcerers. Now evil villians are hunting… Read more »
Curtsies & Conspiracies, by Gail Carriger
Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger Series: Finishing School #2 Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on November 5th 2013 Genres: Steampunk, YA (Young Adult) Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Etiquette & Espionage, Waistcoats & Weaponry Also by this… Read more »
The Time Tutor (Giveaway and review)
Description: When Alva receives an invitation from a man offering his services as a Time Tutor, she doesn’t know what to think: Is he a time traveler or a charlatan? And does it really matter, when he is so devilishly attractive? The Time Tutor is a fast-paced romantic prequel… Read more »
The Shadow Throne, by Jennifer A. Nielsen (early review)
Description: One war.Too many deadly battles.Can a king save his kingdom, when his own survival seems unlikely? War has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land. And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia has kidnapped Imogen in a plot to bring… Read more »
Shadows, by Robin McKinley
Shadows by Robin McKinley Published by Penguin on September 26, 2013 Genres: Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy Pages: 356 Format: Hardcover Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Maggie knows something’s off about Val, her mom’s new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use… Read more »
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, by Karen Foxlee
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on Jan. 28, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books Pages: 233 Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl… Read more »
Mistress of the Wind, by Michelle Diener (review)
Mistress of the Wind by Michelle Diener Published by self-published on Dec. 19, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, YA (Young Adult) Format: eARC Source: the author Add to Goodreads Bjorn needs to find a very special woman . . . The fate of his people, and his own life, depends… Read more »