The third and final book in The Kindrily series, FIGHTING FOR INFINITY, by Karen Amanda Hooper, has a magical new cover. To celebrate, she’s giving away a signed paperback and an ebook bundle! Cover created by NYC’s premiere digital agency, Steve Graham of www.avurt.com. Want to know more about this… Read more »
Tag: YA fantasy

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 »

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 | Kobo | Audible 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 »

REVIEW: Bastion (Collegium Chronicles) by Mercedes Lackey
Bastion by Mercedes Lackey Series: Collegium Chronicles #5 Published by DAW Books on 10/31/2013 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 342 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental… Read more »

Excerpt and Giveway: The Wanderers, by Cheryl Mahoney
Fellow blogger Cheryl Mahoney from Tales of the Marvelous has just self-published her first novel — Congratulations, Cheryl! The Wanderers is a Young Adult Fantasy novel loosely based on fairy tales. The story focuses on Jasper, a wandering adventurer; Tom, a talking cat; and Julie, a witch’s daughter. Here’s an… Read more »

The Deepest Night (Sweetest Dark #2), by Shana Abe (review)
The Deepest Night Series: Sweetest Dark #2 on August 13, 2013 Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Sweetest Dark It’s 1915, and sixteen-year-old Lora Jones is finishing up her first year as a charity student at Iverson, a prestigious, gothic boarding school on England’s southern coast…. Read more »

Advance Review: The Rose Throne, by Mette Ivie Harrison
I really wanted to like The Rose Throne. I enjoyed Harrison’s The Princess and the Hound, which I found refreshingly original. But The Rose Throne disappointed me from the first page. While Harrison’s ideas are good, her somewhat lackluster execution made much of the book a chore to slog through,… Read more »

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 »

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 »

Splintered, by A. G. Howard
Category: YA fantasy Series: Splintered #1 Publisher: Amulet Books (Jan. 1, 2013) Book Source: Public Library This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that… Read more »






































