Set in a dystopian future where superhumans (called Epics) rule over ordinary mortals, STEELHEART, by Brandon Sanderson, follows a rebel group known as The Reckoners as they struggle to bring the Epics down. The novel moves quickly, emphasizing action, and Sanderson exhibits real mastery in bringing the world, his characters, and their tech and gadgetry to […]
Book Review: REPLICA by Jenna Black
October 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Replica (Replica, Book 1), by Jenna Black, is a fast-paced YA novel featuring two protagonists, 16 year olds Nadia Lake and Nate Hayes. Children of the wealthy elite in the repressive Corporate States, Nate and Nadia are like celebrities. They are also betrothed to be married, forming the lynchpin in a powerful alliance between important […]
REVIEW: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
February 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The circus is open only at night. It arrives without warning and is gone again just as quickly. It is a circus of dreams, of fantasies beyond imagining. To its spellbound visitors, the Night Circus seems magical. This is because it is. Literally.
REVIEW: City of the Lost, by Stephen Blackmoore
June 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
City of the Lost tears right along, leaving little time to catch your breath…but just enough that you don’t cast the book aside in a fit of action-sequence-fatigue.
REVIEW: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
March 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Daughter of Smoke and Bone tells the story of Karou, a girl with a mysterious past who lives among hideous monsters who — on the inside — are anything but.
REVIEW: The Drowning City by Amanda Downum
February 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
Tired of fantasy novels that all strike the same culture notes, revolve around a chosen one and his quest, and stretch laboriously across book after book? If so, I recommend you check out Amanda Downum’s The Drowning City.
REVIEW: I, Demon by Samuel T. Crown
February 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I, Demon chronicles the life and (rather tumultuous) times of a nameless demon exiled by both heaven and hell. It is recounted in the first person by the demon himself after he is summoned (via a computer program) into a 21st century basement by a perky blonde with a mysterious agenda.
REVIEW: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
November 17, 2011 by 3 Comments
One could summarize The Magicians as follows: it is a coming of age novel in which a boy discovers the magical lands he read about and longed for as a child are real. This assessment would certainly be true, but it would also do a grave injustice to this complex and compelling novel.
REVIEW: all these things i’ve done by Gabrielle Zevin
October 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
Set in a dystopian New York City, ALL THESE THINGS I’VE DONE tells the story of Anya Balanchine, the 16 year old daughter of the city’s most famous, deceased mob boss. In this future world, though, it isn’t booze or drugs that Anya’s Family runs, but another now-illegal commodity: chocolate.
REVIEW – Deathless by Catherynne Valente
September 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Based on Russian history and folktales, DEATHLESS plunges the reader into worlds sometimes beautiful, often horrific, and always grimly fantastic.
