Prince Tal, the fourth child of five to the Queen of Harth, is setting out on his coming-of-age tour. He’s spent almost his entire life hidden away because of his secret: Tal has magic, and if the kingdom knew, it could start a war. Tal’s tour quickly turns interesting when they come across a burning ship, abandoned save for a chest of gold and a prisoner named . . .
Tag: fantasy
The Raven King | book review
“He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn’t want it to be over.” Everything is coming full circle. Everything is coming to a close. And no one is safe.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue | book review
School has started again, but it’s last on everyone’s list of priorities. Blue’s mother has gone to find Artemus, Blue’s birth father, and finding her is all Blue can think about. But the quest for Glendower does not stop. At the same time, the Gray Man’s former employer, Colin Greenmantle, has taken up residence in Henrietta as . . .
The Dream Thieves | book review
Thanks to Adam, the ley lines in Henrietta are awake and alive. But Adam isn’t the same anymore, and neither are his friends. Especially Ronan, who is falling deeper and deeper into his dreams. Slowly, he learns what it means to be somebody like him, like his father—what he can do in his dreams, what he can bring . . .
The Raven Boys | book review
Blue Sargent is not a psychic like the rest of the women in her family, so when she sees a boy on St. Mark’s Eve on the church road, it can mean two things: either this boy is Blue’s true love, or she's the one who will inevitably kill him. But Blue has been told since birth that her kiss will be the thing that kills her true love, so could . . .
The Queen of Nothing | book review
Jude has been exiled from Faerieland. Though she’s the High Queen, no one knows—except for Vivi and, of course, Cardan, the High King himself. And even though Cardan is the one who exiled Jude, she can’t help but miss him. And hate him. But when Taryn comes to Jude with a problem, Jude finds herself . . .
The Wicked King | book review
Cardan is now High King of Faerie, with Jude by his side as seneschal. But Cardan doesn't want to be King, so while he enjoys the luxuries like wine and merriment, Jude is the leader in the shadows, able to guide and command Cardan as she pleases. But Jude learns that someone she trusts has betrayed her, and it's a race . . .
The Cruel Prince | book review
Jude and her sisters have lived in the world of Faerie ever since their parents were murdered in front of them in the human world. They’ve grown up with the murder, call him “father” — but Jude knows she’ll never be like him. Like the other fae. She’s mortal. And the fae don’t particularly like mortals. Especially . . .
Watch Over Me | book review
Mila has just graduated high school and aged out of the foster care system. She has no one and nothing. Maybe that’s why she accepts a job on a farm in the middle of nowhere, a place out of time and full of people like her: orphaned and haunted and alone. Though a refuge, the farm is haunted. There are ghosts . . .
In the House in the Dark of the Woods | book review
In colonial New England, a woman is collecting berries for her son and her man. She ventures into the woods, but winds up getting lost. Or did she run away, abandoning her family? Or was she taken into the woods, now trapped and unable to leave? Try as she might to leave, she always finds herself back in the woods. Back at the house in the dark of the . . .