Tag: YA book review
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Book Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
I was craving a good steampunk read not too long ago and this one came recommended by an entire hoard of fellow authors. I’d read Westerfeld’s other books and enjoyed them, so this was an excellent choice. The Story This is a story of two very different children on very different sides of an alternate…
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Book Review: Folded Notes From High School by Matt Boren
I picked up this quick read off of a recommendation and for the life of me I can’t remember exactly where … I’m thinking it was a writing group and we might have been talking about character voices. No, this isn’t a fantasy book. It’s an epistolary novel, meaning that the entirety of the prose…
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Book Review: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
I’m branching out! Normally I’m not one to read ghost stories, but hey, this one was recommended and also available in audiobook at my local digital library. Yay. I do miss reading print books and the ritual of curling up and diving into the pages, but lately I’ve also appreciated having a distraction to listen…
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Book Review: The False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen
This is a series I’d heard about off and on. So, when I saw it available at the local virtual library I thought, “what the hey, let’s give it a shot.” It’s got royalty, subterfuge, and some snarky characters, so there’s a lot of potential here. And … it’s a genderbent Anastasia. The Story I’m…
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Book Review: Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer (Lunar Chronicles #2)
Sequels can be really problematic, especially if the first book was intended to be a standalone. Thankfully, Cinder ended with enough cliffhangers that Scarlet feels like it belongs as part of the story. To see my review of Cinder, go here. As with Cinder and Cinderella, Scarlet takes the classic tale of Little Red Riding…
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Book Review: The Diabolic, by S. J. Kincaid
This book was recommended to me by a friend in the writing world when I told her what else I’d been reading and happened to mention my random foray into science fiction. She thought this would be a great fit as while The Diabolic is set in space, it’s more of a suspense thriller than…