Author: annafromuni
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Another Sweet, Eerie YA Dark Fantasy With Small Favors
After reading House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, I had to pick up more of her work. Her dark fairytale horrors are so vivid and descriptive and when I saw Small Favors I knew I needed to read it. An isolated religious town. An ominous vibe in the air. Bees. What’s not…
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Let Death’s Assassins Thrive in Robin LaFevers’s Grave Mercy
I read this many moons ago but there is something that’s calling me to reread the His Fair Assassin trilogy. Robin LaFevers’s Grave Mercy is a historical fiction young adult fantasy novel rife with political tensions. In a time when women had no autonomy, Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into…
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A Discovery of Witches is Peak Dark Academia Fantasy
When I say that I fell in love with A Discovery of Witches upon reading it’s first few chapters, I’m not exaggerating in any way. Deborah Harkness has a truly mesmerising and compelling narrative style and is able to bring her settings to life, creating this supernatural-dipped Oxford where witches, vampires and daemons roam the…
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Sherlock Holmes Meets Doctor Who in William Ritter’s Jackaby
If you’re a fan of Doctor Who or Sherlock Holmes (or both), then Jackaby by William Ritter should definitely be on your radar. Not only is it a fun, easy-going story with that adventure detective vibe, but it also has details reminiscent of a good Doctor Who alien species introduction. The creatures Jackaby and Abigail…
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My March 2024 Reading Summary
Overall Mood: not good. My reading has been lacklustre to say the least – not in the titles themselves, but in my ability to actually read them. I have had to return some big name books simply because I either couldn’t get into them or I just didn’t have the time to read them. I’ve…
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Is Stalking Jack the Ripper a Good Historical Fiction Murder Mystery?
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco is an introduction for YA readers into the marvels of historical fiction, more specifically, the historical fiction murder mystery realm. But the problem I have with it is that it doesn’t feel like a truly memorable book, and its subject matter is the Jack the Ripper case which…