Tag: high fantasy
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Sucked into the World of Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
I have had this a quarter read for so many weeks, but I finally got into a groove and finished my read of Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce, first book in The Immortals Quartet, and it is so much fun! From the magic system and familiar faces from the Songs of the Lioness Quartet to…
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My Tamora Pierce Song of the Lioness Quartet Series Review
I was originally going to do a normal string of individual reviews for each book in Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness Quartet, but then I was given three all at the same time and couldn’t stop myself from reading them in quick succession without considering the individual storylines in each novel. They are also…
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Danger Looms in The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Earthsea Cycle continues with The Farthest Shore, the third instalment in the phenomenal fantasy series by Ursula K. Le Guin. I am writing this before starting, deciding to shake it up a bit and do a bit of an anticipatory look at the next novel. With such a premise as this, I have so…
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More Earthsea Goodness in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan
Another day, another Earthsea tale! I have adjusted my post schedule for these novels to better align with the number of library books I have out (currently sitting at 28), and so that I can enjoy them over most of the summer rather than rushing through them all before the year’s end. The Tombs of…
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The Conflicts are Burning Hot in Penn Cole’s Heat of the Everflame
Heat of the Everflame, the third in the Kindred’s Curse saga by Penn Cole, has internal and external conflicts at a boiling point, relationships bending and breaking while others firge stronger bonds and more intimate connections, and the answers are emerging from the woodwork as the series heads to its final chapter. With the size…