Tag: low fantasy books
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Cassandra Clare’s City of Heavenly Fire is Everything
It’s been seven months since I posted my review of City of Lost Souls, more than seven months since I last read a book within the Shadowhunter Chronicles. When I picked City of Heavenly Fire up to reread and finish my reviews for The Mortal Instruments series it was like falling into bed after a…
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The Archive of the Forgotten – Dive Deeper Into Hell’s Library
I fell in love with A.J. Hackwith’s writing style upon reading The Library of the Unwritten and The Archive of the Forgotten did not disappoint. There’s something so precious about this world, about the characters and setting and conflicts, that makes this feel like a comfort read on so many levels. Who doesn’t like a…
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The Penultimate Nail-biter City of Lost Souls
It’s funny the things you remember as you’re reading something. Cassandra Clare’s City of Lost Souls, for example, is a book that was a little murky for me except for two crystal clear snippets in my mind and oh were they just as punchy as the first time. I love the relationship shifts in this…
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The Library of the Unwritten – A Comfy Demonic Autumn Read
I went into Library of the Unwritten purely guided by the premise of a library within Hell for books left undeveloped and a librarian tasked with keeping them together. I stayed because A.J. Hackwith is an incredible author with an uncanny ability to create something so cosy and sweet based in the depths of Hell.…
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Susan Dennard’s The Luminaries – A YA Dark Naturalism Favourite
I love a book with a dark, moody setting. Give me a forest, a secluded town, and a mythical-dipped lore whereby people must guard the population by dealing with what lurks in the shadows. Susan Dennard’s The Luminaries gives all that and more and it’s a wonderful introduction to the world of dark naturalism –…
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City of Fallen Angels is a Wild Ride
There are things I absolutely love about this books and then there’s Jace. References and relationships that made my heart flutter and then there’s Jace. Killer plot devices and action sequences. And then there’s Jace. Let me start by saying it’s not as serious of a hate as I’m painting it out to be. Jace…
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City of Glass – This Is What I Have Been Waiting For
It’s here! It’s here! The explosive midpoint to the Mortal Instruments series is here! Cassandra Clare’s City of Glass truly marks the beginning of the signature Cassandra Clare shadowhunter novel. We’ve got a short timeframe, quick pacing, high tension and high stakes, a full array of character perspectives and movements, motives and internal conflicts riddled…
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Should City of Ashes Be a Book?
Let me ask you a question – when you recall the events of Cassandra Clare’s incredible Mortal Instruments series, do you remember this book? Can you tell me the plot? The key events? The subplots and extra threads woven into this book? I’m hoping the answer is yes to at least the latter questions because,…
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Where It All Started – City of Bones
I remember reading City of Bones back in 2011 for the first time. I must have loved it because I read the entire series via ebooks (I find it very hard to read anything longer than a novella via ebooks thee days) and I was so excited to watch the movie that came out a…
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The Cinematic Perfection that is Queen of Air and Darkness
A rollercoaster finale for a rollercoaster trilogy. This cast of characters has been through it all and now as a reader we have to bare witness to the absolute heartache that is Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare. I cannot even begin to describe how this book had me in a chokehold for…