Tag: supernatural fantasy
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Adrienne Young’s A Sea of Unspoken Things – As Good As Her Others?
I fell in love with Spells for Forgetting, spent my nights kicking my feet over The Unmaking of June Farrow, but it seems that A Sea of Unspoken Things has left me wanting more. This adult contemporary fantasy, set in the beautiful Six Rivers, Northern California, it was hoping for more goodness from an author…
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Steffanie Holmes’ A Dead and Stormy Night – Mystery, Spice, and Fictional Heartthrobs Brought to Life
If you want something a little different, well you have come across the right book post. Picture this – a quaint small town, an enchanted secondhand bookshop, and dashing, morally grey fictional suitors amid the shelves. Oh, and through in a murder mystery into this reverse harem paranormal romance for good measure. Welcome to the…
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Tantalising Dark Academia in An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
I don’t quite know how to word this, so let me word vomit for a bit to get my thoughts across. I have just finished An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson and my head is a bit everywhere. This dark academia novel laced with horror and supernatural elements has held my attention for a…
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Susan Dennard’s The Whispering Night – The Conclusion to a YA Dark Naturalism Fantasy Wonder
The conclusion to this wonderful YA dark naturalism fantasy has arrived. The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard, third and final of the Luminaries trilogy, brings all the threads together and delivers in an intense, action-packed, quick-paced gut punch of a novel. The magic of The Luminaries and the tensions of The Hunting Party collide in…
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My Cassandra Clare The Last Hours Trilogy Review
I have finished my reread of The Last Hours trilogy by Cassandra Clare, the third completed trilogy within the Shadowhunter Chronicles (I’m not sure of the official order given The Eldest Curses is still awaiting the third novel, yet The Red Scrolls of Magic was published before Chain of Gold). I have been reminded of…
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The Energy Picks Up in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Time of Contempt
The actions and grit of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series has returned in Time of Contempt, a happy sight given the lacklustre beginning in Blood of Elves. However, things aren’t all sunshine and rainbow’s in this addition the series. In fact, Time of Contempt has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, reconsidering if…
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The Beginning of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Novels Falls Flat
At last, I have begun the full-length novels in the Witcher series, starting with The Blood of Elves. I admit, I am a little disappointed with the shift in energy and grit this novel has taken from the short stories The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny. While the short stories held a lot of…
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Chain of Gold – The Best of Cassandra Clare
I reread Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare yesterday for the first time and I am finding it hard to place it in my preference list for the Shadowhunter Chronicles. I kept thinking throughout the read that it is one of my favourites, that I love it as much as Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess…