Tag: the luminaries
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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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Stunning Dark Fantasy Prose in Emily Lloyd-Jones’s The Bone Houses
The Bone Houses was a reread of mine for two main reasons. One, I originally read it before I started my blog, so my written review for it is a mere five or six lines in an old diary. Two, I knew I needed to read it again to fully express how wonderful this book…
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The Hunting Moon – A Sequel I Wish Gave More
I really loved Susan Dennard’s The Luminaries for it’s rich attention to detail and emotive language. I thought that the vibes were all there for an unsettling YA Dark Naturalism, mythical folklore-laced series that would leave the reader eager for more. I went into her newest novel, The Hunting Moon, expecting the same descriptive lushness…
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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 –…