Tag: ya fantasy worlds
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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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Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue – One of The Darkest YA Books I Have Read
Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue is like nothing I have read before because of its unabashed confrontation of abuse and trauma. It’s heavy-hitting in its detail, in the way characters interact with each other or react to triggers, and it creates such a complex world and multi-layered situation to unravel. Before you decide to read it, I…
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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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House of Salt and Sorrows – Erin A. Craig’s Dark Fantasy Must Read
With the sequel on it’s way, I thought now would be a great time to sing my praises to Erin A. Craig and her magnificent dark fantasy fairytale retelling, House of Salt and Sorrows. House of Salt and Sorrows is a dark fantasy retelling of the fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with mild horror elements…