Tag: fantasy

6 Assorted Itsy Bitsy Reviews [MG, YA, and Crossover Reviews]

9 October 2020 / brief reviews / 13 Comments
6 Assorted Itsy Bitsy Reviews [MG, YA, and Crossover Reviews]

Preamble I don’t usually post tiny reviews. However, this year I’ve been making at least a few notes on everything I read. So, here’s a compilation of some of those little notes to make one ‘regular’ length review post. Titles […]

A Debut MG Fantasy from a SFF Darling, or, Read This If You Love Middlegame [MG Review]

25 September 2020 / review / 11 Comments
A Debut MG Fantasy from a SFF Darling, or, Read This If You Love Middlegame [MG Review]

Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework – without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, […]

The Barren Grounds: A Much Anticipated #ownvoices Portal Fantasy [MG Review]

4 September 2020 / review / 10 Comments
The Barren Grounds: A Much Anticipated #ownvoices Portal Fantasy [MG Review]

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school […]

The Deep & Dark Blue: A Magical Coming Out Tale [MG Review]

9 July 2020 / review / 1 Comment
The Deep & Dark Blue: A Magical Coming Out Tale [MG Review]

The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki SmithFormat/source: Hardcover/ LibraryPublished: January 2020Publisher: Little, BrownLength: 256 pages Genre: FantasyTarget Age: 8+ After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance […]

The Binding: Not as Magical As I’d Hoped [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

29 May 2020 / review / 8 Comments
The Binding: Not as Magical As I’d Hoped [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

Books are dangerous things in Collins’s alternate universe, a place vaguely reminiscent of 19th-century England. It’s a world in which people visit book binders to rid themselves of painful or treacherous memories. Once their stories have been told and are […]