Category: brief reviews

The Children’s Home + 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act [Review]

13 July 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
The Children’s Home + 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act [Review]

The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert In a sprawling estate, willfully secluded, lives Morgan Fletcher, the disfigured heir to a fortune of mysterious origins. Morgan spends his days in quiet study, avoiding his reflection in mirrors and the lake at the end of his garden. One day, two children, Moira and David, appear. Morgan takes them in, giving them free reign of the mansion he shares with his housekeeper Engel. Then […]

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Remaining Cybils 2017 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Finalists

29 June 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Remaining Cybils 2017 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Finalists

In this post, I’m sharing some brief thoughts on the Cybils 2017 middle grade speculative fiction finalists that I haven’t yet reviewed. I have already reviewed: The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander Last Day on Mars by Kevin Emerson While I personally enjoyed some of these books more than others, all of these finalists are strong reads which I would […]

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Furyborn Didn’t Stand Out Like I Had Hoped [Review]

24 May 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Furyborn Didn’t Stand Out Like I Had Hoped [Review]

Furyborn by Claire Legrand Format/Source: ebook/Netgalley Series: Empirium #1 Published: 22 May 2018 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Length: 512 pages Genre: ★★★      I think everyone in the book blogging world who would want to read this already has. I need to create a rule where I don’t request young adult fantasy – I have high hopes of enjoying it, but I rarely do and then I don’t have much to say […]

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Why Labyrinth Lost Disappointed Me [Review]

12 April 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Why Labyrinth Lost Disappointed Me [Review]

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can’t trust. A boy whose intentions are […]

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Leslye Walton’s Sophomore Release Doesn’t Disappoint [Review]

12 March 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Leslye Walton’s Sophomore Release Doesn’t Disappoint [Review]

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton The Blackburn women are cursed. Ever since the extraordinary witch Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island centuries ago and was shunned by the eight “original” settlers, Blackburn witches have been doomed to carry out a brief whirlwind affair with a descendant of the Original Eight. The vengeful curse, however, had unintended side effects: it diluted the Blackburns’ supernatural powers. That’s perfectly all […]

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