Category: review

How Kendare Blake’s Three Dark Crowns Hooked Me [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

15 May 2020 / review / 8 Comments
How Kendare Blake’s Three Dark Crowns Hooked Me [Wyrd & Wonder Review]

In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born—three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious […]

5 Reasons to Love With the Fire On High [YA Review]

10 May 2020 / review / 6 Comments
5 Reasons to Love With the Fire On High [YA Review]

With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions, and do what must be done. The one place she can let her responsibilities go is in […]

The Northwest Passage, Then and Now [NF Review]

21 April 2020 / review / 4 Comments
The Northwest Passage, Then and Now [NF Review]

Preamble You know those posts that languish in your drafts for a couple years before you finally decide they’re timeless so you plunk them into your upcoming schedule and hope you can recall enough to write a decent post? Yeah, […]

An Unlikely Crew of Robots Make for a Charming Tale [MG Review]

12 April 2020 / review / 4 Comments
An Unlikely Crew of Robots Make for a Charming Tale [MG Review]

Cog by Greg Van Eekhout Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy. But his name is short for “cognitive development,” and he was built to learn. But after an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab—and […]

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan [NF Review]

10 April 2020 / review / 5 Comments
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan [NF Review]

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan: Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller Inspired by the ancient practice of gift economies, where neighbors share and pool resources, The Buy Nothing, Get […]