Category: review

Of Fire and Stars Doesn’t Burn So Bright [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

30 May 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Of Fire and Stars Doesn’t Burn So Bright [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst Format/Source: Hardcover/ library Published: November 2016 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Length: 389 pages Genre: Young adult fantasy ★★     Princess Dennaleia has the magical ability to control fire, an ability she struggles to keep secret […]

The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

27 May 2018 / review / 0 Comments
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz Illustrator: Hatem Aly Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: September 2016 Publisher: Dutton Books Length: 353 pages Genre: Middle grade historical/speculative fiction ★★★★½       1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn […]

Uprooted by Naomi Novik [Wyrd and Wonder Reread Review]

11 May 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Uprooted by Naomi Novik [Wyrd and Wonder Reread Review]

Uprooted by Naomi Novik Format/Source: Paperback/Own Published: May 2015 Publisher: Del Rey Length: 435 pages Genre: Fantasy   ★★★★★   Three years ago (three?!), I participated in a Reread Challenge hosted by Hannah @ So Obsessed With. Since then, I have […]

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

4 May 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2017 Publisher: Razorbill Length: 298 pages Genre: Young adult fantasy ★★★     Beasts Made of Night, the first book in a duology, tells the story of Taj, the best aki in the […]

A Properly Unhaunted Place Offers A Creative Twist on Ghost Stories [Review]

26 April 2018 / review / 0 Comments
A Properly Unhaunted Place Offers A Creative Twist on Ghost Stories [Review]

A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander Illustrator: Kelly Murphy Format/Source: Hardcover/library Published: August 2017 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Length: 192 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative Cybils 2017 finalist ★★★★½       At the start of A Properly Unhaunted Place, […]