I finally got around to reading Godkiller and boy, am I glad that I did, as it’s become one of my favorite novels of the year, if not of all time. From the very first page of this debut fantasy novel, I was absolutely captivated by the world-building and the characters. Godkiller takes place in a bit of a post-apocalyptic world, if one considers a massive war between humans and […]
Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch is a delightful cozy fantasy for fans of Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, Patricia C. Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and Emily Rodda’s Star of Deltora series. If pure sunshine could be contained in a book, it would look like this. Much like Kiki’s Delivery Service, this middle grade novel follows Evalithimus “Eva” Evergreen as she strikes out alone on her first quest as a witch, one […]
When I found out there was another entry in The Roots of Chaos series releasing, I was absolutely ecstatic. The first novel in this series, The Priory of the Orange Tree, is one of my favorite novels of all time, so I was beyond excited to return to this world once again. A Day of Fallen Night takes place before the events of The Priory of the Orange Tree […]
Have you ever read a book that you didn’t know you needed in your life until you read it? That was my experience with When Women Were Dragons, which so effortlessly and eloquently captured the unique experience of being a woman, with all of its societal challenges, that my soul felt soothed. Added to this much-needed perspective, which chronicles the struggle of being a young woman in the 1950s, is […]
I enjoyed this book much more than I enjoyed its predecessor, Searching for Dragons. In Calling on Dragons, Cimorene and Kazul are back on another adventure, but this time it was narrated by Morwen, the no-nonsense witch with more cats than hands and a house somehow cleaner than yours. I’ve always loved Morwen since her first introduction and was thrilled that she narrated this book, as the last was narrated […]