After being completely and utterly charmed by Scales and Sensibility, I didn’t think the Regency Dragons series could possibly get any better—I was wrong. Claws and Contrivances is a pure and utter delight, brimming with everything readers could want—a wonderful heroine, dragons, a romance, and a magical ending. From the very beginning of the novel, I immediately adored and related to protagonist Rose Tregarth, younger sister of Scales and […]
I honestly debated reading Spellswept, as I did not enjoy the rest of the Hardwood Spell Book series as much as Snowspelled. Imagine my surprise when I loved Spellswept just as much as Snowspelled, or maybe even more! I really enjoyed reading this prequel of the series and seeing a young Cassandra Harwood as she initially broke societal norms to become a mage, as well as watching Jonathan and Amy’s […]
Thornbound is the follow up to delightful and charming Snowspelled. Both novels follow main character Cassandra Wrexham, née Harwood, as she struggles to find a place in a regency era society filled with magic. In the first novel, we learn Cassandra is no longer with her own magic. Over the course of the book, she finds a new goal for herself, to teach other young women magic, even though it’s […]
After reading and loving Scales and Sensibility, I immediately picked up Snowspelled by the same author–and I was not disappointed. Snowspelled features a loveable and determined heroine, a charming love interest, unique world building, and lots of magic. As soon as the novel began, I loved its feisty heroine, Cassandra. Cassandra is outspoken, daring, and sharp. She is Elizabeth Bennet if Elizabeth weren’t at all concerned with propriety, had […]
Elder Race is the first work of author Adrian Tchaikovsky I’ve ever read. Judging from the blurb of the novella, I was expecting more of a fantasy story, with a twist. However, I quickly found that there was much more to this classic tale of the princess asking the hermit wizard to save the day, and that the story was definitely more of a take on a science fiction. […]