Tag: book review
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Book Review: Sons of Day & Night
by Mariposa Aristeo publisher’s synopsis Not even death can tell them apart. In the wild and lush kingdom of Twinsbane, everyone has a look-alike, and each twin is cursed to die when their double breathes their last. When an ancient plague arises, the kingdom’s only hope is to sever these deadly ties. Yet King Daccias…
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Book Review: Glass Across the Sea
by Sara Ella publisher’s synopsis Light always finds a way to break free . . . Noelle Perrault has felt drawn to the tales her glassmaker father told of the four Firefly artisans since she was a child. But when her mother falls under a curse, Noelle suspects the stories are more than mere fables.…
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Book Review: Augmented
by Candace Kade publisher’s synopsis Lee Urban must win to survive. After being sentenced to the banned list, half of the Asian Federation believes Lee Urban is a ticking time bomb that could end the world as they know it. They’re willing to do anything to erase her existence and silence her voice before she…
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Book Review: Through a Shattered Glass
by Sarah Pennington publisher’s synopsis Drop the mirror and you break the world in two. Alys hasn’t set foot in Wonderland in years. Not since the White Queen’s mirror shattered; not since her best friend, Kai Hatter, was killed; not since Alys fled back to her own world with a shard of enchanted mirror in…
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Book Review: A Forgery of Fate
by Elizabeth Lim publisher’s synopsis A breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods. Truyan Saigas didn’t choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost…
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Book Review: Quarter Labyrinth
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE LABYRINTH AWAKENS. It shifts location, resets its deadly puzzles, and demands a new game. The rich pay for clues to find it and keys to get in, while the poor fight for entrance. This year, the first to reach the center wins control over the renowned trade…
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Book Review: Rogue Secreto
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis Marsella has the unique ability to steal secrets with one glance. She keeps her identity hidden, while going under the name Rogue Secreto. The emperor hires her to read secrets of his enemies, all without realizing this masked figure who can bring empires to heel is his beloved daughter. He…
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Book Review: The Ivory City
by Emily Bain Murphy publisher’s synopsis Grace and Lillie are cousins and have been best friends since birth, despite Grace’s inferior social status. When Lillie invites Grace to the biggest event of the century—the legendary World’s Fair, also known as “The Ivory City”—Grace doesn’t hesitate. Then: a murder. A young woman at the fair is…
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Book Review: What Comes of Attending the Commoner’s Ball
by Elisabeth Aimee Brown publisher’s synopsis If there’s one rule Hester learned during her country upbringing, it’s never accept a gift; that’s how the Folk get you. Although she’s left her farm behind, she can’t leave her superstitions, even if no one else in the capital city seems to care. Hardworking but hungry, she’s looking for…
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Book Review: Mammoth
by Brian McBride publisher’s synopsis Hardy Boys meets Indiana Jones in this new adventure novel. After the death of his father, misfit and aspiring paleontologist Tommy Rhodes seeks refuge in the ramshackle lighthouse that stands guard over the city of Mammoth, Washington. Left in disarray by years of bad weather, it’s the perfect place for…
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