B- ReviewsAssassin / Emperor / enemies to lovers / Fantasy Romance / Hearts and Thrones series / political intrigue / spy14 Comments
Dear Ms. Raby, In our archives is this review by our own Amy of Assassin’s Gambit by Amy Raby. The BookPushers also have a review and Has has been recommending the book to me for ages. It’s been almost a year since its publication, but I finally picked up Assassin’s ... more >
B ReviewsAssassin / Fantasy / Harper-Teen / mages / Young-Adult7 Comments
Dear Ms. Cypess, I’ve been wandering in a traditional fantasy wasteland these past few months. Sad words coming from someone who used to read only that genre. I confess nothing’s been exciting me in adult fantasy so I’ve been searching within YA fantasy to scratch that itch. The premise of ... more >
C- ReviewsAssassin / blind heroine / Harper-Teen / psychic / sisters / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Perfect Lies by Kiersten White
Dear Ms. White, I still have yet to pick up your Paranormalcy trilogy, but I enjoyed Mind Games, a thriller about two sisters with special abilities who’d do anything for each other. That book ended with the sisters separated: psychic Annie free at last and violent Fia returning to the ... more >
B+ ReviewsAssassin / paranormal romance32 Comments
Dear Ms. Daniels, I have grown more and more cautious in my approach to new (to me) urban fantasy series. I love the genre with a fierceness that sometimes surprises me, but recently I’ve noticed it’s becoming harder and harder for new heroines and worlds to live up to my ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAssassin / blind / first person present tense / Harper-Teen / orphan / psychic powers / Recommended Reads / sisters / Young-Adult3 Comments
Dear Ms. White, Despite hearing good things about your Paranormalcy trilogy, I haven’t had the chance to pick them up yet. My paranormal weariness usually results in my passing over books in favor of something fresh and new (to me). But when I heard that you were writing a thriller ... more >
C ReviewsAssassin / Fantasy / Young-Adult20 Comments
Dear Ms. LaFevers, One advantage of being offered books for review is that it has made me more adventurous as a reader. Even reading a bad book has some value to me if I can get a review out of it, so it’s not as much of a risk for ... more >