B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / found family / mages / Paranormal / shapeshifters / werewolves8 Comments
Love brings out the animal in you Louise Matthews has got it good. Wonderful job? Check. Loving family? The best. Roommates? Pretty fantastic, thank you. All of this helps her stay focused on what she wants: to finish out her apprenticeship and become a fully licensed Switch-an animal mage who ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsGhost / juvenile / mages / Magic / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day. He only knew three spells, and one of them was to control his allergy to armadillo dander. His attempts to summon elementals resulted in nosebleeds, and there is nothing more embarrassing than having your ... more >
B- Reviewsassassins / Fantasy / Harper-Teen / mages / Young-Adult4 Comments
Dear Ms. Cypess, Last year, I read your novel, Death Sworn, which took some well-known fantasy tropes — assassins, mages, secret alliances, and a protagonist on a suicide mission — and put an interesting, young adult spin on them. The ending left me wanting more, particularly since it set up ... 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+ ReviewsCarina Press / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / mages / spies4 Comments
Dear Kim Knox: Lately I’ve been in the mood for something different. It’s that reader restlessness that strikes me from time to time and makes me desperately want something new. It’s been that kind of year in terms of books. Because of this, I went into Dark Dealings with no ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsblind / Fantasy Romance / kidnapping / Love-Triangle / mages21 Comments
Dear Ms. Sinclair. I first heard of your novel when someone posted the cover on their blog. And speaking for myself, I can safely say the cover did its job. It caught my interest, stuck the title and your name in mind, and when I got the chance to review ... more >