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September 26, 2013

REVIEW: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

JanineB- ReviewsHistorical Fantasy / Magic / Russia / YA / Young-Adult13 Comments

READERS PLEASE NOTE: Since Siege and Storm is the second book in Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha trilogy, the review of this book below will by necessity include spoilers for the first book, Shadow and Bone. My spoiler free review of Shadow and Bone can be found here. Dear Ms. Bardugo, Shadow ... more >

September 25, 2013

REVIEW: Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller

KaetrinB Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / YA4 Comments

Dear Ms. Doller, Something Like Normal was one of my favourite books of 2012 (reviewed here by Jane and at my own blog), so I made grabby hands when Jane asked me if I wanted to review Where The Stars Still Shine, your newest release.  I love your writing style ... more >

April 26, 2013

REVIEW: The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abé

JanineC ReviewsDragon / England / Historical Fantasy / Love-Triangle / World War I / YA19 Comments

Dear Ms. Abé, As a longtime reader of your fantasy-romance Drakon series (books aimed at adults), I was eager to read your newest book, The Sweetest Dark, which is both related to the Drakon series, and the first book in a new series aimed at readers of YA. You state ... more >

March 4, 2013

REVIEW: Orleans by Sherri L. Smith

JanineC- Reviewsdystopian / New-Orleans / plague / Scientist / YA4 Comments

Dear Ms. Smith, I greatly enjoyed your YA historical novel, Flygirl, in which a young African American woman passes for white in order to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. I loved Ida Mae’s story, so when I saw that you had a new book ... more >

January 16, 2013

REVIEW: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbigotry / dragons / Fantasy / murder-investigation / musician / prejudice / Recommended Reads / Renaissance setting / YA26 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Hartman, Your debut YA fantasy, Seraphina, set in a world based Renaissance Europe, is both a coming of age story and a tale of a clash between two species. Sixteen year old Seraphina Dombegh, the heroine of the novel, is the child of a human father and a ... more >

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