Tag: magic

Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet A young woman, searching for her grandmother, meets an unlikely companion and many secrets on the way to her goal. Favorites: As I’ve surely established in my other posts, I rarely enjoy romance in YA books, but I LOVE […]

Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Favorites: I never saw the twist!!! Hit me in the face and never saw it coming. The turmoil at the end was so tragic an Least Favorites: Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book Review: A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

A Reaper at the Gates The daughter of a rebel, a human gatekeeper to the underworld, and the secondhand to a corrupt emperor must fight to survive and free a nation in flux. Favorites: Using multiple points of view established […]

Book Review: Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

Mister Impossible Two dreamers seek to save themselves and their kind in the face of their own deadly powers and those who hung them because of their dreams. Favorites: Just as with book 1, the world building, character development, and […]

Book Review: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

A Torch Against the Night When a teenage girl escapes enslavement at an egregious warrior academy, she partners with a warrior who himself is in danger from the corruption within. Monsters, human and inhuman, haunt them, threaten them, and take […]

Book Review: The Twice Lost by Sarah Porter

The Twice Lost After Luce finds evidence of humans’ true cruelty, she seeks to save those who are left. In her sorrow and isolation, she rises to the role that the world requires of her. How can she remain true […]

Book Review: The Siren by Kiera Cass

The Siren A young woman, bound to the sea, struggles to keep her century long vow to the ocean that saved her when she meets the one. A young man who survives the sirens’ song. Favorites: The play on soulmates […]

Book Review: Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Black Girl Unlimited Echo’s life changes as a young girl when she learns that she is a wizard like her mother. While life challenges her with traumatic events and tragedy, her miracles and the advice of her mother inspire her […]