Have you ever not wanted to let a series go because you were afraid of waking up? I have this problem on a regular basis, but only when the series is good. With The Darkest Mind series, I had a good run. It was a fun read, but … it was the last book. In…
And here we are at Never Fade, the second book in Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds series, a dark and dangerous young adult dystopia. Bracken ups the ante in the second book, duplicating the energy of the first but using a more sophisticated and mature protagonist. Hardcover | Disney-Hyperion | October, 2013 | 512 pp The…
I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been to start The Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, a young adult paranormal dystopia and semi-post-apocalyptic set of books. All three of the main books are out and there are a number of extra companion novelettes available to boot. The first book in the series, The Darkest…
Blood Sky is the fourth book in the After Trilogy by Traci L. Slatton, a series which has quite obviously advanced beyond its ‘trilogy’ status. It was bound to do so after the wide open end of the third book. This series is an adult post-apocalyptic, science-fiction, and paranormal tale of survival and heady romance. Fallen (After Trilogy…
The Magician’s Lie is a stunning debut novel by Greer Macallister. Released in January of this year, it’s been slowly gaining momentum as more and more readers discover this wonderful historical fiction through natural word-of-mouth praise (highly indicative of a good book) as opposed to a big marketing budget. Taking place in the late nineteenth century and…
Wickedly popular, the All Souls Trilogy has been bewitching readers since 2011. Penned by Deborah Harkness, a professor of history at the University of Southern California, this paranormal/urban fantasy series begins with A Discovery of Witches. It won the SCIBA award for fiction and was a GoodReads Choice Award nominee for Best Paranormal Fantasy in 2011….
Siege and Storm, the second in The Grisha series, continues the voyage into the fantasy world of Bardugo’s fictional land of mythology and magic. Very often we find the second novel in a trilogy to be a filler, a kind of ‘ho-hum’ read that must be travailed before the third and final installment. This isn’t…
The Grisha series is another phenomenally popular young adult series that has a sort of Harry Potter quality meant for the older side of the age bracket while adults who adore magic and fantasy will revel in this trilogy. Shadow and Bone, a runaway bestseller, is the author’s first published novel. Henry Holt & Co. |…