The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is sort of a phenom among young adult fantasy readers. The reviews are plentiful but vary dramatically with lots of one and five star reviews. With thousands upon thousands of reviews and a massive chasm between reactions, I really needed to give it a try and see what…
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…
Lucifer’s Game, Book One: The Realm of Shadows by Will Schneider is the first book in an up -and-coming series and was published in 2015. The sequel is currently being written. It is a quick read at 262 pages but every page is used wisely. You will not want to put the book down. The…
Fairest is a bonus book in The Lunar Chronicles, specifically #3.5, and was released just before Winter, the grand finale. I have yet to read Winter but wanted to whet my appetite with this short novel, a backstory on Queen Levana – the series’ nemesis. The Lunar Chronicles is a young adult science-fiction series and a…
The second book in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness was a bestselling hit just as A Discovery of Witches, the first in the series. Shadow of Night went on to win the GoodReads Choice Award for Best Paranormal Fantasy in 2012. While the first book was urban fantasy, this second book takes a…