Tag: YA
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THORN by Intisar Khanani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warning: Heroine’s family vary from emotionally to physically abusive. I first read Thorn in 2018, as a self-published novel, and I loved its smart, wry, ... -
ALL THE STARS AND TEETH by Adalyn Grace (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: violence and death; mild body horror; blood magic; mention of abusive relationships. Amora is the princess of the island kingdom Visidia, and in order ... -
QUEEN OF COIN AND WHISPERS by Helen Corcoran (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: murder, violence (not graphic). You ever just read a book so perfect for you that it’s like the author wrote it on spec to ... -
Author Spotlight – Dana Swift (CAST IN FIRELIGHT)
Dana Swift started making up fantasy worlds when she was eleven years old and hasn’t stopped since. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, ... -
STARSIGHT by Brandon Sanderson (Book Review)
Starsight is the sequel to Sanderson’s 2018 YA novel, Skyward, which you may remember I also reviewed. I really enjoyed Skyward so I was desperate to ... -
THE GIRL THE SEA GAVE BACK by Adrienne Young (Book Review)
Let me start this review with a quote from Kanye West: “I didn’t want to play it boring and safe. I also didn’t want to innovate ... -
Witchsign by Den Patrick (Book Review)
The Good: Fantastic concepts, especially in terms of world building and history. Strong themes from start to finish, with shock reveals along the way. The Bad: ... -
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (Book Review)
In December 2017, I saw Brandon Sanderson speak in Glasgow as part of his Oathbringer tour. Two important things happened that night. My then-11-year-old daughter was ...
