Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher: Kingfisher's novella is a decidedly unusual retelling of Sleeping Beauty, with a heroine who is about as...

  Cold Clay by Juneau Black : Sad to say, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first. The authors have created fun characters in a deli...

  Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher: The third in T. Kingfisher's Saints of Steel series. I am loving the world she has created: the ...

  The Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vásquez Gilliland: A romance novel with a touch of fantasy. It has been advertised as magical realism,...

  It's no secret that the horrors in ghost stories almost always serve as signifiers for the horrors in society. Beloved 's ghost is...

Camino Island by John Grisham: the best part of this novel was the beginning, specifically the description of the theft of priceless manusc...

  A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab: A month later, I'm still not sure how I feel about this novel, the first in a series (that ca...

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott: as tween I would have absolutely adored this fantasy novel about twins who discover they have magical powers...