Hello from chilly London! It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus. Today, Thea reviews the newest story in the Kat Incorrigible series, Courting Magic by Stephanie Burgis! It was a blast, and a fitting next adventure in Kat’s…
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Book Review: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E. K. Johnston
Title: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim Author: E. K. Johnston Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication Date: March 1st 2014 Hardcover: 312 Pages Listen! For I sing of Owen Thorskard: valiant of heart, hopeless…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
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Joint Review: The Oathbreaker’s Shadow by Amy McCulloch
Title: The Oathbreaker’s Shadow Author: Amy McCulloch Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Children’s Publishers / Flux Publication Date: 2013 / 2015 Hardcover: 416 Pages Fifteen-year-old Raim lives in a world where you tie a knot for every…
Title: The Castle Behind Thorns Author: Merrie Haskell Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: May 27th 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages When Sand wakes up alone in a long-abandoned castle, he has no idea how he…
Title: Complicit Author: Stephanie Kuehn Genre: Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: June 24 2014 Hardcover: 256 Pages Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh of relief when a judge sentenced his older sister…
Title: Minion Author: John David Anderson Genre: Superheroes, Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade/Young Adult Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: June 2014 Hardcover: 288 Pages John David Anderson returns to the world he created in Sidekicked with an entirely new…
Title: Everything Leads to You Author: Nina LaCour Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, PoC, LGBTQIA Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: May 15 2014 Hardcover: 307 Pages A love letter to the craft and romance of film and fate in front…
Title: Dangerous Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 405 Pages Maisie Danger Brown just wanted to get away from home for a bit, see something new. She never…
It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, with a review of Authority by Jeff VanderMeer, the second book in the Southern Reach Trilogy. Thea kinda loved it. It’s a weird, unsettling, insular…
Title: Strange Country Author: Deborah Coates Genre: Rural Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: May 27 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages After facing Death himself and banishing a reaper bent on the destruction of Sheriff’s deputy Boyd Davies, Hallie Michaels had…
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Old School Wednesdays: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Bad Luck Girl Author: Sarah Zettel Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication Date: May 2014 Hardcover: 368 Pages Fans of Libba Bray’s The Diviners will love the blend of fantasy and…
Title: Bird Box Author: Josh Mallerman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Harper Voyager (UK) / Ecco (US) Publication Date: March 2014 (UK) Hardcover: 304 Pages Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news. But they became too frequent,…
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Old School Wednesdays: Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea reviews Valour and Vanity, the fourth book in Mary Robinette Kowal’s historical Regency-era fantasy series. And she likes it! The book puts Vincent and Jane’s marriage under…
Title: Sparrow Hill Road Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy, Ghost Stories Publisher: Daw Publication Date: 6 May 2014 Paperback: 432 Pages Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named…
Title: Horizon Author: Jenn Reese Genre: Dystopia, Middle Grade, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: April 2014 Hardcover: 400 Pages In this third and final adventure in the Above World series, Aluna and her friends finally face their…
It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea reviews the second novel in Marie Brennan’s fictional Victorian-ish memoir series, The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir of Lady Trent. Thea enjoyed the first book, although it…
Title: Earth Star Author: Janet Edwards Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Pyr (US) / Harper Voyager (UK) Publication Date: April 2014 (US) / August 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 285 Pages Romance, science fiction, action, and a look at the…
Title: Revelations Author: Paul Antony Jones Genre: Apocalypse, Science Fiction Publisher: 47North Publication Date: April 2014 Ebook: 306 Pages There is nowhere left to run. In the wake of the deadly plague that virtually annihilated the human race, a…
Title: Deep Down Author: Deborah Coates Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 304 Pages Death stalks the haunted, windswept prairie in this chilling sequel to Wide Open Now that she’s solved her sister’s murder,…
Title: Fat Angie Author: e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Genre: Contemporary YA, LGBTQIA Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: March 12 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to…
Title: Ruins Author: Dan Wells Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 464 Pages Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping…
Title: A Love Like Blood Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Horror Publisher: Hodder Publication Date: March 25 2014 Paperback: 320 Pages ‘I’ve chased him for over twenty years, and across countless miles, and though often I was running, there have…