Title: Fly By Night Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Harper Collins US / Macmillian UK Publication date: First published in 2006 Paperback: 438 pages Twelve-year-old Mosca Mye hasn’t got much. Her cruel uncle keeps her locked…
Title: Some Kind of Fairy Tale Author: Graham Joyce Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Publisher: Gollancz / Knopf Doubleday Publication date: February 1st 2012 / July 10th 2012 Hardcover: 320 pages It is Christmas afternoon and Peter Martin gets an unexpected…
Title: House of Shadows Author: Rachel Neumeier Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: July 2012 Paperback: 352 Pages Orphaned, two sisters are left to find their own fortunes. Sweet and proper, Karah’s future seems secure at a glamorous Flower…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Seraphina Author: Rachel Hartman Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (US) / Doubleday Childrens (UK) Publication Date: July 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 480 Pages (US) Four decades of peace have done little…
It’s Friday, which means: it’s time for our Kirkus spot! Earlier this week, we talked about our favourite books of the year so far (overall, all genres) and today we are back with our list of Best Sci Fi…
Title: A Gathering of Gargoyles Author: Meredith Ann Pierce Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: September 1998 Paperback: 352 pages Aeriel’s love has broken the curse on the darkangel Irrylath, making him human…
Title: The Shadowed Sun Author: N. K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy, PoC Publisher: Orbit Publication date: June 7 2012 Paperback: 464 pages Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the…
Title: The Silver Bowl Author: Diane Stanley Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 320 Pages Unwanted at home, Molly goes to work for the king of Westria as a humble scullery maid. She arrives…
Hello everybody! We have another post up at Kirkus today. Worldsoul by Liz Williams features great worldbuilding and possibly the coolest cover of the year and a most awesome tagline: “What if being a librarian was the most dangerous…
Title: The Amaranth Enchantment Author: Julie Berry Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Books Publication Date: March 2009 Hardcover: 320 Pages A delightful fairytale by a lyrical new voice. When Lucinda Chapdelaine was a small…
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has previously read and reviewed. This feature arose because of a very serious dilemma we faced at…
Title: Secondhand Charm Author: Julie Berry Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Books Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 352 Pages In a secluded village, magic sparkles on the edges of the forest. There, a young…
Title: Kill Me Softly Author: Sarah Cross Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 336 Pages Mirabelle’s past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents’ tragic deaths to her guardians’ half-truths…
Title: The Boneshaker Author: Kate Milford / Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Horror, Americana, Young Adult, NOT-STEAMPUNK! Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: May 21st 2010 Hardcover: 372 pages Thirteen-year-old Natalie Minks loves machines, particularly automata—self-operating mechanical…
Today, we have Lisa Shearin over as our guest author, here for a chat about the latest and ultimate book in her Raine Benares series, All Spell Breaks Loose. Lisa was one of the very first authors we interviewed…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Author: Grace Lin Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Little, Brown Publication date: July 2009 Hardcover: 282 pages Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat,…
Title: Dragonswood Author: Janet Lee Carey Genre: Fantasy, Historical/Arthurian, Fairy Tales, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (Penguin) Publication Date: January 2012 Hardcover: 407 Pages Wilde Island is not at peace. The kingdom mourns the dead Pendragon king and awaits the…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Shadow and Bone (US) / The Gathering Dark (UK) Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (US)/Indigo (UK) Publication date: June 2012 Hardcover: 368 pages/ 442 pages Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation…
Our second post for Kirkus is now up and running! After reading The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin we were inspired and decided to compile a list of similarly awesome fantasy books written by similarly spectacular female authors. Go…
Title: Into the Wise Dark Author: Neesha Meminger Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Ignite Books (self-published) Publication date: March 2012 Paperback: 308 pages Pammi has a Secret–she is an Able. At night, she travels through time to an…
Title: Ship of Souls Author: Zetta Elliott Genre: Fantasy (Contemporary/Urban Fantasy), Young Adult Publisher: Amazon Encore Publication date: February 2012 Paperback: 132 pages When Dmitri, an 11-year-old bird watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he…