Title: Charmed Life Author: Diana Wynne Jones Genre: Fantasy/ YA Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks Publication Date: May 2009 (first edition: 1977) Paperback: 288 pages Stand alone or series: First book in the Chrestomanci series (7 books) but can be read as…
Title: Bewitched and Betrayed Author: Lisa Shearin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: April 2010 Paperback: 384 pages Benares. I’m a seeker. I find lost things and missing people — usually alive. Finding the specters of six evil mages…
Title: The Spirit Thief Author: Rachel Aaron Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: October 2010 Paperback: 336 Eli Monpress is talented. He’s charming. And he’s a thief. But not just any thief. He’s the greatest thief of the age…
Title: Troubled Waters Author: Sharon Shinn Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 400 Pages The author of the Twelve Hours series welcomes readers to a new fantasy world, where the elements rule. Zoe Ardelay receives astonishing…
Title: The Shadow Speaker Author: Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Hyperion Book CH Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone but with room for more. When 15-year-old Ejii witnesses…
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has already read and reviewed. The idea arose because of the dilemma that if one of us…
Title: Heroes Return Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: August 2010 Paperback: 358 pages In a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs – Source and Shield – make…
Title: The Silent Land Author: Graham Joyce Genre: It seems to be categorised Literary Fantasy, whatever that means. Publisher: Gollancz Publication date: 18 November 2010 Hardcover: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone A young couple are caught…
Title: Glitter Rose Author: Marianne de Pierres Genre: Horror/Fantasy Publisher: Twelfth Planet Press Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 69 pages Stand alone or series: Contains 5 stories, 4 of them related and part of a self-contained cycle. The Glitter…
Title: StarCrossed Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Digger thrives as a spy and sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse, dodging the Greenmen who…
Title: Hunger Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy YA “Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world.” Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How…
Title: Prospero in Hell Author: L. Jagi Lamplighter Genre: Fantasy (Contemporary) Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover: 352 Pages The exciting, suspenseful story of Miranda’s search for Prospero, the fabled sorcerer of The Tempest The search of a…
Title: Erekos Author: A.M. Tuomala Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication Date: September 2010 Ebook: 250 Pages For three hundred years, Erekos and Weigenland have fought to hold the borderland between the two nations. As the first storms…
Today we are pleased to host the first stop on Jennifer Donnelly’s Revolution Blog Tour! As Thea loved Jennifer’s earlier Printz Honor recipient novel, A Gathering Light (US Title: A Northern Light), we were thrilled to have the opportunity…
Title: Elfland Author: Freda Warrington Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 464 Pages Elfland is an intimate, sensual novel of people—both human and Aetherial—caught between duty and desire. It’s a story of families, and of…
Title: The Invisible Order – Book One: Rise of the Darklings Author: Paul Crilley Genre: Fantasy / YA (Possibly MG) Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: September 28 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the…
Title: Extraordinary Author: Nancy Werlin Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Urban/Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Dial (Penguin) Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Phoebe finds herself drawn to Mallory, the strange and secretive new kid in school, and the two girls…
“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 reign so they can go wild…
Title: The Exiled Queen Author: Cinda Williams Chima Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Hyperion (Disney) Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 592 pages You can’t always run from danger… Haunted by the loss of his mother and sister, Han Alister journeys…
Title: The Sevenfold Spell Author: Tia Nevitt Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Novella Publisher: Carina Press Publication Date: September 2010 Have you ever wondered what happens to the other people in the fairy tale? Things look grim for Talia and her…
Howdy, everyone! Today we review The Sevenfold Spell, the debut novella from Tia Nevitt, a fellow blogger (who runs the awesomely appropriate blog Debuts & Reviews). To promote The Sevenfold Spell, Tia is holding an honest to goodness pajama…
Title: Ascendant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy (Urban/Contemporary), Unicorns Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Now a fully trained unicorn hunter, Astrid Llewelyn is learning that she can’t solve all her problems with…
Title: The Child Thief Author: Brom Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling Publisher: Eos Publication Date: August 2009 Trade Paperback: 496 Pages Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games…
Title: The Glass Maker’s Daughter Author: V. Briceland Genre: Fantasy (YA) Publisher: Flux Publication date: April 2009 Paperback: 312 pages Magic lies at the heart of Cassaforte, medieval city of bewitchments and intrigue. Cassaforte is home to sixteen-year-old Risa…
Welcome to our newest feature on The Book Smugglers: SMUGGLED! For this new feature, we briefly video interview authors. Today’s guest is Kelly Creagh, YA paranormal fantasy/horror author of Nevermore (which Thea read and loved). Please give a warm…