Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Published by: Bloomsbury YA Pub Date: July 7, 2020 Pages: 389 Format: e-arc; owned | Source: NetGalley Genres: young adult, fantasy, LGBTQ+, retelling Rating: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where … Continue reading ARC August Mini Review: Cinderella Is Dead
Tag: fantasy
Backlist Books Review: A Gathering of Shadows
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab Series: Shades of Magic #2 Published by: Tor Books Pub Date: February 23, 2016 Read: March 2017; January 2020 Pages: 512 Format: paperback | Source: purchased Genres: adult, fantasy, LGBTQ+ Rating: It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since … Continue reading Backlist Books Review: A Gathering of Shadows
Review: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Published by: Candlewick Press Pub Date: May 5, 2020 Pages: 368 Format: e-arc | Source: NetGalley Genres: young adult, fantasy, LGBTQ+ Rating: A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and … Continue reading Review: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Mini Review: Wicked As You Wish
Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco Series: A Hundred Names For Magic #1 Published by: Sourcebooks Fire Pub Date: March 3, 2020 Pages: 432 Format: e-arc | Source: NetGalley Genres: young adult, contemporary, fantasy, LGBTQ+ Rating: When a hidden prince, a girl with secrets, a ragtag group of unlikely heroes, and a legendary firebird … Continue reading Mini Review: Wicked As You Wish
Review: Call Down The Hawk
Call Down The Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater Series: The Dreamer Trilogy #1 Published by: Scholastic Press Pub Date: November 5, 2019 Pages: 472 Format: hardcover | Source: purchased Genres: young adult, fantasy, LGBTQ+ Rating: The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they … Continue reading Review: Call Down The Hawk
Review: The Ninth Sorceress
The Ninth Sorceress by Bonnie Wynne Published by: Talem Press Pub Date: February 13, 2020 Pages: 462 Format: e-arc | Source: publisher Genres: young adult, fantasy Rating: In the blackest dungeon of the Clockwork City, a prisoner lies bound in silver shackles. Who is she? And why are the wizards so afraid of her? Seventeen-year-old Gwyn has no family … Continue reading Review: The Ninth Sorceress
Review: Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince
Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince by Megan Morrison Series: Tyme #3 Published by: Arthur A. Levine Books Pub Date: March 29, 2019 Pages: 355 Format: hardcover | Source: publisher; purchased Genres: young adult, fantasy, retelling Rating: Syrah Huanui is a frog. He wasn't always one--once he was a Prince of the Olive Isles, a champion launchball player, a beloved favorite of all. Or … Continue reading Review: Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince
Mini Review Monday: The Catch-Up Edition
I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest Published by: Roaring Brook Press Pub Date: June 4, 2019 Pages: 272 Format: arc | Source: publisher Genres: young adult, contemporary Rating: When Chloe Pierce’s mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest … Continue reading Mini Review Monday: The Catch-Up Edition
Blog Tour: Sorcery of Thorns
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Published by: Margaret K. McElderry Books Pub Date: June 4th 2019 Pages: 464 Format: arc | Source: publisher Genres: young adult, fantasy Rating (So Far): All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of … Continue reading Blog Tour: Sorcery of Thorns
Mini Review Monday: When Dimple Met Rishi, The Gilded Wolves
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Published by: Simon Pulse Pub Date: May 30, 2017 Pages: 380 Format: hardcover | Source: owned Genres: young adult, contemporary romance Rating: Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they … Continue reading Mini Review Monday: When Dimple Met Rishi, The Gilded Wolves
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