If you have not read books one and two, this review contains spoilers. I didn’t realize how much I missed Fennbirn Island until I was able to jump back in. At the end of book two, everyone fled and seemed to go different directions. Jules hid on […]
Category: 4.5 Birds
The Cruel Prince By Holly Black
I didn’t realize how much I was missing a Holly Black faerie story until I started reading The Cruel Prince and was reminded of her genius in this sub-genre. Before they were taken to the land of faerie, Jude lived with her two sisters and had a pretty normal human childhood. But her mother’s secrets […]
Ex Libris Audio: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda
I am not as inclined to read contemporary YA as I am Fantasy or Sci-Fi, but so many people adored this book that I had to listen. Simon’s story is a coming out story, but it really felt like a lot more than that. It showed not only one teen’s story, but the many messy […]
Blog Tour: The Female Of The Species
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. After you’ve read my thoughts, don’t forget to visit the other tour stops and enter for a chance to win a finished copy. I don’t even know how to start this review. So many times, as I […]
Blog Tour: Like A River Glorious
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Like A River Glorious by Rae Carson. After you have read my thoughts, don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a finished copy and visit the other tour stops! Walk On Earth A Stranger was one of my very favorite books of 2015, […]
A Torch Against The Night By Sabaa Tahir
When a book like An Ember in the Ashes comes out, there is always so much pressure on the second book to be just as good. I have to say that A Torch Against the Night did not disappoint! It pretty much picks up right where book one stopped and you are right back in […]
Blog Tour: Save Me, Kurt Cobain
Welcome to my stop on the Save Me, Kurt Cobain tour! After you read my thoughts, make sure you enter the fabulous giveaway and visit the other stops on the tour! What drew me to this story, initially, was a sense of nostalgia. I was in high school and early college during grunge’s […]
Rebel Of The Sands By Alwyn Hamilton
It may sound strange to combine Wild West with Middle Eastern influence but, somehow, it worked really well. The main character, Amani, is desperate to escape. Her life is boxed in by the dusty, rundown town where she lives and her remaining family doesn’t try to make things better. When a forced marriage looms in […]
Blog Tour: Into The Dim
Welcome to my stop on the tour for Into The Dim by Janet B. Taylor. I was excited about this book from the moment I heard its premise, so I hope you’ll read my thoughts and then visit the other stops on teh tour for more fun content. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway, as […]
Ex Libris Audio: Frozen Tides
I want to avoid spoilers, of course, so forgive my vague review. Frozen Tides is the aftermath of the chos that had been building in the first three books. Lucia knows the truth about who she is and has had her world shattered by betrayal and death, so her answer is to plow through each […]