When I was at the Texas Library Association convention last year, I asked the rep at the HMH booth which book she was most excited about and she handed me Vivian Apple. I thought it was going to be another YA contemporary about a teen questioning her faith, and perhaps there was an […]
Category: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Mortal Heart By Robin LaFevers
I remember getting an ARC of book one in this series and thinking that it would be another historical fantasy, but what I got was a book that was well researched with characters that were interesting and told a story with basis in actual history. Now that I am writing the review of […]
Dark Triumph by R.L. LaFevers
Dark Triumph certainly lives up to its name and brings the darkness. In this riveting follow-up to Grave Mercy, Robin LaFevers does not hold back when giving us Sybella’s story. I was not overly fond of Sybella in Grave Mercy, but I am sure that you will grow to admire and love her as […]
Remainders (15)
A very happy-making package from Macmillan arrived this week: From HMH and NetGalley From Penguin and NetGalley: One really fun thing that happened this week was a trip to Blue Willow Books for the Marissa Meyer signing! Marissa was very funny and talked a lot about her writing process and told some gory fairy tales. […]
Ex Libris Audio: Graceling
Graceling Author: Kristin Cashore Narrator: Cast Recording Performance: Excellent Publisher: Full Cast Audio Available Now In a world where people born with an extreme skill – called a Grace – are feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of the skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her […]
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
We first meet Ismae as she is married off by her cruel father to an equally cruel (and disgusting) man. She is completely powerless, but soon finds that she does have power. Quite a lot of it, actually. I heard many people talk about how wonderful Grave Mercy was and I have to say […]
Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
Illuminate (Gilded Wings #1) Author: Aimee Agresti Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: 3-6-12 Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in […]