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REVIEW of Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures #1) by Peter Bunzl
Lily Hartman’s father has gone missing. Her housekeeper, named guardian in her father’s will, has turned into a tyrant, selling her father’s mechanical servants and searching the house for some mysterious item. When Malkin, her mechanimal fox, comes bearing a cryptic message from her father, Lily flees her house with a little rosewood box. Does…
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REVIEW of Olde Robin Hood, by Kate Danley
Kate Danley’s newest story delves into the oldest tales of Robin Hood and strings them together in a fast-paced and convincing novel. When the Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin’s father and burns down their farm, Robin is forced into exile in Sherwood Forest. There he joins forces with John Little, a large fellow trying to…
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REVIEW of The Song of Seven, by Tonke Dragt
School teacher Frans van der Steg amuses the children in his classroom with adventure stories about Frans the Red, but he never imagined that he would find himself in the middle of his own adventure story. Shortly after arriving in the quiet village, he receives a letter from a mysterious Count Gradus Grisenstein asking him…
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REVIEW of Secrets of the Wild Wood by Tonke Dragt
Tiuri and two more knights are waiting for Sir Ristridin. The plan was to meet up at Ristridin’s castle when spring came, to see if any of them had discovered the identity and whereabouts of an evil knight who killed their friend in the previous book. But Sir Ristridin, who ventured into the Wild Wood,…
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REVIEW of Queen Mab, by Kate Danley
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REVIEW of The Story Peddler (The Weaver Trilogy #1), by Lindsay A. Franklin
Tanwen has a gift–when she tells stories, magical strands come from her hands and weave the colors of the tale into a beautiful glass picture…which she can then sell to a member of the audience. Tanwen’s lifelong ambition has been to become a royal storyteller and weave her stories for the king and his court,…
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REVIEW of The Oddling Prince, by Nancy Springer
When a mysterious ring appears on King Bardaric’s hand, the king falls ill and approaches the door of death. Prince Aric is a true-hearted and faithful son, not yet ready to become king of Calidon. He rejoices when an elfin figure calling himself Albaric removes the ring with his magic and saves the king’s life.…
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REVIEW of The Princess Search: A Retelling of the Ugly Duckling (The Four Kingdoms #5), by Melanie Cellier
When Princess Celine asks Evie to come with the royals of Lanover on a tour of their kingdom, the young seamstress can hardly refuse. But even though she feels confident in her skills as royal dressmaker, Evie is hardly confident about her ability to remain calm as she revisits the places from her nomadic and…
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REVIEW of The Isle of Gold, by Seven Jane
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REVIEW of East, by Edith Pattou
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