Tag: Fantasy

  • REVIEW of Rapunzel’s Gambit by Mary Mecham

    REVIEW of Rapunzel’s Gambit by Mary Mecham

    What if Rapunzel wasn’t a damsel in distress but a scheming con-woman who is in league with a devious dragon? In this fractured fairy tale, Rapunzel decides to circumvent the plans of her greedy father by playing Robin Hood. She teams up with a dragon, pretends to be captured, rakes in the ransoms from all…

  • REVIEW of Bride of the Midnight Prince (Brides of the Fae #2) by Anastasis Blythe

    REVIEW of Bride of the Midnight Prince (Brides of the Fae #2) by Anastasis Blythe

    Kat lives a double life–an heiress to a fortune by day and a masked heroine walking the secret paths of the magical Wood by night. The queen and Kat’s greedy stepmother are both busy trying to marry Kat off, but Kat is busy saving human slaves from their fae masters and bringing them back to…

  • REVIEW of Assassin of Fire and Sacrifice by Mary Mecham

    REVIEW of Assassin of Fire and Sacrifice by Mary Mecham

    Azora grew up as part of a secret society of assassins in Termarth, orphans whose parents had been killed by the neighboring country of Pyren. When the royal family of phoenix shifters from Pyren demand a bride from Termarth for their prince, Azora is chosen to undertake the mission. She dresses as a noblewoman and…

  • REVIEW of The Zheninghai Chronicles (SERIES) by Anastasis Blythe

    REVIEW of The Zheninghai Chronicles (SERIES) by Anastasis Blythe

    This series follows the story of the empire of Zheninghai where an Academy of magic-wielders are trained to fight monsters, brigands, and archvillains in the service of the Emperor. The overarching plot line of the whole series made it impossible to stop at the end of each book, even though there are distinct shifts in…

  • REVIEW of Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford

    REVIEW of Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford

    Nor and Zadie are twins, identical to each other in every way except for the scar on Nor’s cheek. While diving for pearls (the only resource they can trade for food and water), Nor was scraped by the lethal blood coral, surviving the incident only to retain a mysterious healing agent inside herself. Part of…

  • REVIEW of Watership Down (Netflix TV Show)

    REVIEW of Watership Down (Netflix TV Show)

    Hazel’s little brother Fiver has had a vision–their rabbit warren at Sandleford is about to be destroyed and the rabbits must emigrate to a new home before it is too late. Laughed at by most of the group, Hazel leads a small group of buck rabbits away from the tragedy about to strike. Treading a…

  • REVIEW of Secrets of the Wild Wood by Tonke Dragt

    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,…

  • REVIEW of Queen Mab, by Kate Danley

    REVIEW of Queen Mab, by Kate Danley

    MERCUTIO: O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men’s noses as they lie asleep… So runs Mercutio’s monologue in Shakespeare’s Romeo and…

  • REVIEW of The Story Peddler (The Weaver Trilogy #1), by Lindsay A. Franklin

    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,…

  • REVIEW of The Oddling Prince, by Nancy Springer

    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.…