A brief overview of the series thus far: A girl named Nina is attacked by a werewolf, and then she becomes one. She is taken to Abigaile Island, a prison/school for werewolf children to learn how to become docile slaves to their human oppressors. Once there, she enters into a love triangle with Roy, theRead more
As part of my New Year’s resolution, I’m reading whatever books I want when I want to, and not paying too much attention to numbers or setting exact goals. I’m currently in the middle of The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, and I’ve barely made a dent in it, because the book is a whopping 1100+Read more
Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier is the second installment in Blackthorn & Grim, a fantasy series about a prickly young woman who is bent on vengeance against Malthuin, a powerful man who killed her family. She can’t execute her revenge because her very freedom from prison was purchased by a bargain with a faeRead more
Six of Crows was one of the most eagerly sought ARCs at Book Expo America this year, and it definitely lives up to the hype. It is the first book in a new series set in the same world as Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha Trilogy. I must confess that I haven’t read the Grisha Trilogy yet, soRead more
When I picked up The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld, I was expecting it to be a fantasy novel set within a prison. That’s not quite what it is. It’s more like the movie “Dead Man Walking” paired with Isabel Allende’s magical realism. The Enchanted is narrated by a mute death row inmate named Arden. WeRead more