An unforgettable, magical journey filled with shadows and wonderful writing, Shadow Weaver is not a book to miss in 2018! The shadows that surround us aren’t always as they seem… Emmeline has grown up with a gift. Since the time she was a baby she has been able to control shadows. And her only friend and … Continue reading Shadow Weaver ★★★★★
Tag: Fantasy
Mask of Shadows – ★★★★☆
Mysterious and tense, Mask of Shadows delivered on almost every promise it had given. I was pulled in by the characters and Linsey Miller’s writing was thrilling and poetic. Plus the representation of genderfluid and other queer identities was everything that fantasy books have been missing. And yet… I Needed to Win. They Needed to … Continue reading Mask of Shadows – ★★★★☆
Review: The Dragon Waking ★★★★☆
An endearing tale of a girl who meets her best friend in the Nevada desert, who just so happens to be a dragon. The Dragon Waking by Grayson Towler is a heartwarming tale of friendship, adventure and a splash of magic. For thirteen-year-old Rose Gallagher, having a friend who is really a dragon and can perform … Continue reading Review: The Dragon Waking ★★★★☆
Review: A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic ★★★★★
Magic is my favorite thing in a story. I get to see how it works in the universe and how it affects the characters. Magic in a modern day world, like the one in A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic, where cell phones and blogs make a regular appearance, always intrigues me. How will magic and technology … Continue reading Review: A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic ★★★★★
Review: Labyrinth Lost 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Give me a book about kickass magic wielding ladies set in an incredibly built world, and I'll fall in love. And I fell head over heels into a portal leading to Los Lagos. Zoraida Córdova's Labyrinth Lost was the type of book where, had I read it as an actual teenager, I would have reread it every … Continue reading Review: Labyrinth Lost 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Review: The Wolf in the Attic ★☆☆☆☆
The Wolf in the Attic by Paul Kearney is the long winded tale of Anna, a Greek refugee living in London with her father in the early 20th century. There was exactly one exciting, plot driven scene in the first quarter of the book and everything else is countless pages of details, descriptions and character … Continue reading Review: The Wolf in the Attic ★☆☆☆☆
Review: Akarnae ★★☆☆☆
I always thought I loved portal fantasy stories; after all, I did spend ten years writing one, but Akarnae proved that I did not love portal fantasies as much as I thought I did. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in … Continue reading Review: Akarnae ★★☆☆☆
Review: Asteroid Made of Dragons ★★★☆☆
If you gave me the option to read a book with dragons, versus one without, I will pick the dragons over everything else. I love dragons that much. So, of course, being promised an asteroid made of dragons, I was pretty excited. And Asteroid Made of Dragons by G. Derek Adams was pretty exciting--at first. When a … Continue reading Review: Asteroid Made of Dragons ★★★☆☆
Review: Glass Sword 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
If I could sum up my entire experience of Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard in a single gif, it would be this one: If you've spent any amount of time at Round Robin Writes, or listening to our Podcasts, you know how much of a fan Jess and I are of Victoria Aveyard. We fell in love … Continue reading Review: Glass Sword 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Review: The Vanishing Girl ★★☆☆☆
The Vanishing Girl by Laura Thalassa promised to be exciting and thrilling, with adventure and teleporting girls, but it ended up being creepy and disappointing. Every night after Ember Pierce falls asleep, she disappears. She can teleport anywhere in the world—London, Paris, her crush’s bedroom—wherever her dreams lead her. Ten minutes is all she gets, and once time’s … Continue reading Review: The Vanishing Girl ★★☆☆☆