This review contains spoilers. Almost six years after the events of Wildwood Dancing, Paula is excited and nervous to be leaving Transylvania for the first time. She and her merchant father are headed to Istanbul, where rumors of an ancient artifact hang in the air like smoke. The artifact is Cybele’s Gift, a relic of…
Tag: fantasy
Review: Wildwood Dancing [Book club]
This review contains spoilers. Castle Piscul Dracului and the surrounding woods have a haunted and tragic reputation, but for Jena and her four sisters it’s their beloved home. They’ve spent their childhoods roaming the grounds and discovering the castle’s secrets — including a hidden portal only they can use. Through this portal lies the Other…
Review: Equal Rites
In a small village tucked away in a quiet corner of the Discworld, a dying wizard passes his powers on to the newborn eighth son of an eighth son. There’s just one snag: the newborn is actually a girl. The village’s witch, Granny Weatherwax, is aghast. There’s never been a female wizard, so why start…
Review: Blood of Elves
Humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have coexisted peacefully for over a century. But that peace has always been tenuous, and now The Continent is on the brink of war. Skirmishes are common — especially on the border between the Northern Kingdom and the Nilfgaard Empire — and everyone is choosing sides. Except for Geralt of…
Review: Sorrow’s Knot
The hamlet of Westmost sits at the edge of the world — beyond its wards, dark things creep. For many years it has been Willow’s responsibility to bind the dead, and to keep the restless spirits from harming the living. Otter, Willow’s only child, has always known that she will become a binder like her…