(I read this book as part of the Pay it Sideways Challenge. Join in anytime, we’d love to have you!) Anya Borzakovskaya is not happy with her life. She’s spent most of her life trying to distance herself from her Russian heritage: taking lessons to learn English and lose her accent, dieting and avoiding her…
Tag: young adult fiction
Thoughts on Bitterblue
For those of you who aren’t aware, I don’t very often review every book of a series, mainly because it’s too hard to do so without slinging spoilers left and right. And in the case of Bitterblue, the third book in Kristin Cashore’s Graceling Realm series, one has to be careful about revealing spoilers from…
Review: Scarlet
Tales and rumors of Robin Hood are legendary in Nottingham — after all, it’s only Robin and his men who stand between the ruthless sheriff and the over-taxed poor. Much is made of Robin, but the person most people don’t see is Will Scarlet, a thin lad, dagger-wielder, and thief. And that’s just fine with…
Review: The Seer and the Sword
Princess Torina’s life has always been perfect. Her father is king of Archeld, the mightiest of the kingdoms, and brings home many conquests of war — including a mysterious crystal sphere that shows Torina the future…and Landen, the son of a fallen king. But as in any perfect kingdom, not all is as it seems….
Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland…
September is tired of being at home, washing the same pink-and-yellow cups and playing with the same small, amiable dog. So when a Green Wind (atop the back of a flying Leopard) offers her a trip to Fairyland, she accepts. But Fairyland is in trouble, taken over by a Marquess who, although evil, wears a…