Briony knows the way the story should go: a handsome stranger arrives to save the beautiful woman, and they live happily ever after. “But this isn’t a proper story,” she says, “and I’m telling you, I ought to be hanged.” Only a witch can see the Old Ones, and doesn’t need a Bible Ball in…
Tag: young adult fiction
Review: Beauty
When a man trespasses a little too hard on the kindness of an enchanted castle, its hideous master gives him an ultimatum: return in a month’s time with one of his daughters who is willing to be a prisoner, or become a prisoner himself. It is the man’s youngest daughter, Beauty, who volunteers. The castle…
Review: A Breath of Eyre
Life is not easy for Emma. She feels out of place at the exclusive prep school she attends, there’s a boy she can’t decide whether or not she likes (or if he likes her), and her stepmother doesn’t come close to filling the void left by her mother’s death. The only time Emma’s life feels…
Review: Seraphina
The peace between the dragons and humans of Goredd, however tenuous, has lasted for almost 40 years. Major conflicts have ceased, and the dragons lend their rational and mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. But with the anniversary of the treaty fast approaching, the tension is palpable. Into this looming danger enters Seraphina,…
Review: Grave Mercy
Ismae is a daughter of Mortain, one of death’s handmaidens trained since childhood to visit retribution on those her father has marked as traitors. And since it’s England in 1485, business is booming. But when Ismae is sent to the high court of Brittany to spy on Gavriel Duval, she is surprised to discover that…