Tag Archives: fantasy

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Posted on May 13, 2013 by holdenm

Just out of college, Clay Jannon becomes a Web designer for a small business, then quickly loses his job to the sands of economic collapse. Unemployed and without much experience, he accepts a job as the night clerk for a … Continue reading →

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King Raven Trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead

Posted on May 4, 2013 by harperj

Bran is the lackadaisical son of the king of Elfael, Rhi Brychan, in the land of the Cymric (what we know as Wales). With the death of his father and the steady encroachment of Norman invaders, Bran has become a … Continue reading →

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Wild Magic by Tamara Pierce

Posted on April 29, 2013 by birminghamn

In Wild Magic, Tamara Pierce returns to Tortall, the home of Alana the Lioness. Tamora Pierce has once again given us a strong, female protagonist whom we can root for as she overcomes magical mayhem, a mysterious past and a … Continue reading →

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The Selection by Kiera Cass

Posted on April 15, 2013 by goodwinl

In a dystopian society where people are born into a numbered caste system, America Singer, a young musician, has fallen deeply, painfully, and irreversibly in love with a boy of a lower caste than herself. America’s and Aspen’s love consisted … Continue reading →

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The Legacy Trilogy by Cayla Kluver

Posted on April 5, 2013 by goodwinl

The Legacy Trilogy, by Cayla Kluver, is a fascinating fantasy story about two countries on the verge of war. Oddly enough, I read the third book in the series prior to the first (or second). It is a testament to … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on April 2, 2013 by joshuamneff

Catherynne M. Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is a wonderful, magical fairy-tale fantasy that is aimed at children but doesn’t talk down to them—and is written in a way that will appeal … Continue reading →

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The City & the City by China Miéville

Posted on March 26, 2013 by joshuamneff

With The City & the City, China Miéville has created a fascinating, exciting story that takes a premise that could have come straight from a short story by Jorge Luis Borges and turns it into the kind of hardboiled detective … Continue reading →

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The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff

Posted on March 18, 2013 by goodwinl

The Space Between is another stand-alone novel by Brenna Yovanoff. This novel follows two protagonists—Daphne, the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer, and Truman, a human boy. The novel switches between their perspectives and creates a world of illusion, deceit, evil, … Continue reading →

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Lullaby by Amanda Hocking

Posted on February 1, 2013 by jordanl

Book two in the Watersong trilogy, Lullaby, picks right up where Wake left off.  Harper is desperate to find her sixteen-year-old sister Gemma who has run off with Penn, Thea, and Lexi after a horrific fight where Penn turns into … Continue reading →

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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Posted on January 25, 2013 by hanerd

Seraphina is an unusual woman in an unusual world. Humans and dragons coexist in a mostly peaceful, if a bit strained, manner. That they can inhabit the same city at all is due to the dragons’ ability to assume a … Continue reading →

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