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Category: Book Recommendations

These are all books I’ve read and enjoyed and think you might too!

Book Recommendation: Kingdom of Fire Trilogy by Jessica Cluess

Book Recommendations•Posted July 8, 2021

This month’s book recommendation is another trilogy…surprise, surprise. But don’t let the commitment stop you from checking out Jessica Cluess’ Kingdom of Fire Trilogy. Here’s the synopsis for book #1, A Shadow Bright and Burning, from Goodreads: Goodreads Synopsis I…

Tags: jessica cluess, magic, monsters, YA fantasy, young adult, young adult fantasy
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Book Recommendation: Strange the Dreamer Duology by Laini Taylor

Book Recommendations, Writing•Posted June 10, 2021

This month’s book review is yet another duology, so lucky you, you get two for the time of one! Today is all about Laini Taylor’s strange and beautiful world in Strange the Dreamer and its follow-up Muse of Nightmares.

Tags: laini taylor, muse of nightmares, strange the dreamer, teen fiction, YA fantasy
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Book Recommendation: Everless Duology by Sara Holland

Book Recommendations•Posted May 13, 2021

This month’s book recommendation is another double, which isn’t a surprise in the fantasy genre. I loved the Everless duology (Everless and Evermore) by Sara Holland. Here’s the synopsis of Book #1 (Book #2 synopsis contains major spoilers for Book…

Tags: sara holland, time, YA, YA fantasy, young adult, young adult fantasy
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Book Recommendation: Ink & Bone by Rachel Caine

Book Recommendations•Posted April 8, 2021

This month’s book recommendation is Ink & Bone, the first installment of Rachel Caine’s The Great Library series. I’ve only read the first two books in the series so far, and I loved both of them. But I’m going to…

Tags: fantasy, great library, historical fiction, ink & bone, rachel caine, science fiction, young adult
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Book Recommendation: Firebird Trilogy by Claudia Gray

Book Recommendations•Posted March 11, 2021

If you tuned into the blog last week, you may remember my post about the myth of the Teumessian Fox and the rather lengthy–and loosely related–musing on paradoxes. I’m piggy-backing off last week’s post for this month’s book recommendation. If…

Tags: claudia gray, firebird, firebird trilogy, multiverse, parallel universe, sci-fi, science fiction, time travel, young adult
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Book Recommendation: A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

Book Recommendations•Posted February 11, 2021

Book Recommendation: A Song Below Water My book recommendation this month is A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. I loved, loved, loved this book. Morrow combined fantasy and real life in a simmering pot of magical realism that…

Tags: a song below water, bethany c. morrow, black lives matter, fantasy, magical realism, sirens, young adult
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Book Recommendation: Aru Shah Series by Roshani Chokshi

Book Recommendations•Posted January 14, 2021

My book recommendation this month is actually two books (it’s the first month of this series and you’re already getting a bonus!), the first two in the Pandava Quartet by Roshani Chokshi: Aru Shah and the End of the World…

Tags: aru shah, fantasy, fiction, hindu, middle grade, mythology
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