The Raft by S.A. Bodeen Pages : 231 Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Survival Stand alone My Rating : 2,5/5 From the back of the book : Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in Hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. She knows the...

The Gypsy King by Maureen Fergus Pages : 400 Genre : Fantasy, YA Series : The Gypsy King, Book 1 My Rating : 4/5 What it’s about : There is one thing slave Persephone desires over everything else : her freedom. When she is surprisingly rescued by a thief in a fancy disguise, Persephone knows this is her chance. She has no desire to follow Azriel around,and no intention to trust him, no matter how tall and handsome he can be. My...

Blood Song by Rhiannon Hart Pages : 290 Genre : Fantasy, YA Series : Lharmell, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 What it’s about : Princess Zeraphina has an unexplained thirst for blood – something she would not want anyone to know. When her sister gets promised to a prince in the north, Zeraphina is first excited; she sees the trip there as an occasion to investigate the source of her difference. But things in the north are not...

Soulless, the Manga by Gail Carriger (author) and Rem (illustrator) Pages : 224 Genre : Manga, Steampunk, Romance Series : The Parasol Protectorate, Manga – Volume 1 My Rating : 4,5/5 From the back of the book : The life of a spinster in Victorian London isn’t an easy one on the best of days, but such a life becomes infinitely more complicated when said spinster is “soulless” – a preternatural bridging...

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson Pages : 572 Genre : Fantasy Series : Mistborn, book 3 My Rating : 5/5 My thoughts : I feel there is very little I could say to explain how much I loved that book – the whole series, in fact. I am not sure I can translate all these feelings in words, but I am willing to at least give it a try. I came from The Well of Ascension with a lot of expectations. It had been, if possible, even better than...

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson Pages : 796 Genre : Fantasy Series : Mistborn, book 2 My Rating : 5/5 My thoughts : Reading the second book in the Mistborn series was long overdue; I had read the first one over two years ago, and even though I absolutely loved it, I kept pushing the moment I would read The Well of Ascension. I finally did, and oh my, it was purely AWESOME! I used to read a lot of fantasy as a teenager/young...

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows Pages : 416 Genre : YA, Science-Fiction, Dystopia Series : Newsoul, book 1 My Rating : What it’s about : Ana lives in Range, a place where souls are being reincarnated in different bodies, over and over. No one ever really dies, and the souls keep their memories from one life to the other. That is, until one night one soul vanished, and Ana was born instead. Living with her abusive mother, Ana has always...

Poison Study;  by Maria V. Snyder Genre : Fantasy Series : Study series : Book 1 My Rating : Magic Study;  by Maria V. Snyder Genre : Fantasy Series : Study series : Book 2 My Rating :  Fire Study;  by Maria V. Snyder Genre : Fantasy Series : Study series : Book 3 My Rating :  Sentenced to death, Yelena will seize any opportunity to stay alive; so when she is offered the position of  food tester for the Commander, she...