The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan Pages : 528 Genre : YA, Fantasy Series : Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1 My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he’s tracked down by a man he’s never met—a man...

The Young Elites by Marie Lu Narrated by Carla Corvo & Lannon Killea Pages/Time : 355/10h09 Genre : YA, fantasy Series : The Young Elites, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned...

Cinder by Marissa Meyer Pages : 390 Genre : YA, fantasy Series : The Lunar Chronicles, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a...

As I sat here waiting for my copy of Six of Crows to arrive, I kept thinking back to the Grisha series, and what an exciting time I had reading it, and how sad I was I had never taken the time to review it. But it’s not too late is it? I embarked on that fantastic adventure in December of last year, and it’s all still fresh enough in my memory. So let’s do this! (Since I didn’t review the books individually at the time,...

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Pages : 181 Genre : Magical Realism, Fantasy Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He...

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen Pages : 448 Genre : Fantasy Series : The Queen of the Tearling, book 1 My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and...

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson Pages : 592 Genre :  Fantasy Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a...

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke Pages : 360 Genre :  YA, Horror, Paranormal Series : Between, book 1 My Rating  : 4/5 From the back of the book  : Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy...