Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier | Book Review
“Don’t you long for something different to happen, something so exciting and new it carries you along with it like a great tide, something that lets your life blaze and…
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough | Book Review
“If we don’t let ourselves be who we are, love who we are, where we come from, it’ll strangle ya until you can’t fight it no longer” The Boy from…
In Hiding We Seek by Keko V | Book Review
“In a universe of pawns, knights, kings and queens, With swords and crystals, threes and thirteens, A web of mystery and magic joins the strong and the weak, In this…
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim | Book Review
“Disappointment tastes like chalk lotus bean.” The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling is a YA coming-of-age novel set in suburban Sydney. It follows Anna Chiu, a Cantonese-Australian teenager as…
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier | Book Review
“You will find the way, daughter of the forest. Through grief and pain, through many trials, through betrayal and loss, your feet will walk a straight path.” Daughter of the…
The Red Button by Keith Eldred
“You bring me peace, Dear Belle. You lift me from my own mind. You are a light in the darkness.” I have to admit, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, is…
Idriel’s Children by Hayley Reese Chow
“My girl, I think you will find very little in this world or the next that cannot hurt you.” Idriel’s Children, the sequel to Odriel’s Heirs (my review here) promises…
Rise of Princes by Janell Rhiannon
“You are the fire that burns within my heart. There is room for no other. When I die, it will be your name upon my lips” It took me way…
Odriel’s Heirs by Hayley Reese Chow
“Light the darkness, Dragon” Okarria has always been protected by the Heirs; three individuals with special gifts from the god Odriel that together protect their homelands. Seventeen-year-old Kaia is the…
The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson
“Progress is like water. It will always find a way” Bursting with mystery and intrigue, The Shadow of Water, is full of danger at every turn. Set against the backdrop…