I feel a little bit bad about the direction this review is going in...…
In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demons lurking in their past in order to live a satisfying life.…
Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world in this postapocalyptic Western mashup for fans of Mad Max and Gunslinger Girl.…
"The problem is that the living and the dead aren't meant to mix. The problem is that I think the line has begun to blur."…
“Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.”…
TITLE: Ruin and Rising AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo SERIES: Grisha Verse, #3 RELEASED: June 17th, 2014; Henry Holt and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced…
TITLE: Siege and Storm AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo RELEASED: June 4th, 2013; Henry Holt and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She…
TITLE: More Than We Can Tell AUTHOR: Brigid Kemmerer RELEASES: March 6th, 2018; Bloomsbury Children’s GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Rev Fletcher is battling the demons of his past. But with loving adoptive parents by his side, he’s managed to keep them at bay…until he gets a letter from…
TITLE: Sabriel AUTHOR: Garth Nix SERIES: Abhorsen, #1 RELEASED: September 27th, 1996; HarperCollins GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead…
I originally thought I would just give a basic rundown of the entire anthology, maybe while throwing in a star rating for each individual story. By the time I reached somewhere around the halfway mark, I realized that would be incredibly unfair, as I…