The Incandescent by Emily Tesh follows Doctor Walden, a professor and head of the magical department at Chetwood School, a renowned private school in England. She’s constantly busy with staff meetings, lesson plans, marking assignments, and making sure the school is safe from invading demons. She’s excellent at her job, although her current sixth form …
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Book Review | The Stars Too Fondly
I’m obsessed with space travel stories these days. Blame (or thank) Spock. In The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton, Cleo and her three best friends have grown up with the knowledge that Earth is pretty much a lost cause. Climate change is ravaging the planet, and there isn’t much to do now but wait …
Book Review | The Raven Scholar
I knowingly started another series. I only slightly regret it (because I need book two. I NEED IT). In The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, the time has come for the empire of Orrun to elect a new ruler, as Bersun the Brusque’s twenty-four year reign is reaching its conclusion. So the seven selected competitors …
Book Review | The Bewitching
I’ve been meaning to read Mexican Gothic for years, and… I still haven’t. But hopefully soon! As it is, at least I’ve now read this author’s newest work. In The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, we follow three connected timelines. In the 1990s, Minerva is working on her thesis about Beatrice Tremblay, an author of Gothic …
Series Review | Elatsoe and Sheine Lende
For once, I read a duology without waiting months and months in between the books! In Darcie Little Badger’s books Elatsoe and Sheine Lende, we follow two members of the same family: Ellie and Shane, a granddaughter and grandmother. In the first book, Ellie is a high schooler living in an America quite like our …
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