Brandon Sanderson wrote a PIRATE book, and I am here for it! In Tress of the Emerald Sea, the first of Brandon Sanderson’s “Secret Projects” (because he, like Hamilton, apparently writes like he’s running out of time), Tress has lived a quiet, simple life on an island known colloquially as The Rock (not Dwayne Johnson, …
Tag: fantasy
Book Review | Untethered Sky (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Untethered Sky, Ester has been on a mission of righteous vengeance ever since a manticore slaughtered her mother …
Book Review | The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
Pirates? Magic? Say no more; I'm in! The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty joins the titular character after she’s been retired from piracy for ten years to raise her daughter. But one day a woman arrives with a request Amina can’t say no to: if she recovers this woman’s granddaughter—the child of one …
Continue reading Book Review | The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
Book Review | The Last Heir to Blackwood Library (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Last Heir to Blackwood Library, Ivy Radcliffe is scraping by in London. The country …
Continue reading Book Review | The Last Heir to Blackwood Library (ARC)
Book Review | A Door in the Dark (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Door in the Dark, Ren Monroe is used to being underestimated at her school for …
Righter of Words 