I genuinely feel very torn about Taken Away by Cyn Bermudez. I think this comes down to two things. The book was very short and it was written in e-mail/letter format. Now, I’m not against epistolary novels, but something about this one didn’t really click with me for some reason. Taken Away follows the story of two…
In the time since I finished Spark by Sarah Beth Durst, I have felt thoroughly conflicted about my rating for it. I haven't quite been able to determine just what my final opinion of the novel is. There are quite a number of really good pieces to this book, but I just felt regularly that…
The Thorn Queen by Elise Holland was a hard book to rate. As the story begins, we're introduced to Meylyne, a young girl of two worlds who has been forced to live in the world below as a result of her parentage while she watches the parade above though she knows she could be in…
I’m not sure if it’s ironic or unironc that the best descriptor I can possibly think of for Foreverafter: An Odd Adventure by K. J. Quint is quite literally the word odd. Following the long awaited adventure of a young girl called Audrey—though more commonly referred to as Odd—and her best friend Kite when a…
Unwritten by Tara Gilboy is the book that I wish I had when I was a kid. With the most entertaining middlegrade plot I’ve read all year, this book ranks high on my list of books I’m happy to have read in 2018. A gorgeous cover and a most creative plot give this book two huge…
The Curious Crime by Julia Golding was not a terrible book, in fact parts of it were quite fantastic. But unfortunately the book sent a message that I had an extremely hard time stomaching. My initial disgust with the book itself did ebb somewhat as I continued on, which is something I felt relieved about…