Check it out, it’s the first traditionally published fiction book of the year and one with some asexual representation! Not only that, but it’s about a school full of kids who went to another world and had to come back to their own world and didn’t adjust well to it,… Read More »Every Heart a Doorway Review
Keeping on brand, I went to a high tea place that is very inspired by Alice in Wonderland with just that bit of Lovecraft. This place is actually right by the day job and I’ve been staring at it for ages, but I finally managed to get a bunch of… Read More »Laurence & Chico Cafe
So. There’s a hot chocolate festival happening in Vancouver right now. This would be fine, but I have a bit of a problem and I have been trying to hit as many of the places as I can. Some of them have been fantastic and some have been nearly impossible… Read More »Hot Chocolate Festival Reviews!
I picked up School of Sight back when I was at VCon directly from the author! Always exciting, and it was a reward for me once NaNoWriMo was over to finally dig into it. And it was definitely worth the wait! The book is about someone who has discovered that… Read More »School of Sight Review
Oh hey, the plot kicked back in! They’re actively doing things to find Glendower again, which is the main thrust of the series! Find the old dead Welsh king and then… something. Have a wish granted, gain is favour, I’m still not actually sure what they think is going to… Read More »Blue Lily, Lily Blue Review
I read this series before and I’m revisiting it now. I’m realizing that I’ve got different feelings about it this time than I did the first time, which happens. I’m looking at the formatting of the book for one1 and paying more attention to the structure and how the series… Read More »Raven Boys Review
I don’t think I really liked Blue Magic. It’s not that it was a bad book, but there were just a lot of little things that rubbed me wrong until eventually t all came together into this box. The elements I liked from the first book were less prominent and… Read More »Blue Magic Review
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is bad. Like, really bad. And yet, I still flew to New York and saw it on Broadway. You guys. The show is so good. The acting really does make the whole thing so… Read More »Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Review
I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for ages. I got it entirely because I liked the cover, namely because it doesn’t have any of the things that I dislike about YA covers.1 I was a little iffy on it because it is a first person narrative, which I… Read More »Shadow and Bone Review
I’ve mentioned this book to some people, but let me talk about how much I enjoyed it. I’m not just saying that because I happen to know Latimer and I’m very happy to have her book finally in my hands. The story follows Bryony Gray, a young girl taken in… Read More »The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray Review