Audiobook Review: Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s been almost a year since October “Toby” Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day’s sleep. She’s tried to focus on her responsibilities—training Quentin, upholding her position as Sylvester’s …

Audiobook Review: One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire

One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire My rating: 5 of 5 stars October "Toby" Daye is settling into her new role as Countess of Goldengreen. She's actually dating again, and she's taken on Quentin as her squire. So, of course, it's time for things to take a turn for the worse. Someone has kidnapped the …

Audiobook Review: Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire

Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars October "Toby" Daye, changeling knight in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, finds the delicate balance of her life shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, …

Audiobook Review: An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire

An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Changeling knight in the court of the Duke of Shadowed Hills, October "Toby" Daye has survived numerous challenges that would destroy fae and mortal alike. Now Toby must take on a nightmarish new assignment. Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children—and all …

Audiobook Review: A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Toby Daye-a half-human, half-fae changeling-has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating to a "normal" life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world had other ideas... Now her liege, the Duke …

Audiobook Review: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars The world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival--but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Outsiders …

Podcasts for Readers #10: Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services

Hello everyone - back with something magical! Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services Episodes: 13 (20-30 mins) + ~10 bonus/short episodes Status: on hiatus until season 2 Genres: urban fantasy (witches, fae, gods) Is it gay? Hella Ships? There is a canon ship by the end of season 1 Short take? After a controversial fallout with …

ARC Review: Derailed by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge

Derailed by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge My rating: 3 of 5 stars Syl Skye. Rouen Rivoche. Star-crossed lovers who should be mortal enemies. This is the story of how they met. A nightly excursion to DC. A goth-rock show. One innocent train ride. That’s all it takes for high school sophomore Syl Skye’s perfectly normal world …

ARC Review: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Release date: September 26, 2017 Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human …

Review: Shattered Blue

Shattered Blue by Lauren Bird Horowitz My rating: 2 of 5 stars For Noa and Callum, being together is dangerous, even deadly. From the start, sixteen-year-old Noa senses that the mysterious transfer student to her Monterey boarding school is different. Callum unnerves and intrigues her, and even as she struggles through family tragedy, she’s irresistibly …

Review: Heir of Fire

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas My rating: 5 of 5 stars Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien’s only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan’s Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has …

ARC Review: Stolen Songbird

Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Release date: April 1, 2014 For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophesy …

Review: The Queen’s Choice

The Queen's Choice by Cayla Kluver My rating: 4 of 5 stars Magic was seeping out of me, black and agonizing. I could see it drifting away. The magic that would let me pass the Road to reach home again. When sixteen-year-old Anya learns that her aunt, Queen of the Faerie Kingdom of Chrior, will …

Review: Glimmerglass

Glimmerglass by Jenna Black My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dana Hathaway is a half-blood - having a human mother and a Fae father. Throughout her life, her mother kept her away from her father and her home country - Avalon - a mystical place where Faerie and the mortal realm collide into a city. …