Book-A-Like: Snow Like Ashes & Graceling

Striking fantasy tales of strong warrior women and dark politics star in this week’s QBD Book-A-Like!  Graceling by Kristin Cashore: In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under […]

Book-A-Like: A Court of Thorns and Roses & Cinder

Fantasy fairytale retelling with a twist feature in this week’s QBD Book-A-Like A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas: Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in […]

QBD Book-A-Like: We’ve got the magic in us!

Today we delve deep into the urban magical jungle with our special QBD 3-Book-A-Like! Magic, mischief & mayhem abound in these pages. Reader Beware: You won’t be able to stop at one! Iron Druid Chronicles: Hounded by Kevin Hearne: Tempe, Arizona is as far removed from paranormal activity as is possible. And that’s where Atticus O’Sullivan, […]

QBD Book-A-Like: Clockwork Angel & Lady Helen

Brave deeds in the shadows of Victorian London feature in these two great YA fantasies! Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare: When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural fold stalk the gaslit streets. Friendless and […]