Reviewsday: Mistborn – Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
The concept of Brandon Sanderson’s first book in the Mistborn ‘trilogy’ is compelling to anyone that has read a lot of fantasy; what happens if the Dark Lord won? This turns the usual fantasy narrative on its head and Sanderson does not disappoint when it comes to delivery. The series is set in a world […]
QBD Reviews: Skyborn by David Dalglish
Skyborn sets the scene of a new fantasy series 500 years after the world was swallowed up by the endless ocean and six islands were lifted to the sky to save the last of humanity. Twins Bree and Kael have lived with their Aunt since their parents died in a battle between their island (Weshern) […]
Reviewsday: Akarnae by Lynette Noni
With just one step, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Jennings’s world changes—literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only a man named Professor Marselle can help her… but […]
Reviewsday: Firstlife by Gena Showalter
As far as Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is aware, her friends and relatives have all put her absence down to a boarding school or some ludicrous luxury retreat; whatever lie her parents have told to hide the fact that they’re had their daughter locked away in an asylum for three hundred and seventy-eight days. The reason […]