Tag: young adult
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Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
Review of Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce. Tempests and Slaughter is the first book in the The Numair Chronicles duology set in Pierce’s Tortall universe. Numair is a beloved character from the Wild Magic series who has gotten his own prequel series as a spinoff.
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik. A fantasy inspired by polish fairytales about learning magic, the deep dark forest and political intrigue. If you enjoy fairytale inspired books it is defiantly worth reading.
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The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Review of The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. The Thief is Mediterranean fantasy young adult novel about a thief pressured into stealing an ancient treasure for the court.
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The Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper
Review of The Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper and The Diamond Deep, the second book in the Ruby’s Song duology. Creative Fire is a young adult generation ship story about oppression and resistance.
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Circle of Magic & Sandry’s Book
Review of Sandry’s Book and the Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce. The Circle of Magic is one of my all time favourite magic school series.
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9 Young Adult Epic Fantasy recommendations
These are my young adult epic fantasy recommendations. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for young adult epic fantasy because you want a recommendation for a younger reader or if you just want a less dark story, than adult epic fantasy tend to be. You might also enjoy the easy to read language or…
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11 Dark Fae recommendations
If you like me really enjoy stories about the fae, then you might also be on the lookout for some fae recommendations for books, tv-shows and stories – especially darker fae stories.
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Review of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and shorter reviews of the rest of the series. Properly the most famous dystopian YA from the aughts. I didn’t read them until the movies came out, to see what all the fuss was about – and boy did I see what the fuss was about! If…
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Sorcery and Cecelia
Review of Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer set in a magical regency England. The young adult novel takes the form of letters written between Kate and Cecelia. They write to each other about their lives, love, marriage and solving a mystery.
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The Finishing School series: Etiquette and Espionage and Curtsies and Conspiracies
Review of Etiquette and Espionage, Curtsies & Conspiracies and the rest of the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger. Sophronia is sent of to an unusual finishing school, where she learns spy craft and have wonderful adventures with her friends and a steampunk dog.