Audiobook review: There’s A Word For That by Sloane Tanen

Star Ratings: Story: 4/5 Writing: 3/5 Characters: 5/5 Audio recording: 4/5 Overall: 4 out of 5 stars I listened to There’s A Word For That via Libro.fm, which I recommend enthusiastically. A percentage of all purchases helps out indie bookshops! Please go check them out. This was very much an impulse download; I needed something

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

How does everything Helen Oyeyemi touches turn to gold? Her writing follows some fairy tale logic that meanders off the road, yet never leads you astray. I was smitten with Boy, Snow, Bird and White Is For Witching. I was beyond enchanted by the stories in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. And I

Book Review: The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

(img source: goodreads) Star Ratings: Characters: ***** (5 stars) Character Development: **** (4 stars) Plot: *** (3 stars) Writing: **** (4 stars) Overall: **** (4 stars) Age range recommendation: 12 and up. (Dark but not scary, though there’s some troubling emotional and domestic abuse.) Be it known that I read an ARC of this book,

Book Review: The Story of Owen, Dragonslayer of Trondheim

Star Ratings: Characters: **** (4 stars) Character Development: **** (4 stars) Plot: ** (2 stars) Writing: *** (3 stars_ Overall: *** (3/5 stars) Age range recommendation: 11 and up. I read The Story of Owen in the more restful hours of my recent trip to New York City, and while I had a fun time

Book Review: Beware The Wild by Natalie C. Parker (coming out soon!)

Star Ratings: Characters: **** (4 stars) Character Development: **** (4 stars) Plot: *** (3 stars) Writing: **** (3 stars) Overall: **** (4 stars) Age range recommendation: 12 -18 I read an ARC of Beware The Wild and some details may change before publication! I seriously dig swamp magic.  I mucked around writing half a novel

Archived Review: The Earth Hums In B Flat by Mari Strachan

Originally posted to Dark Lady Reviews on April 16, 2013   Characters: *****(4 Stars) Character Development: **** (4 Stars)
 Plot: *** (3 Stars)
 Writing: **** (4 Stars)
 Overall: **** (4 Stars)
 Age range recommendation: 16 + I read this book in two sittings, so it’s clearly got plenty of excellent qualities. I love child-detective stories,