A review by Nalini Haynes Jam’s parents sent her to the Wooden Barn, a school for fragile yet intelligent teenagers. At the Wooden Barn she’s …
Book reviews
Valiant by Holly Black
A review by Nalini Haynes Before the Knights of Badassdom movie, Holly Black wrote: Hands raised in mock surrender, Ruth laughed. “Just a joke, Princess …
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A review by Nalini Haynes Laia was born into the Scholar caste, a downtrodden caste suffering random and not-so-random searches, torture and death at the …
Prudence by Gail Carriger
A review by Nalini Haynes A few years back I succumbed and started Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate novels on book 4. I had no idea …
Desert Rising by Kelley Grant
A review by Nalini Haynes Sulis, a woman from a nomadic desert tribe (desert rising?), feels called to the temple to serve the One, the …
Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin
A review by CJ Dee Caitlin O’Hara is a world renowned child psychologist. Her latest patient, Maanik, is the daughter of a diplomat who is …
Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
A review by Nalini Haynes Lucy Munroe is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who has spent the last 10 years in Phoenix, Arizona, writing about the …
Tithe: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black
A review by Nalini Haynes Kaye is touched by fae: she sees things others don’t. She’s mature beyond her years, used to looking after her …
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh
A review by Evie Kendal Heart of Obsidian is the twelfth book in Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. The novel opens with the incredibly powerful Cardinal …
Dark Alchemy by Laura Bickle
A review by Nalini Haynes Petra Dee is a geologist, pardon the pun. After a traumatic incident (her backstory unfolds later in the novel), Petra …
Awesome by Eva Darrows
A review by Nalini Haynes Maggie (don’t-call-me-Margaret!) Cunningham is The Awesome, an apprentice monster hunter who can’t get her journeyman’s license until she’s had The …
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
A review by Lynne Larby New York Times bestselling author Sarah J Maas begins her new trilogy in A Court of Thorns and Roses, a …
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield
A review by Nalini Haynes Friday Brown comes from a long line of women who all drowned on a Saturday, which is why her mother …
Winter Bride by Anne Gracie
A review by Lynne Larby A romantic family tree begins with Jane Austen before branching through generations including Georgette Heyer and Marion Chesney to blossom once …
Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly
Waterfire Saga book #2 A review by Elizabeth Manthos Rogue Wave, the sequel to Deep Blue, follows Seraphina and the five chosen mermaids on their …