Title: Shadowfell Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 416 Pages Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with…
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Title: Hide Me Among the Graves Author: Tim Powers Genre: Gothic, Historical Fantasy Publisher: William Morrow / Corvus Publication date: March 28 / September 2012 Hardcover: 511 pages Winter, 1862. A malevolent spirit roams the cold and gloomy streets…
Joint Review: The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand
Title: The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls Author: Claire Legrand Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: August 2012 Hardcover: 352 pages At the Cavendish Home for Boys and…
Title: The Cityβs Son Author: Tom Pollock Genre: Urban Fantasy, YA Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (UK) / Flux (US) Publication date: August 2 (UK) / September 8 (US) 2012 Hardcover: 480 pages Expelled from school, betrayed by her best…
Title: What’s Left of Me Author: Kat Zhang Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 352 Pages Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else–two souls woven together in…
Title: Blackwood Author: Gwenda Bond Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA Publisher: Strange Chemistry Publication date: September 4th 2012 Paperback: 352 pages On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years…
Hello everybody and happy Friday! Today we are at Kirkus with a joint review of one of Thea’s childhood favorite SFF novels, Reefsong by Carol Severance. Go HERE to read the full review and see if the book stood…
Title: Long Lankin Author: Lindsey Barraclough Genre: Historical, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick (US) / Bodley Head (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 455 Pages (US) In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children…
Reading The Spark by Susan Jane Bigelow: In which I urge our readers to read The Extrahumans Series
Title: The Spark Author: Susan Jane Bigelow Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian, Superheroes Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication date: August 2012 Paperback: 404 pages Deirdre Burns White clings desperately to her normal life. She has a job, a boyfriend and…
Title: Renegade Magic (US) / A Tangle of Magicks (UK) Author: Stephanie Burgis Genre: Historical, Fantasy/Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Atheneum (US) / Templar (UK) Publication Date: April 2012 (US) / August 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 336 Pages (US) Is…