Listen! For The Story of Owen has a second – and final – act. Title: Prairie Fire Author: E. K. Johnston Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication Date: March 1 2015 Hardcover: 304 pages Every dragon slayer…
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Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Temeraire/His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
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Middle Grade Review Bonanza: Monstrous by MarcyKate Connolly, Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen, and Arsenic For Tea by Robin Stevens
The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a feature with 2-3 mini-reviews for short MG books we really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts and recommendations for future entries). The city…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana talks about an excellent debut novel set in Mexico City and written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Go HERE to see this review in three parts.…
A Wicked Thing is a reimagining of the fairytale Sleeping Beauty, a variant that combines the Disney version’s Aurora and Perrault’s version. It opens as Aurora opens her eyes when a prince kisses her lips awakening her from a…
Frances Hardinge is a Smuggler Favourite and we await anxiously for every single new release. The Lie Tree is her upcoming novel (publishing on May 7 2015) and we couldn’t be happier to be hosting this exclusive excerpt and…
In which we showcase the cover of a new middle grade novel from R.J. Anderson. Today we are thrilled to unveil the cover and synopsis of R.J. Anderson’s new novel – middle grade fantastical mystery, A Pocket Full of…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Sequence #2) by Susan Cooper
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
“The framing of The Very Best of Kate Elliott is clear: feminist stories featuring a diverse group of female characters presented in a variety of roles and journeys. The most obvious extrapolation here for me given my personal interests…
“As the girls chased her elegant silver-haired bun through Valor’s princely blue arches and murals, they gawked at the once virile visions of princes destroying demons and saving helpless princesses, now flaunting different endings: Snow White smashing out of…
