Wow. What an amazing, beautiful book. In The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente creates a rich, gorgeously-told fairy story that is both old fashioned and modern all in the same breath. September is a twelve year old girl who is… Read more »
I haven’t personally reviewed the rest of the Toby Daye series here at TDF, but it’s safe to say that I’m a serious Seanan McGuire fangirl. After being turned onto the series by The Bibliomaniac, I devoured each book. I mean, devoured. It took me maybe a day to finish… Read more »
Lust by Charlotte Featherstone Description: Of old, humans and Faeries have dwelt side by side in parallel realms. Only the canniest mortals recognize the alluring creatures that often walk—and lie—among them. The righteous Fae of the Seelie Court cherish an ancient quarrel with their Dark counterparts: a curse born of… Read more »
This is a tough review to write. I loved Iron Crowned, but… I want to rant about it. Rants generally don’t make good reviews, especially when the reviewer is ranting about how much she liked it. And if I rant, it’ll be spoilerrific, which I’m going to try to… Read more »
I really, really wanted to like The Iron Daughter as much as I liked The Iron King. The setting, the characters… they are all really fascinating. But I was sadly disappointed by the star-crossed-lovers direction Kagawa took with this book. After destroying Machina, the Iron King, at the end of… Read more »
The Iron King treads familiar ground, if you’re a fan of faery stories, but Kagawa strikes out into exciting, imaginative new territory. I love a good faery story, and it was lovely to find one that involves not only the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, but also the Iron Court,… Read more »
I love faery stories, so I was very excited when I started reading Rise of the Darklings and realized that I had, in fact, just dived into a deliciously traditional faery story. This first book in The Invisible Order series, though aimed at fifth to eighth graders, is a… Read more »
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