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Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Where the Drowned Girls Go is a relatively compelling if inoffensive addition to the Wayward Children series. Once again Seanan McGuire sticks to the same formula: we have a focus on aesthetics, a fairy-talesque atmosphere, and a story revolving around a girl who is either lonely or made to feel different or insecure about something.…
3.25 stars, 3rd pov, adventure, America, American, atmospheric, boarding/private school, body positivity, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, bullying, FAIRY TALES, fairytalesque prose, FANTASY, favourite authors, female authors, it’s about the *aesthetics*, LGBTQ+ Author, lgbtq+ side, MAGIC, magic school, MAGICAL DOORS, MAGICAL REALISM, mermaids, My reviews, published in 2022, read in 2022, reading, Seanan McGuire, trans side characters, URBAN FANTASY, Wayward Children, Where the Drowned Girls Go, YOUNG ADULT -
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
“He spoke the spell under his breath, still a little uncertain after the agonies he had endured. But magic came, ever his friend—magic answered his call.” Written in a playful pastiche style Sorcerer to the Crown will certainly appeal to fans of Susanna Clarke, Neil Gaiman, and Diana Wynne Jones. Cho’s bombastic prose, characterized by…
1800s, 1810s, 19TH CENTURY, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, academia, Adult, adventure, all girls school, alternate history, bombastic style, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, curses, DRAGONS, FAERIES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, FANTASY OF MANNERS, favourite authors, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, HUMOR, MAGIC, magic school, Malaysian author, My reviews, playful style, published in 2015, re-reads, read in 2016, read in 2021, reading, Regency era, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, Sorcerer Royal, WARLOCKS/WIZARDS, WITCHES, Zen Cho -
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire — book review
Although occasionally entertaining, Come Tumbling Down struck me as a rather unnecessary and insubstantial addition to the Wayward Children series. “Once a wayward child, always a wayward child.” Don’t get me wrong: Seanan McGuire’s writing style is as lush as ever. Her prose, with its use rhythm and repetition, echoes that of fairy-tale, lending a…
3 STARS, 3rd pov, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, Come Tumbling Down, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, fairytalesque prose, FANTASY, female authors, lgbtq+, magic school, MAGICAL DOORS, MAGICAL REALISM, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, portal fantasy, published in 2020, queer, read in 2020, science, Seanan McGuire, TOR novella, twins, VAMPIRES, Wayward Children, YOUNG ADULT -
The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) : Book Review
The True Queen by Zen Cho★★★★✰ 4.5 stars Now, this is what I call a great companion novel. “Relations are a terrible burden to a girl with magical ability.” It’s not easy to describe this series. A mad fantasy romp? A fantasy of manners? A pastiche of 19th-century literature?I strongly recommend reading Sorcerer to the Crown before…
19TH CENTURY, 3rd pov, 4.5 STARS, academia, Adult, adventure, alternate history, bombastic style, DRAGONS, england, f/f, FAERIES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, FANTASY OF MANNERS, favourite authors, lgbtq+, MAGIC, magic school, Malaysia, Malaysian author, playful style, queer, re-reads, READ IN 2019, read in 2021, Regency era, ROMANCE, royals, sapphic, SISTERS, Sorcerer Royal, The True Queen, The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2), Zen Cho -
THE FEVER KING: BOOK REVIEW
The Fever King by Victoria Lee ★★✰✰✰ 2.5 Although I’m no longer an avid reader of YA books The Fever King sounded really good so I had rather high hopes for this one. At first The Fever King reminded me of some of some of my favourite YA. It has a not-so-far-in-the-future setting similar to…
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HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON: BOOK REVIEW
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik ★★★✰✰ 2.5 stars of 5 stars You would think that dragons + the Napoleonic Wars = entertaining story . . . yet His Majesty’s Dragon managed to be consistently boring. I was expecting something in the vein of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Sorcerer to the Crown but…
17th century, 2.5 STARS, 3rd pov, adventure, alternate history, AMERICAN AUTHOR, DRAGONS, england, FANTASY, FANTASY OF MANNERS, favourite authors, female authors, FRANCE, His Majesty’s Dragon, HISTORICAL FICTION, magic school, Naomi Novik, Napoleonic Wars, political intrigue, published in 2009, READ IN 2019, Temeraire, war -
IN AN ABSENT DREAM: BOOK REVIEW
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) by Seanan McGuire ★★★✰✰ 3.5 stars Katherine–never Kate, never Kitty, never anything but Katherine, sensible Katherine, up-and-down Katherine, as dependable as a sundial whittling away the summer afternoons–was ordinary enough to have become remarkable entirely without noticing it. Compared to the previous volumes in this series [book:In an…
3.5 STARS, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, CHILDHOOD, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, female authors, GOBLIN MARKET, In an absent dream, magic school, MAGICAL DOORS, MAGICAL REALISM, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, portal fantasy, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, Seanan McGuire, URBAN FANTASY, Wayward Children -
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
McGuire’s style resonates completely with the fairytales she draws from. Her lyric narration thrums with the magic which she portrays. Her prose is alluring, it carries a melodic repetition that is incredibly compelling. And while she might be paying homage to old tales, McGuire is also creating her own – equally spellbinding – tales. Her…
3rd pov, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Beneath the Sugar Sky, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, female authors, friendships, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, MAGIC, magic school, MAGICAL DOORS, mental health, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, portal fantasy, published in 2018, queer, read in 2018, Seanan McGuire, URBAN FANTASY, Wayward Children
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