Meg Shaffer's novel is two parts Willy Wonka, one part Hallmark movie, with a sprinkle of The Westing Game, which all adds up to one cozy read!

Shubnum Khan's The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is a quiet but beautiful story about the different ways grief and pain can haunt us. Told in dual timelines, the story begins in 2014, as young teen Sana and her father move into an apartment in the rundown mansion of Akbar Manzil in a seaside town in … Continue reading Review: The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years

My thoughts on Diane Setterfield's Once Upon a River

My thoughts on Sisters of Sword & Song by Rebecca Ross.

Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale begins when Margaret Lea, an amateur biographer working in her father's antique bookshop, is invited by Vida Winter, a renowned and enigmatic author, to record her life story. A story she has worked her entire life to conceal. The premise had me intrigued and the setting of the story helped … Continue reading Review: The Thirteenth Tale

The end of the Wilderwood Duology manages to turn around two darker characters and stick the landing.

My reaction to the long-anticipated conclusion to Stephanie Garber's Once Upon a Broken Heart Trilogy

Despite a couple of weaker points, Zoraida Cordova's novel tells a compelling family drama brimming with magic.

Nathan Makaryk's take on Robin Hood is bloody, tragic, and painfully human.

Review of Hannah F. Whitten's first entry in the Wilderwood series