Tag Archives: historical fantasy

A Thousand Nights, Court of Fives, Keeper of the Mist

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Katy K.

Here are three recent teen fantasies I’ve read with two things in common: I loved all of them, and they all feature brown-skinned heroines. Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reviews | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Newt’s Emerald

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Katy K.

I’m very fond of Garth Nix – but this is very much a break from the weighty feeling of his Old Kingdom and Keys to the Kingdom books. It would fit very nicely on my hypothetical list of teen fantasies … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reviews | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Masks and Shadows

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Katy K.

I’d been planning to wait to read this first adult novel from Stephanie Burgis until it came out in print… and then I found myself unable to resist the lure of the e-arc from Edelweiss.  Thanks to Pyr for giving … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reviews | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

The Second Guard

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Katy K.

The Second Guard by J.D. Vaughn. Disney Hyperion, 2015. The Second Guard is an epic fantasy with two cool and unique features: the kingdom of Tequende, where it’s set, is something like a South American kingdom, still under indigenous rule … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Chosen Prince

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Katy K.

Diane Stanley’s The Silver Bowl was the first book I ever nominated for a Cybils award, back in 2011.  And on that subject – today is the last day to nominate books for the Cybils, and if you were looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Rose and the Silver Ghost

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Katy K.

This is the final volume in the Rose series, the first of which was a Cybils finalist two years ago. Rose and the Silver Ghost by Holly Webb. Sourcebooks Jaberwocky, 2015. Originally published in the UK by Orchard Books, 2011. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Fly By Night and Fly Trap

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Katy K.

Many of my friends – most especially Brandy at Random Musings of a Bibliophile – have raved about Frances Hardinge’s novel A Face Like Glass. Unfortunately, this one book of hers isn’t available in print in the U.S., and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Mortal Heart

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Katy K.

I’d been very much looking forward to this book, the last in the His Fair Assassin series, but it came out last fall when I was in the midst of the Cybils and had to wait for a bit.  It … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The Winner’s Curse and the Winner’s Crime

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Katy K.

Dear readers, I have so many thoughts in my head right now that even though I’m reading wonderful books that I want to share with you, the words to talk about them keep getting trapped behind all the other thoughts: … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , | 3 Comments

3 More Cybils Spec Fic Nominees – Familiar Authors

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Katy K.

Here are three more from my Cybils reading – only this time, books that were on my TBR list before they were nominated, as they’re from authors I’ve enjoyed in the past. Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder. Random House … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments