A Wizard Alone by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
Whatever else may be your opinion of A Wizard Alone, you have to admit that you will likely never read any other book which opens with a boy arguing with…
Jo Niederhoff
The Wizard’s Dilemma by Diane Duane
Well, here we are. Another month, another volume of Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series. By now, you probably all know what to expect from this review: chatter about brilliantly portrayed…
A Wizard Abroad by Diane Duane
Can any self-respecting fantasy author write a series about magic in our world without mentioning Ireland? The answer, of course, is yes, but facts are beside the point. The point…
High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Even though I’ve only reviewed two books in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, I’m sure people will be able to guess from the previous two reviews how this one will…
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
The second book in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, Deep Wizardry, is just as good as the first, I’m happy to say. Nita and Kit, the young wizards who thwarted…
So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane
I think it’s a safe bet that most people who visit this site have wanted to be a wizard at some point (and a safe bet that some of us…
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
It’s a safe bet to assume that most if not all of us have heard of Shirley Jackson, regardless of how much of her work we’ve read. My first experience…
The Key by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
This review contains spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish Fire (Eld) and The Key (Nyckeln). Engelsfors has been saved from the cult of positivity that attempted…
Fire by Sara Bergmark Elfgren and Mats Strandberg
At the end of The Circle, the five surviving Chosen Ones had defeated Max, the (hot) new teacher who had been blessed by demons in their attempt to come to…
The Circle by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
The majority of the books I read, whether fantasy or another genre, were written in English and published in either America or Britain. It is, therefore, a wonderful surprise when…
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Karen Memory is the sort of book I’d like to write someday, and the sort I wish I could read more often. If you need to lose yourself in a…
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
In my life, I’ve found that there are a few different sorts of books I wind up reading. Some are gifts. Some are books I explicitly sought out. And some…