Death Warden – C.J. Stilling

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: A teenage assassin. An impossible choice. The fate of everything hangs in the balance… Be good, or the death wardens will come for you. Walls cannot stop them. Blades cannot cut …

Such Big Teeth – Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author, NetGalley and Farrago. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise. The Battle of Nearby Village is over, and deep in the Darkwood, Gretel and her friends …

Giveaway Courtesy of Abby Arthur, author of Twins of Shadow

      Popping in today to give you all a quick heads up that fantasy author Abby Arthur is running a HUGE giveaway in August with 17 recent YA Fantasy books and a Kindle Fire 7 eReader as prizes. Books include those by Sabaa Tahir, Cassandra Clare, Sarah J Maas, and other best sellers …

Storm’s Clouds – J.W. Golan

  *I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  A dragon: the most powerful, destructive and malevolent force known. The last thing Lynette ever wanted to get closer to - and the one thing she's been tasked …

Storm’s Herald – J.W. Golan

  *I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  A peasant girl who dreams of becoming a sorceress, a boy who imagines himself a knight - trailed by a ruthless mercenary armed with an ancient sword. All …

Mermaid Moon – Susann Cokal

  *I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Candlewick Press and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  In the far northern reaches of civilization, a mermaid leaves the sea to look for her land-dwelling mother among people as desperate for magic and miracles as …

The Final Rescue – Jennifer Haskin

  *I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Fale doesn't know why she has visions of the queen's past life. All she knows is that her magic becomes dangerously faulty every time she sees into the past. …

Dead Remnants – Armarna Forbes

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb:  Welcome to the afterlife of Denver—where phantom buffalo roam and ghost factions wage war. Seventeen-year-old Ashen Deming is dead, but she can’t move on. Not with the soul of her best …

Reverie – Ryan La Sala

  *I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author, Source Books - FIRE Reads and NetGalley. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Inception meets The Magicians in this wildly imaginative story about what happens when the secret worlds people hide within themselves come to light. All Kane Montgomery knows …

Bookshine’s Best Reads of 2019 – Part 2

  Here we go again, with my favourite books of the second half of 2019! As before, these are books that I read last year, regardless of publication date.  Also as before, my list is very fantasy heavy.  What can I say – it is a varied and fascinating genre and I love every subset! …