I have mixed feelings about YA urban fantasy and the faerie. Always have. It's probably why when I read Holly Black's Tithe I wasn't falling head over heels in love over it. But I've also just thought about the fact that, at the end of it all, I actually liked Tithe, even when I thought most of the mortal--or, [...]
Hnnggrrrr. I've been trying to avoid reviewing this because I feared the spewing rant that would take over the moment I typed up my thoughts. So instead, I took a deep, seven-day breath (because I am obviously supernatural), researched the "author", tried to put things in perspective. I don't think the researching helped much in my [...]
If there's one way to describe my relationship with this book, it's one of those romance soaps, where every viewer is questioning "will they or won't they" and for goodness' sake, just effing END MY MISERY ALREADY AND WIFE HER. Yeah. I was having that kind of on-and-off relationship with Daughter of the Forest. For two years. DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST [...]
Once upon a time, I read a short story by Carrie Ryan called "Bougainvillea" and fell in love with it. This love opened a desire door to read her longer zombie novels, and when I saw that a bunch of my friends rated The Forest of Hands and Teeth pretty high (and some hated it...but I usually [...]
Well, 2014 was pretty busy, considering I spent most of it writing, reading, and, well, getting acquainted with my new job (which includes dealing with germy, germy three-year-olds who have gotten me sick at least three-quarters of the past few months so far...). At the beginning of the year, I had set out to increase [...]
Story and Somnomancy 