Tag: #YA

• Grishaverse: Six of Crows Review

  I know Six of Crows is highly-regarded and I’m pleased to see that it lived up to its hype. After all the premise is centered around a Oceans 8-esque heist that seems impossible to accomplish but will yield so many rewards if they succeed. And certain death if they fail. The goal is to retrieve…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 10, 2022

  Reviews

  #fantasy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #sixofcrows, #YA

• Grishaverse: Ruin and Rising Review

  Ah the final book in the Grisha trilogy. This one I cannot keep my thoughts on the ending spoiler free but that will be under the cut. What I will say is that the book starts off strong. Since the climax of Seige and Storm, Alina has been weak and her power faltering. A position…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 8, 2022

  Reviews

  #fantasy, #grishatrilogy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #ruinandrising, #YA

• Grishaverse: Seige and Storm

  While the first book had the weighty duty of introducing the world and magic systems Bardugo wanted to tell, it ultimately fell prey to some classic YA cliches that made it somewhat generic. The sophmore book shows grand improvements as it presents its cards straight up. Set a few weeks after Alina and Mal’s frantic…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 7, 2022

  Reviews

  #grishatrilogy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #rachelreads&reviews, #seigeandstorm, #YA

• Grishaverse: Shadow and Bone

  I read this long long ago back when it first came out for one of those school read 5 books over the summer thing. But as it was homework, I sort of skimmed it. However, since it has expanded and grown to a hit tv show, I’d thought I’d actually read it this time around…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 6, 2022

  Reviews

  #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #shadowandbone, #YA

• Grishaverse: The Language of Thorns Review

  These Midnight Tales by Leigh Bardugo collect stories from Ravka, Kerch, Fjerda and more showcasing her talent of taking that grim undercurrent of the original tales and delivering some universal truths about humanity and their desires for love, happiness and family.

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 5, 2022

  Reviews

  #anathology, #ayameandthethornwood, #grishaverse, #languageofthorns, #leighbardugo, #littleknife, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #thesoldier'sprince, #thetoocleverfox, #thewitchofduva, #whenwatersangfire, #YA

• Cursed Review

  Cursed starts right where the action left on, the stakes high as Serilda submitted to the Erlking’s proposal, become his wife, pretend her unborn child is his and obey almost all his wishes until Percheta returns. Then he could gift his evil huntress Serilda’s baby and dispose of Serilda herself. It will all be worth…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 3, 2022

  Reviews

  #cursed, #fairytale, #feiwel&friends, #gilded, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #rumplestilskin, #YA

• Thoughts on The Last Hours

  As with The Eldest Curses, I can’t do a full trilogy overview with the third book coming out next year. But Idecided why not post this just to finish off the Shadowhunter Chronicles. it took 4 years but I finally did it! Anyway, here are my thoughts so far.

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 1, 2022

  Book Suggestions, Reviews

  #cassandraclare, #chainofgold, #chainofiron, #chainofthorns, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #thelasthours, #theshadowhunterchronicles, #YA

• Lev A.C. Rosen Interview

  Lev is the author of Jack of Hearts, Camp and other books for all ages. Varying in genre, Rosen has been in the forefront of presenting queer stories post-coming out. When he’s not writing, he teaches creative writing at Gotham Writers Workshop. He kindly took the time to answer my questions about his work, inspiration,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 29, 2022

  Interview

  #allmenaregenius, #camp, #depth, #historicalfiction, #jackofhearts, #lavenderhouse, #levacrosen, #lgtbq, #mystery, #noirmystery, #queerfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #thememorywall, #YA

• Author Highlight: Greg Weisman

  I’m pretty sure Greg Weisman can do it all from television to comics to novels, all while splciing and mixing sci-fi, myth, Shakespeare, mystery and more. Clones, convulated Xanatos gambits, magic and technology tend to be staples of his work.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 27, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #badguys, #clangathering, #comics, #dccomics, #gargoyles, #gregweisman, #growingup, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #rainofghosts, #slavelaborcomics, #spiritsofashandfoam, #trainingday, #YA, #youngjustice

• The Good Girls Review

  Usually this blog is spoiler free and this review will be spoiler free but the big twist of the book colors most of my thoughts on the story so I’ll do my best to dance around it. Now here we go for the thrilling conclusion to The Perfectionists duology.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 25, 2022

  Reviews

  #harpercollins, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #thegoodgirls, #theperfectionists, #thriller, #YA