Under the Whispering Door
Under the Whispering Door is the newest release by T.J. Klune. I read his previous novel House in the Cerulean Sea not too long ago and thought it was rather charming story, and so I was eager to revisit his writing. In Under the Whispering Door, a not-very-nice man named Wallace dies and has to …
The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2)
The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) is the second book in Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series, a trilogy about a girl named El who attends a school of magic. To complicate matters, El has been prophesized to be a bringer of death and doom. The Last Graduate picks up right where the first book of the series, …
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune was released last year and mostly passed me by. I recall thinking it had a great title and really lovely cover (see notes about the making of that cover here), but it wasn’t until I started seeing positive reviews of it from people I know that …
A Deadly Education
A Deadly Education (Scholomance #1), by Naomi Novik, is the first book from Novik’s planned Scholomance Trilogy. In Novik’s new series, the wizarding world is a dangerous one, full of monsters and creatures that feed on wizards and the power they possess. Meanwhile, El is a junior at the school who has unusually powerful natural …
The Golem and the Jinni
In the Golem and the Jinni, Wecker has assembled a truly dazzling and inventive cast of characters, and the strength of her characters alone will probably be enough for many people to enjoy this book. There’s a master of the dark, mystical arts who seeks eternal life; there’s a a former doctor who is plagued …