Review: A Corner of White, Jaclyn Moriarty

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Review: A Corner of White, Jaclyn Moriarty

Title: A Corner of White (Goodreads) Author:  Jaclyn Moriarty Rating: Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World – a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie’s Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in Bonfire, the Farms, the Kingdom of Cello – where seasons roam, the Butterfly Child sleeps in a glass jar, and bells warn of attacks […]

Review and Giveaway: The White Thread, K.B. Hoyle

Title: The White Thread (Goodreads) Author:  K.B. Hoyle (@kbhoyle_author) Rating: Darcy’s return to Cedar Cove Family Camp is marked by a mysterious disappearance, and in Alitheia a new message from the Oracle adds to the riddles that must be deciphered if they are to expel the dark evil that hovers over the land. The six friends and the […]

Review: Mister Monday, Garth Nix

This post is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway!  Title: Mister Monday (Goodreads) Author:  Garth Nix (@garthnix) Rating: Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an […]

Guest Review: The Undivided, Jennifer Fallon

This guest post was written by the awesome Steph, as part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway! Title: The Undivided (Goodreads) Author:  Jennifer Fallon (@JenniferFallon) Rating: The Undivided are divided. The psychic twins, Ronan […]

Cover Reveal: A Corner of White, Jaclyn Moriarty

Here’s something I wasn’t expecting to include in the Discover Australian Fantasy month – an awesome cover reveal! I’m excited to show you the cover for Jaclyn Moriarty’s upcoming release, A Corner of White. Such a peaceful scene, but that crack running across the sky is quite ominous, don’t you think? Details Title: A Corner […]

Review: The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

Title: The Long Earth (Goodreads) Authors: Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter Rating: 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson has returned to the burned-out home of one Willis Linsay, a reclusive and some said mad, others dangerous, scientist. It was arson but, as is often the way, the firemen seem to have caused more damage than […]

Review: The Oracle, K.B. Hoyle

Title: The Oracle (Goodreads) Author:  K.B. Hoyle (@kbhoyle_author) Rating: It is the summer before freshman year and Darcy and her five friends have come back to Cedar Cove Family Camp and Alitheia. This return is bittersweet because her elusive purpose in the magical realm continues to evade her. Egged on by Tellius, the boy prince she is prophesied […]

Review: The Six, K.B. Hoyle

Title: The Six (Goodreads) Author:  K.B. Hoyle (@kbhoyle_author) Rating: Darcy Pennington hates her life. She is an insufferably average teenager with no real friends, crushing social anxiety, and an indescribable sense of not fitting in anywhere. A change in her dad’s job forces her to attend Cedar Cove Family Camp the summer before her eighth-grade year, and Darcy once […]
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