Review: ‘Godsgrave’ (‘The Nevernight Chronicle’, #2) by Jay Kristoff

“Sanguii e Gloria.”
Mia shook her head. “You can keep the glory, Furian.”She turned her eyes to the consul’s chair.
“I’m just here for the blood.” Rating: 4.5/5 paper planes Genre: Adult/New adult fantasyPublication: 5 Sep 2017Pages: 448 (ebook) Synopsis: Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many …

Review: ‘Girl. Boy. Sea.’ by Chris Vick

The sea and sky were our universe, and the boat was our world. A planet that had broken gravity and left its star. Drifting in the inky blue. Rating: 5/5 paper planes Genre: Adventure contemporary (survival story)Publication: 8 Aug 2019 (Head of Zeus)Pages: 320 (hardcover) Synopsis: A young British boy, Bill, narrowly survives a shipwreck …

Mini-review: ‘Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy’ by Stevenson et al.

Rating: 4/5 paper planes Created by: Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooklyn Allen (Illustrator), Maarta Laiho (Colourist), Aubrey Aiese (Letterer)Genre: Middle Grade adventure comic/graphic novelPublication: April 2015Pages: 128 (paperback)Synopsis: FRIENDSHIP TO THE MAX! This volume collects Issues #1-4. At Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hard-core lady-types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams. Luckily, Jo, …

Review: ‘Blue Lily, Lily Blue’ (‘The Raven Cycle’, #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

“A coward’s heart is no prize, but the man of valour deserves his shining helmet.” Rating: 4/5 paper planes Genre: YA Fantasy (paranormal) Publication: October 2014 Pages: 391 (hardback); 10 hours (audiobook) Synopsis: Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which …

Review: ‘The Dream Thieves’ (‘The Raven Cycle’, #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

Ronan Lynch lived with every sort of secret. Rating: 4.5/5 paper planes Genre: YA paranormal fantasy Publication: 2013 Pages: 439 (hardcover) Synopsis (from Goodreads): Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into …

Review: ‘The Raven Boys’ (‘The Raven Cycle’, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

"Arbores loqui latine," Ronan replied. "The trees speak Latin." Rating: 4.25/5 paper planes Genre: YA paranormal fantasy Publication: September 2012 Pages: 409 (hardback) Synopsis: It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees …

Review: ‘Enduring Chaos’ (‘Sisters of Chaos’, #1) by Catherine Fitzsimmons

The dealings of the gods are not as simple as the Seers would have us believe... The gods bicker and we suffer. Rating: 4/5 paper planes Genre: High fantasy Publication date: 2013 Cursed with fearsome eyes and a dangerous gift, any chance of Damian having an ordinary life was dashed the moment she was born. …

Review: ‘The Girl with the Whispering Shadow’ (‘The Crowns of Croswald’, #2) by D.E. Night

"You can be trapped in a castle, trapped in a scaldonry. Trapped by people. But the worst is being trapped by fear." Rating: 4.5/5 paper planes Genre: YA/MG fantasy (magical boarding school) Synopsis: Even a secret town cannot protect Ivy from a mysterious darkness... Only hours after Ivy Lovely discovers that she is the fulfillment …

Review: ‘The Crowns of Croswald’ (‘The Croswald Series’, #1) by D.E. Night

The story that you seek is dangerous, Ivy. For you and for others. Rating: 4/5 paper planes Genre: YA/middle-grade fantasy (magic boarding school) Synopsis: In Croswald, the only thing more powerful than dark magic is one secret...  For sixteen years, Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind an enchanted boundary that separates the mundane from the …

Review: ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ (‘Chaos Walking’, #1) by Patrick Ness

Early one morning just as the sun was rising,I heard a maiden call from the valley below.“Oh don’t deceive me, oh never leave me."I open my eyes.Don’t deceive me.Never leave me.I have to find her. Rating: 5/5 glowing paper planes Genre: YA dystopian sci-fi Synopsis: Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of …