Book Review: Bright Smoke, Cold Fire

Book Review: Bright Smoke, Cold Fire

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge YA Fantasy 437 pages Published 2016 I read the description of this book somewhere and immediately requested it from the library – a re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet in a dying world with necromancers? SIGN ME UP. And it did not disappoint! Hodge has written a few other … Continue reading

Book Review: The Black Rose

Book Review: The Black Rose

The Black Rose by Tananarive Due Biography/Fiction 373 pages Published 2001 The Black Rose is the lightly fictionalized story of the life of Madame C. J. Walker, America’s first black female millionaire. Tananarive Due seems to have taken over the project from Alex Haley, the acclaimed late co-author of Malcolm X’s autobiography. Due is a … Continue reading

Book Review: The Wolves of Winter

Book Review: The Wolves of Winter

The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson Dystopia/post-apocalypse 310 pages Published January 2018 First off, I love this cover. Second, I am somewhat amused that Canadian dystopias always blame the US for the end of the world. It’s always, always, because the US decided to be stupid. I can’t blame them. It’s perfectly realistic. But … Continue reading

Book Review: Dividing Eden

Book Review: Dividing Eden

Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau YA Fantasy 336 pages Published June 2017 Dividing Eden is a little trite – it’s the typical teens must compete for the throne kind of fantasy, but this time it’s twins who are both guarding each other’s terrible secrets. You don’t LEARN their terrible secrets until almost 100 pages in, … Continue reading