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Monthly Archives: August 2017
The Silent Shield – Who Can You Trust?
Book Review: The Silent Shield The Kingfountain series #5 By Jeff Wheeler Spoiler Alert! Summary Thrust into the heart of events threatening to rip her kingdom apart, young Trynne Kiskaddon will gain new powers and sees old allies fall and new … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed, young adult book reviews
Tagged California authors, clean fantasy, Iago Fallon Llewellyn, Jeff Wheeler, King Arthur, King Gahalatine, Lancelot, Lord Elwis, magic of the fountain, Morgan le Fay, Mormon authors, Morwenna Argentine, Oath Maiden, sequel to The Hollow Crown, The Kingfountain series, The Silent Shield, Trynne
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Interview with Jeff Wheeler – Author of The Kingfountain series
Interview with Jeff Wheeler Author of The Kingfountain series Michelle: Hello Jeff, I appreciate you being willing to do this interview with me. I found The Queen’s Poisoner to read on my kindle, and was delighted with Owen. I can just … Continue reading
Posted in Author Interviews
Tagged Ankarette, Deep Magic - The E-zine of Clean Fantasy and Science Fiction, Evie, interview with Jeff Wheeler, Jeff Wheeler, King Severn, Owen Kiskaddon, Owen's daughter, The Forsaken Throne, The Hollow Crown, The King's Traitor, The Kingfountain series, The Maid's War, The Poisoner's Enemy, The Queen's Poisoner, The Silent Shield, The Thief's Daughter, Trynne, Wheeler's upcoming series
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The Pirates Of Pompeii – An Explosive Mystery
Book Review : The Pirates Of Pompeii The Roman Mysteries By Caroline Lawrence Spoiler Alert! Summary It is late August of A.D. 79. The Roman world is reeling from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Hundreds of refugees are living in a makeshift … Continue reading
Posted in children's books, young adult book reviews
Tagged ancient Rome, books about Pompeii, books for tweens, books for young teens, bulla, Burned temple of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., Caroline Lawrence, children's books, Children's books about the Roman Empire, Did children drink wine, Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, fear of a slave uprising, historical fiction for children, how to help kids identify with history, how to make history come alive, images of Pompeii, kidnapping children for slavery, mystery, older children's books, pirates, Pompeii, roman gods, Roman law, slavery in the ancient world, suggested reading for tweens, The Roman Mysteries
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Shadowcaster – The Magic of Good Characters and a Good Plot
Book Review : Shadowcaster Shattered Realms By Cinda Williams Chima Spoiler Alert! Summary A lifelong war. Alyssa ana’Raisa is the reluctant princess heir to the Gray Wolf throne of Fells, a queendom embroiled in a seemingly endless war. Hardened by too … Continue reading
Posted in All Time Favorites, young adult book reviews
Tagged Alyssa ann'Raisa, battle, Breon, Captain Halston Matelon, Cinda Williams Chima, do Lyss and Hal get together, dragons in the Shattered Realms, fantasy, follow up to The Gray Wolf Throne, Gray Wolf Throne, great characters, Kingdom of Arden, Kingdom of the Fells, Lyss, magic, medieval setting, medieval warfare, medieval weaponry, New York Times Bestselling Author, Queendom of the Fells, sequel to Flamecaster, Shadowcaster, war, Why is the book named Shadowcaster, world building
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The Wings of the Morning – Books From The Early 1900’s Still Have The Power To Charm
Book Review : The Wings of the Morning By Louis Tracy Spoiler Alert! Summary Heading into a typhoon in the South China Sea, the Sirdar is on a course that will forever change the life of one of its most spirited and … Continue reading
Posted in All Time Favorites, grown up books reviewed, young adult book reviews
Tagged adventure, British characters, byronic hero, clean romance, descriptive writing, Dyak, English characters, head hunters, Iris Deane, lost on an island, Louis Tracy, obscure words, Robert Jenks, shipwreck, Sirdar, The Wings of the Morning
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UnEnchanted – Do Fairy Tales Have A Happy Ending?
Book Review : UnEnchanted By Chanda Hahn ebook Spoiler Alert! Summary Mina Grime is unlucky, unpopular and uncoordinated; until she saves her crush’s life on a field trip, changing her High School status from loser to hero overnight. But with … Continue reading
Viable – A Medical Thriller
Book Review : Viable By R.A. Hakok ebook Spoiler Alert! Summary A brilliant young geneticist, desperately seeking a cure for the disease that took her father. A Nevada sheriff, charged with solving a crime that threatens the very existence of … Continue reading
The Heirs – To Inherit or Not To Inherit?
Book Review : The Heirs By Susan Rieger Spoiler Alert! Summary Brilliantly wrought, incisive, and stirring, The Heirs tells the story of an upper-crust Manhattan family coming undone after the death of their patriarch. Six months after Rupert Falkes dies, leaving a grieving widow … Continue reading
Number Seventeen – A London Mystery
Book Review : Number 17 By Louis Tracy Spoiler Alert! Summary While leaving the opera a young writer, Frank Theydon, can’t help but notice an enchanting young woman leaving with her father. Later that night Frank is surprised when he … Continue reading
Tales Untangled 