Book Review: Angie Sage’s Darke
Darke is a fantasy adventure of surprises, thrills, & LOL moments in an action-packed story as they realize the wisdom of Magyk & the maturity of growth.
Category: Middle-Grade readers
Book Review: Angie Sage’s Syren
Stranded with the injured Spit Fyre, Jenna & Beetle, Septimus encounters a Magykal Syrah, a cat-shaped lighthouse without its Light, & an evil that sings.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Cold Fire
Daja and her mentor, Frostpine, settle in for winter when Daja discovers the twin daughters of her host have magic and Kugisko is struck by arson.
Book Review: Angie Sage’s Queste
There’s trouble with Merrin Meredith’s return with Darke plans for Septimus. More trouble awaits in the form of Tertius Fume who is determined to send Septimus on a deadly Queste.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Street Magic
While traveling, young plant mage Briar Moss comes across a street girl using powerful magic to polish stones for a merchant. A gang wants and he and Rosethorne are her only protection.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Magic Steps
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Magic Stepsby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition on March 1, 2000 and has 264 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Briar’s Book, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterFirst in the The Circle Opens fantasy subseries (fifth in the Emelan overall series) for young middle grade readers and revolving around Lady Sandry. If you’re interested, there is a chronological listing of The Circle Opens books on my website. My Take I do love Tamora Pierce’s stories. She has the greatest characters and the coziest scenes — she weaves a story you fall […]
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Briar’s Book
Source: the library Briar’s Bookby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Hardcover edition on April 1, 1999 and has 272 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterFourth in the Circle of Magic fantasy series for young middle-grade readers and revolving around four very supportive friends. It’s also fourth in the overall Emelan series. Visit KD Did It Takes on Books for a chronological listing of the books in the Circle of Magic series. My Take It’s a fun combination of magic, science, and medicine. Pierce has blended this so well, that it feels perfectly normal. I like how Pierce uses the concept of birthdays to provide this back history about Briar, the former Roach, a street rat who got […]
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Tris’s Book
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Tris’s Bookby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition on June 24, 2006 and has 251 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Briar’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterSecond in the Circle of Magic fantasy series for young middle-grade readers and revolving around the four young mages we met in Sandry’s Circle, 1. It’s also the second in the overall Emelan series. It’s been two months since Sandry’s Circle. My Take Trisana learns more about her magic: why she hears voices. Mmm, I’m uncomfortable with the comment Frostpine makes about black people. […]
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Sandry’s Book
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Sandry’s Bookby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition on June 24, 2006 and has 252 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Tris’s Book, Briar’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterFirst in the Circle of Magic fantasy series for young middle-grade readers and the first in the overall Emelan series. It introduces us to the four young people making up this circle of magic. Sandry’s Book was a 2000 nominee for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature and took the 1998 Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children’s Literature Honor. My Take I do […]
Book Review: Patti Wheeler & Keith Hemstreet Ireland
Gannon and Wyatt travel to Ireland to explore history and volunteer on a farm where they embark on a secret mission to discover what is destroying Irish farmland.