Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Winter Rose
An aristocrat returns to claim his family’s estate, enthralling the wildly different daughters of his neighbor.
Author: Patricia A. McKillip
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Kingfisher
A family his sorceress mother concealed and a need for adventure send Pierce Oliver on his own quest. One that leads to destiny, a grail quest, and love.
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Wonders of the Invisible World
An anthology of sixteen short stories about fey, magic, and fairytales with an introduction by Charles de Lindt and an essay on what inspires McKillip.
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Song for the Basilisk
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 Song for the Basiliskby Patricia A. McKillip fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by Ace Books on December 1, 1999 and has 320 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Solstice Wood, In the Forests of Serre, The Bards of Bone Plain, Ombria in Shadow, Alphabet of Thorn, Od Magic, Harrowing the Dragon, Wonders of the Invisible World, Kingfisher, Winter RoseA fairy tale for adults…and, no! I don’t mean sex. In 2009, Song for the Basilisk was nominated for the Tähtifantasia Award, and in 1999, it was nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. My Take A typical McKillip with its lilting, poetic, jewel-like phrases richly packed with tension and description. My one issue with this story is that McKillip keeps skipping chunks. I spent more time than I wanted trying to figure out what was happening in various parts of the story. I was also irritated with how stupid Hexel was in his final opera. […]
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Harrowing the Dragon
An omnibus of fifteen fairy tales given a twist by McKillip
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Od Magic
Brenden Vetch knows gardens, the innate properties of plants, and he has no interest in any other power. But the king fears wizards who run unchecked. For good reason.
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Alphabet of Thorn
All Nepenthe knows of the world is through the documents brought to her for translation. Then a young mage gives her a book no one can translate. A language of thorns.
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s Ombria in Shadow
Brimming with secrets and ghosts, the wicked regent will find Ombria a resistant city, even as she throws all that was precious to the prince to the streets.
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s The Bards of Bone Plain
A conflicted princess fascinated with an archeology dig, a student bard without focus, and a disenchanted immortal unite to fight off a bardic evil.
Book Review: Patricia A. McKillip’s In the Forests of Serre
A grieving prince triggers a curse that means nothing, until it means everything. A forced remarriage, enticement into a sideways world, and no hope of return unless he desires it.