Genre: Christian Fantasy Overall Rating: 5/5 I came into this book biased against it. Why, you may ask? Well, because the title is in Latin—and since I’ve spent 10 years studying Latin, I’m frequently annoyed by authors who seem to think they can spend 20 minutes on...
An immersive world is one of the most important elements of fantasy—and really, of all fiction. Would The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe be the same story without the eternal winter of Narnia? Or would the adventure of The Hobbit have the same appeal without the...
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy Overall Rating: 5/5 I don’t like retellings, and I really don’t like Peter Pan. Since Dust is a retelling of Peter Pan, I came into it with some skepticism. But I absolutely loved it. 🙂 Literary value: 4/5 For someone used to Austen...
Do you know what existentialism is? A year ago, neither did I—and to be honest, I’m still a little fuzzy on the details. But as far as I can tell from my community college philosophy class, it’s a philosophical movement that questions the reality of everything around...
