Dragon’s Blood by Leah E. Welker Genre: young adult high fantasy (with a portal and some romance, so… I’m not actually sure which subgenre it belongs in! But it’s definitely young adult fantasy) Overall rating: 4/5 Literary Value: 4.5/5 Dragon’s Blood isn’t a...
A Soul as Cold as Frost, by Jennifer Kropf Genre: Christian YA Fantasy Overall Rating: 4/5 Literary Value: 4/5 A Soul as Cold as Frost was beautifully written, with delightfully quirky turns of phrase that helped to create an immersive story world. But at several...
Caligo, by J. J. Fischer This is a bit of an unusual review, because at the time of writing, Caligo isn’t actually out yet! But as part of the cover reveal and street team, I had early access to the book and absolutely loved it. So, if you’re reading this before the...
Genre: Children’s fantasy Overall rating: 5/5 Literary value: 5/5 Lewis is probably my gold standard as a writer. Certainly some writers are more eloquent or complex than he is, but for sheer readability combined with beautiful prose, Lewis wins every time....
Genre: Christian Fairy-Tale Retelling Overall Rating: 4.5/5 Literary Value: 4.5/5 Waking Beauty is well-written, but the writing occasionally left me confused on what was happening. This wasn’t so much a sentence-level issue as a scene-level issue, and part of it...
