These two books were fairly short and seemed to go together. I decided to do them both now in October, because they were both scary and creepy. The Inn Between by Marina Cohen From the cover you think this is going to be a sweet story about friendship. And on one level it is, but … Continue reading Two Middle Grade Book Reviews
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty Publication Date: July 10, 2018 Summary from NetGalley: Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk under cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. It's dangerous … Continue reading Willa #1
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Publication Date: January 30, 2018 (US) Summary from NetGalley: Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark … Continue reading Dark Tales
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding … Continue reading Dangerous Magic
Vassa In the Night by Sarah Porter Summary from Netgalley: In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s working-class neighborhood. In Vassa’s neighborhood, where … Continue reading Baba Yaga Retelling
