My review of book 1 in a new fantasy series by Sally Green: The Smoke Thieves.
Book Review: The Smoke Thieves
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Series Review: The Star-Touched Queen
The Star-Touched Queen The Star-Touched Queen (#1) A Crown of Wishes (#2) By Roshani Chokshi. Book 1 follows the story of Maya, who has been cursed since birth with a horoscope that predicts a marriage of death and destruction. Shunned by the entire kingdom,...
Recent Reads
I've been doing a lot of reading lately (who, me?) and wanted to catch you up on some of the highlights. Here's what I've enjoyed recently: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. A Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre, this novel follows the protagonist through similar life events: an...
Recent Reads
It's Thursday, and you know what that means: book talk. Here's what I've been reading recently: Frost Arch (The Fire Mage Trilogy #1) by Kate Bloomfield. This is a book I picked up randomly off of Amazon. It tells the story of Avalon, a fire mage struggling to control...
Recent Reads
Let's kick off the week with some book talk. Here's what I've been reading recently: The Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard. This YA series gets a lot of buzz online, so I thought I'd finally pick it up and see what the fuss was about. The world is a mix of future...
Series Review: Red Rising
Red Rising Red Rising (#1) Golden Son (#2) Morning Star (#3) By Pierce Brown. I'm just going to state up front that this series will be really hard to talk about without spoilers. So please forgive vagueness while I try to convey what I liked, what didn't work, and...
Recent Reads
Time for some book talk! Here's what's been edging through my reading pile lately: The Air Awakens series by Elise Kova. Humble library apprentice Vhalla doesn't know she has magic, until she unwittingly uses it to save the life of Crown Prince Aldrik. Then she's...
Book Review: City of Blades
City of Blades (The Divine Cities #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett. Read my review of book 1 here. City of Blades picks up roughly 5 years after City of Stairs ends. It centers around the city of Voortyashtan, formerly the domain of the goddess of death and war. Shara,...
Book Review: Fool’s Quest
Fool's Quest (The Fitz & The Fool Trilogy #2) by Robin Hobb. First things first, if you are new to Robin Hobb's Realms of the Elderlings books, stop reading this blog post immediately and go pick up Assassin's Apprentice. Then make your way through the rest of the...
Series Review: The Charming Tales
The Charming Tales Once Upon a Rhyme; Happily Never After By Jack Heckel. You guys know by now that I am a fan of fairy tale re-imaginings. So when this series came across my radar thanks to Harper Voyager, I thought it would be right up my alley. And it was. The...
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I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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