I’ve never really liked the legend of the Norn. Three ladies who spin, weave and cut our fate at their whim; it’s a disturbing idea. The villain of this novel finds it so as well. Maybe that is why I felt some empathy for the circumstances that got her started on her twisted path. Both…
Ten years ago I couldn’t have conceived that I would be reading a young adult book dealing with teenage angst after living through my own. Once was enough! However, after reading a review on this site of a Sarah Dessen book that intrigued my interest, I found that great characterization and storytelling such as what…
When I first learned of this novel I was emphatically not going to read it. The back cover blurb hinted of horror novel aspects. The pictures interspersed in the text gave me a creepy vibe. Then Anne Marble posted the book trailer and I became instantly obsessed. I ordered the book that day, got it from…
Call me a kid at heart! I read quite a bit in the YA field and love, love, love the changes that have taken place in that genre over the last several years. No more angst ridden novels of coming of age – bring on the magic, the mayhem, the super duper supernatural. This is…
The idea of an enemy at the gate is as old as gates themselves. To protect us from our enemies is, after all, why we built them. The idea of the enemy within the gate is probably equally as old. And, to me, just the tiniest bit more frightening – because it indicates that your…
Even though it has been many (many) years, I still remember trying on dresses for my high school dances. Many times a dress that looked perfect on the rack or in a picture looked awful when put on. But then the right one would be magic – that feeling you have of suddenly becoming a…
I have read almost every single word that Robin McKinley has published, and I used to feel guilty that I didn’t enjoy all her books. I stopped worrying about this transgression when I understood that I have the right to dislike, even as it is her right to write whatever she so chooses. Having now…
Like most guys, Jack hoped to kiss a hot European chick while on a tour of the continent. He just hadn’t planned on her being 300 years old. Jack hadn’t been surprised by how “completely lame” his bus tour of Europe was. If his parents planned it, it was bound to not be fun. So…
When the cover for this novel was mentioned on the Potpourri board I was thrilled. I had this book in my TBR and had not yet been motivated to move it up the stack. Hearing others talk about it, even if it was just cover design, gave me the impetuous to pull it out and…
When I was a young girl I read every fairy tale I could get my hands on. The Brothers Grimm. Disney. From Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to Rapunzel , I devoured them all. Country of origin did not matter – just that the tale be of prince and princesses, clever pig boys, sheep…