As you all know, fantasy is my Kryptonite: give me a modern character, a fantasy world to explore, and I’m gone until that journey is finished. But sometimes, magical realism all by itself is just as powerful as any real magic spell. The greatest adventures can be found with your own friends, in your own … Continue reading The Looking Glass, by Janet McNally →

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and consequently the Wizard of Oz film, is a rare entity: a story whose characters, settings, and adventures just exude magic. From childhood, the story of Dorothy and her strange companions has been a warm source of comfort and enchantment for me. And yet, I find I know very little … Continue reading Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts →

When I reviewed Kendare Blake’s Three Dark Crowns last summer, I knew I had landed on something pretty awesome. A little over six months later, and here I am, reviewing the sequel, One Dark Throne. It’s taken me long enough to read it, and therefore long enough to review it. Because this is a sequel, … Continue reading One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns #2), by Kendare Blake →

Of all the world’s pantheons of gods, I remember the Greek one the best, having learned about them in school, watched them in movies and television, and continued to read them in fiction (cough Percy Jackson cough). Ah, distinctly, I remember watching the 1997 film version of The Odyssey in English class—Odysseus bending to the … Continue reading Circe, by Madeline Miller →