Cold Spell is not the first Jackson Pearce book I’ve reviewed on this blog. As a matter of fact, it is the final book in the series that began with Sisters Red, where Ms. Pearce retells fairy tales in modern times. This time around, she retells the story of The Snow Queen, the same story … Continue reading Cold Spell, by Jackson Pearce →

And here we are: the last stretch of Princess Tania’s journey through Faerie in The Charmed Return, the sixth book in the Faerie Path series. As I said before, I’ve pretty much been waiting ten years to find out how this story ended. And since I began this series when I was fourteen, it’s been … Continue reading The Charmed Return (The Faerie Path #6), by Frewin Jones →

I only remembered one thing about the second-to-last book in the Faerie Path series, The Enchanted Quest: the ending. Everything else was a total blur before this re-read. I can kind of, sort of see why. With the plague continuing to devastate Faerie, Tania has to make another quest: this time to the ends of … Continue reading The Enchanted Quest (The Faerie Path #5), by Frewin Jones →

Some books predict what the future might be, and we muse over what that reality would be like. I remember reading The Immortal Realm, the fourth book in the Faerie Path series about ten years ago, and musing over what would happen if a plague spread across the world and there was a race to … Continue reading The Immortal Realm (The Faerie Path #4), by Frewin Jones →

Tania’s adventures in the realm of Faerie continue with The Sorcerer King (or The Seventh Daughter in some countries), the third installment in the Faerie Path series. I was actually pretty excited to reread this one, because I remember exactly where I was when I read this book’s climax the first time. I was at … Continue reading The Sorcerer King (The Faerie Path #3), by Frewin Jones →

You all know about my love of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and how disappointed I was with the Disney Twisted Tale rendition of the Evil Queen’s story. At the end of that review, however, I did mention a saving grace in Disney villain lore: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked … Continue reading Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen, by Serena Valentino →

I probably would have LOVED Princess of Thorns back when fairy tale retellings required two things: gore and romance. Well, all right, they kind of still do, but I’m just saying that, back when this formula was still kind of fresh, I would have sung its praises till day’s end. But now that that formula … Continue reading Princess of Thorns, by Stacey Jay →

Two years ago, I reviewed Frewin Jones’ The Faerie Path, returning to a world I visited in my teenage years many times. But if I’ve cracked the spine of that book several, several times, I’ve only peeked into the rest of the series once. I did, however, look at the sequel, The Lost Queen, a … Continue reading The Lost Queen (The Faerie Path #2), by Frewin Jones →

Fun fact about me: in high school, I was the book reporter for our school newspaper. I mostly wrote about fantasy books that weren’t always trending on the market, and I’m pretty sure no student took me at my word, but I still enjoyed seeing my reviews printed in black and white. I suppose you … Continue reading The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey, by Lisa Papademetriou →

Although the holiday season has softened my anxiety to an extent, that does not mean that I do not go back every so often to enjoy a nostalgic book. Especially if it was a book that harkens back to my high school years, and I could read in two days. And I know I love … Continue reading If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? →