Chasing the Valley – Skye Melki-Wegner This is another of the books I received from Random House. The first few chapters had me hooked and I had high expectations. I liked the character of Danika and the magical /but not completely magical setting. The steady introduction of other characters was well done in that you … Continue reading
Ebony McKenna Ondine – The Summer of Shambles This was a lovely way to finish Magic May and get me in the mindset for Joking June. Fairy tale like Ondine is a quirky, magical, humorous romance about a 15 year old girl who is befriended by a ferret (Shambles). The ferret turns out to be … Continue reading
The Spell Book of Listen Taylor – Jaclyn Moriarty With a title like this and a place in the young adult section of my local library, this book should surely fit Magic May. Unfortunately NOT! Why? Because I didn’t finish it (I made it to page 173). Why else? Because it seems to be more … Continue reading
Michael Scott – The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series It is Magic May and the publishers are about to release (22nd May?) Irish author Michael Scott’s 6th book (The Enchantress) in this series, so it is an appropriate time to talk about this fantasy/magic series. I started this series a few years ago … Continue reading
Michael Pryor – Blaze of Glory The dilemma for me for this book is do I put it in Australian April or Magic May? As we are at the end of the month and start of May I return to the question from the start of April- how do you define a book as being Australian? … Continue reading