#2020reads

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Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review

Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is, until...

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Between Burning Worlds, by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Review

Laterre is a planet on the brink of explosion. Unrest is mounting in the impoverished Third Estate, the Patriarche's attempts to smother...

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Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Review

On the planet of Laterre, the oppressed Third Estate lives to provide for the privileged higher classes beneath a sky that never clears....

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Looking for Clean Fantasy? You and Me Both.

As someone who is constantly on the hunt for clean fantasy, there's nothing quite like those "Eureka!" moments when I stumble on a gem....

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Romanov, by Nadine Brandes: Review

Ex-princess Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov is the last hope for her family. As the Russian Revolution drives the royals into Siberian exile,...

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Infernal Devices, by Philip Reeve: Review

Fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy has grown up in Anchorage, the Traction City-turned-static on the dead North American continent. Her...

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A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes: Review

Parvin Blackwater's Clock gives her little more than eighteen years to live, and at the last year mark, she knows she's wasted them....

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Predator's Gold, by Philip Reeve: Review

Since the Traction City of London fell, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw have lived happily for two years, flying the Bird Roads in their...

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The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review

Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable hobbit: he lives in a fine, cozy hobbit-hole and never does anything unexpected. So when the wizard...

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