SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE FARSEER AND TAWNY MAN TRILOGIES STOP READING NOW! (and go read Assassin’s Apprentice instead) Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★★★ Readability: ★★★★ Fitz is happily ensconced in Withywoods, married to the woman of his dreams, far away from the deceit of Buckeep Court and his old life. He and Molly… Read More Fool’s Assassin (Robin Hobb)
Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★★★ Readability: ★★★★ Prince Jalan loves his life. There are enough relatives between him and the throne to keep him safe from that responsibility, but being grandson to the Red Queen allows him plenty of freedom….Until he gets caught up in a ridiculous quest with an enormous Norse man and his axe… Read More Prince of Fools (Mark Lawrence)
Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★★ Readability: ★★★★★ Panic is one of those books that seems to have confused people’s expectations. I’m not sure whether it’s because people had preconceptions of Lauren Oliver, or whether the blurb was too vague, or whether it was a bit like a game of chinese whispers, but I saw so many… Read More Panic (Lauren Oliver)
Plot: ★★★ Characters: ★★★★★ Readability: ★★★★★ Eleanor & Park is one of those books I was hearing about for months, and then couldn’t resist reading out of curiosity. I’m glad I did, because I ended up loving it. Eleanor is the new girl. With her curly red hair and a curvy figure, Eleanor stands out… Read More Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★★ Readability: ★★★★★ Like Crewel, What’s Left of Me has a wonderfully unique premise, and I really enjoyed it. In Eva and Addie’s world, children are born with two souls, one of which will be naturally less dominant and should fade throughout childhood, until eventually only the dominant soul remains. In Eva… Read More What’s Left of Me (Kat Zhang)
