I read “Secondborn” by Amy A. Bartol via Amazon Kindle First reads, and since this was the only fantasy/sci-fi option, it was a no-brainer choice. AND it has a beautiful cover. (I do love me a beautiful cover!)
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A Drift of Quills: Books We Love #7
A Drift of Quills love to read as much as we love to write. Books help us relax and take us other places. Books inspire us. They introduce us to new ideas, cultures, and places. What’s not to love about reading?
Join us as we uncover a few gems in another installment of Books We Love…
A Drift of Quills: Books We Love #6
It’s time for A Drift of Quills and the last of the summer reads! We’re relaxing out on the deck with a nice cool drink and a few good books to share…
Book Review: Tuck, by Stephen R. Lawhead
I just finished reading “Tuck” by Stephen R. Lawhead. The “King Raven” series is one of the best retellings of the Robin Hood story I’ve ever read.
Book Review: Transgression, by R.S. Ingermanson
City of God: Transgression, by R.S. Ingermanson, is a fast-paced, lightly romantic time-travel story set in ancient Jerusalem.
A Drift of Quills: Books We Love (#5)
A Drift of Quills: Books We Love #5—“Books We Love” is a recurring topic for A Drift of Quills. Sometimes there’s a feast, and sometimes there’s a famine… Does that ever happen to you? Luckily, we’ve got a couple of tasty tidbits to whet your appetite!
Book Review: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book, set in the graveyard in “Old Town” (somewhere in England) is a story about Bod, an unusual boy living in an unusual place and under truly unusual circumstances. When tragedy strikes his family, Bod is adopted by the denizens of the cemetery and guarded by a man known only as Silas. While he grows he is taught by ghosts from every century, by Silas, and by Miss Lupescu (a werewolf). The tales of his adventures combine a wonderful sense of humor with shades of creepiness and a dash of magic. The assassin that killed Bod’s family was […]
Book Review: By Divine Right, by Patrick W. Carr
“By Divine Right,” the prequel to a longer series, starts out with a wonderful little mystery about the main character, Willet, then segues into a detailed description of the town — a little *too* detailed for my tastes, but hang in there, the story picks up after that in an entirely readable fantasy detective fashion. The real mystery is soon revealed as Willet follows his insatiable curiosity (and apprehension) in an attempt to discover who is stealing magical gifts. Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in this post are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link […]
Book Review: Transformation, by Carol Berg
I have been on a quest to find and read single point of view fantasy books. My own work in progress is written with a single POV, so yes, I have a vested interest — but I also wanted to take a step away from epic fantasy with a horde of characters. Transformation (Book One of the Rai Kirah), by Carol Berg, came highly recommended on many sites and forums. The blurb intrigued me. Seyonne is a man waiting to die. He has been a slave for sixteen years, almost half his life, and has lost everything of meaning to […]
Books We Love (#4)
Welcome to the Friday Feature of our Fantasy writers group, A Drift of Quills! We are back again with some book love to share with you! When I was a little girl, about ten years old, one of my book-loving big sisters (Hi, Diana!) gave me the book Scarlet Sails, by Alexander Green/Grin (Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevskii in his native Russia). I knew nothing at all of his popularity in his country and would probably not have been impressed at such a tender age. Nothing about the book cover lured me to explore between the covers. But… it was a book. […]