The Fairy Tale Case Files - Backstage!

  BOOK TITLE: Queen of Ice AUTHOR: Emma Miles DESCRIPTION OF BOOK COVER: Black cover with the silver white silhouette of a large raven GENRE: Fantasy (Sword and Sorcery sub genre) PAGES: 352 BLURB: She’d killed a boy. His face haunts her dreams. With no notion of what she is seeking, Catya flees to the frozen and unknown province of Snowhold, leaving her friends and the Raven Scouts behind her. A glimpse of an intriguing face in a blizzard sets her on a path where her fate collides with that of ancient beasts, and a mysterious hidden people. Can she survive alone in a land where women are still slaves, and sorcerers rule? Perhaps there is a chance for redemption. Perhaps she can lay the ghost of the boy to rest. It’s time to choose; to be a hero, or a monster. # OF STARS: 4.5 *** When I thought back, I realized that it had actually been a while since I read sword and sorcery fantasy (probably my last binge through Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series was t...

  BOOK TITLE: Crystal Heart AUTHOR: Whitney Morris DESCRIPTION OF BOOK COVER: White background with skeletal tree branches in top corner and a vaguely archaic text GENRE: Fantasy PAGES: 304 BLURB: When eighteen-year-old Mellissa Hail meets the magical changeling Gregory, she discovers an ancient and enchanted world of leprechauns and elves. Now she must come to terms with believing in magic and her destiny—that she is the chosen one to guard the Heart Crystal. But time is running out and the seal that guards the evil leprechaun Kadon is breaking. Can she save mankind in time? # OF STARS: 3.5 *** Crystal Heart is a young adult (swaying closer to young than adult) fantasy and Whitney Morris’ debut novel. It’s a straight up fantasy, kind of ‘80s in feel if I’m being honest. Think Labyrinth only no David Bowie.  Actually, that’s a pretty good analogy for the other characters, so I’m running with it. The book follows two characters prim...

  BOOK TITLE: The Legend of Eli Monpress AUTHOR: Rachel Aaron DESCRIPTION OF BOOK COVER: Rakish young man perched on top of a protruding gargoyle head looking out with a grin. GENRE: Fantasy PAGES: 1029 BLURB: Eli Monpress is talented. He's charming. And he's a thief. But not just any thief. He's the greatest thief of the age - and he's also a wizard. And with the help of his partners - a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, and a demonseed who can step through shadows and punch through walls - he's going to put his plan into effect. The first step is to increase the size of the bounty on his head, so he'll need to steal some big things. But he'll start small for now. He'll just steal something that no one will miss - at least for a while. Like a king. The Legend of Eli Monpress includes the novels: The Spirit Thief, The Sprit Rebellion , and The Spirit Eater . # OF STARS: 5 ...