Michael and Fisk are back! Michael may be permanently unredeemed, but that doesn't mean he's stopped solving mysteries. It's just gotten a little more dangerous for him. This book introduces Fisk's family and takes us on a whole new adventure. Someone has framed Fisk's brother-in-law, so the boys...
Hilari Bell's done it again. I can hardly breathe after this one...Michael and Fisk are, once again, thrust into another adventure after near two years of living peacefully out of danger's path. However, that's two years too long. What I love most about "The Knight and Rogue" series is that nothi...
I liked it. I also appreciated the lack of romantic subplot or mooning over the sexy shifter. And how the main character was generally pretty sensible for a teenager. The end was a bit different than I expected and somewhat cliffhanger, but I appreciated it for being the right kind of unexpected ...
Another great book by Hilari Bell. The first ended pretty resolved, but this follow up in the aftermath of the Falcon's "victory" shows how power is always precarious. I like that the story was told from Arisa's point-of-view and how moving to the castle to play princess is not what every girl dr...
So, I will start off with the negatives here. I think this is obviously aimed at a younger audience, which isn’t necessarily a negative, but it is something I noticed. It is fairly basic prose, which can sometimes get a little tiring. There were also a lot of exclamation marks, and that often ...
5 starsTobin is freed from the poisonous Otherworld, but only to become a prisoner of the bloodthirsty barbarians who would love to make a meal out of him. Makenna and her goblins are still stuck in the Otherworld, unable to open a gate large enough to bring them all home, not with the land soaki...
Review taken from my blog, The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia.First Sentence:Makenna had to stretch onto her toes to reach the small stone lamp, for the shelf that held it was higher than a grown woman's head, and she was only eleven.The Goblin Wood had been sitting on my TBR pile for maybe two mon...
Forging the Sword is the final volume in the excellent, non-European political fantasy Farsala trilogy. The first book, Fall of a Kingdom, is good; it establishes the world and its lead characters' motivations very well. The second book, Rise of a Hero, is better. This, the final volume, is the s...
The legend says that the great hero Sorahb will return when his country has need of him. If ever Farsala needed a hero, it is now. The Hrum Empire has destroyed its army and taken possession of most of its major cities. They still have most of a year to meet their deadline, when they must either ...
The story isn't what I thought it would be, yet the story was excellent. The book is about a boy who finds a prophecy about slaying a dragon to stop the dragon from destroying the kingdom of Idris and the villages. His father was the 44th Warrior King of Idris. The boy is a prince and his name ...
Inspired by a Persian legend and originally titled Flame, this is the first book of the Farsala Trilogy. The new and improved title, while dramatically distinctive, has the drawback of giving away the ending. But since the story is only getting started, that's probably all right. The kingdom that...
Over the last few days I’d tried every form of argument, bribe, and plea. Nothing had worked. I had taken several doses of her accursed potion now, but the cold serpent that coiled through my gut had had no effect, except to add to my nausea. No effect, I told myself firmly. My wrists were raw fr...
Kathy said. “I’ve played at court enough to be pretty good.” Benton and Kathy had gotten back too late last night for much discussion, though they did report that the jeweler had settled in reasonably well. The farm family welcomed the money and Kathy, who’d shelled out th...