A new review of ENCHANTED is up at Moirae (the Fates) Book Reviews: http://moiraethefatesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/enchanted.html I encourage you all to pop by and see what The Fates thought of my little fairy tale! I have been invited back to do an interview with the Moirae on April 25th…stay tuned! Tweet
And now…the March reviews! Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer EAN: 9780312641894 It is so incredibly wonderful when a delicious book comes along that you gobble up in less than a day . . . and so disappointing when that book doesn’t end. Cinder was described to me as “Cinderella meets The Fifth Element,” so I was on board from page one….
There was a snafu last month with the February reviews — everything is fixed now, and they have been posted simultaneously with the March reviews. The IGMS book reviews for February are: Title: Witchlanders Author: Lena Oakley EAN: 9781442420045 Take all the classic elements of fantasy and swirl them around (stirred, not shaken), and you have Witchlanders. There’s nothing…
Mimi Valentine, intrepid teen book reviewer, got her hands on Enchanted and wrote a very sweet review telling the world…well, not ALL about it, but enough to whet everyone’s appetite and make them want to read more. “Absolutely ADORABLE. Magical. Smile-inducing. And so incredibly sweet! This book is one of the many reasons why I love fairytales and their…
New reviews up at Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show! Title: Extraordinary: The True Story of My Fairy Godparent, Who Almost Killed Me, and Certainly Never Made Me a Princess Author: Adam Selzer EAN: 9780385736497 “Do you believe in fairy tales?” asked the back cover of Extraordinary. “Why yes, thank you, I do,” I replied to no one in…
As promised, here’s that FABULOUS review from Kirkus! It still makes me giddy. (My favorite parts are in bold.) ENCHANTED Author: Kontis, Alethea Review Issue Date: February 15, 2012 Online Publish Date: February 5, 2012 Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Pages: 320 Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99 Publication Date: May 8, 2012 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-547-65470-4 Category: Fiction Readers…
Reports have been trickling in from those folks who have a subscription to Kirkus — ENCHANTED has received a coveted STARRED book review! The review begins thusly: “Readers who get past the generic title and an off-puttingly generic cover will discover a fabulous fairy-tale mashup that deserves hordes of avid readers.” Now, before you all get upset about the…
Also on my to-do list: New Princess Alethea reviews are up over at IGMS! (It *says* October, but they really mean November.) Title: The False Princess Author: Eilis O’Neal EAN: 9781606840795 As a Princess, I am always drawn to books with the word “Princess” in the title. I’m usually disappointed when I read the jacket copy. I was…
New reviews are up at Intergalactic Medicine Show! (Actually, they’ve been up for a while, but every time I’ve tried to post about it, my site has been down. We’ve moved to a new server now, so all should be well.) Title: Enclave Author: Ann Aguirre EAN: 9780312650087 When a publisher puts a Publisher’s Weekly quote like “For fans…
Reviews of a different sort — from the movie that became my second credit on IMDB. (Not only is my name in the opening credits of Blood Oath…it’s even SPELLED CORRECTLY!) Before you read any–or all–of these, just keep one thing in mind: we didn’t set out to produce Shakespeare. We were a bunch of kids in the woods…
NOW AVAILABLE HERO (main cover, HC dust jacket over…
Fairy Tales of Arilland that have been translated into…
Fairy Tales of Arilland that have been translated into…
