Simon & Schuster/ IndieBound/Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Kobo Check out the following enticing synopsis of the book, provided by Simon & Schuster: From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours, an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets. Living on her family’s idyllic…
Tag: fairytale
Review of As Black as Ebony by Salla Simukka
Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Indiebound Review Written By: Jessica C. I’ve been watching you. I’ve been watching you when you didn’t know. I’ve been watching every move you make and every expression of your face. You thought you were invisible and unremarkable, but I have seen everything you do. I know you better than anyone else. I…
Review of Uprooted by: Naomi Novik
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Indiebound Synopsis of book, Taken from Amazon Product Detail Page: “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s…
Review of As White As Snow by Salla Simmuka
Amazon/ Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads Review Written By: Jessica C. Our faith is as white as snow. It is pure and bright. It leaves no room for doubt. Our faith is like the light that will blind the sinners with its strength. Our faith will burn them even as the stubble of the field is…
The Prince’s Poltregeist
I think fairy-tales should be inspiring, and that is why nearly all of them have happy, inspiring endings. They are meant to be ethically challenging and edifying. Not everyone will enjoy these, but I enjoy writing them, because they help me reflect on things in an allegorical way that I can’t quite write without writing…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 