These are the best fairy tale retellings I think I've ever read. They are not cheesy (it itself a feat!), well written, and are so loosely based on the original tale that I never quite know what's about to happen, even though I do know the story upon which it's based. For "Goldheart," that's ...
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This story had one of the best relationships I've read in a long time! I'm fascinated by the story of Anastasia Romanov, particularly since the musical "Anastasia" is one of my favorites (the music is just. Amazing.) I picked this one up on an Audible daily deal, since it was a retelling of ...
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The whole way through this series this time through, I've been trying to decide which book is my favorite. I think it might have to be this one. Only three of the seven books are overt biblical allegories. The Magician's Nephew is an allegory of the creation story of Genesis, The Lion, The Witch, ...
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I love that I always know what I'm getting with a Rhys Bowen novel. They're character-heavy slow boils, always set in Victorian England. The main character is usually obsessed with some kind of craft (herbs, gardening, cooking), and we're treated to an in-depth description of her occupation, but ...
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This was probably the book I remembered least of the Chronicles of Narnia, but man, every one of these books is just so amazing, for the same three reasons. First, it's not just the creativity, but the whimsy that makes Narnia a world I long to escape into. Second, C.S. Lewis is incredibly astute ...
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