Topic

Fantasy

A collection of 8 issues

Reading with Ella - Book 8

Rainbow Magic (#14), Weather Fairies (#7) Hayley the Rain Fairy by Daisy Meadows We found this in a bookbox without realizing that this is the seventh and final book in the weather fairies series. That's a bit of a pity as it was actually pretty good, and now

Reading with Ella - Book 6

Zoey and Sassafras - Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro So it is possible to find new children's books that are as good as the classics. It's not all Billie B Brown and weird dolphin stories. This was fantastic. Pro-science, pro-feminist, and pro-magic! Zoey loves science

Additional Review H - Do we still like vampires in 2025?

Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) by Charlaine Harris For some reason I never got to the Sookie Stackhouse series back in the 00's when they came out. I'm not sure why as I was full into other vampire series' (yes I read Twilight)

Audiobook - Somewhere Beyond the Sea - T. J. Klune

I am happy to announce that book 2 is as good as book 1. It did what sequels so rarely do. It brought back favourite characters but also had an engaging new story that was not just a rehash of the first but more an extension. Well done TJ Dedicated

Audiobook - The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow

Fun story: I decided to read this after taking my daughter to a play cafe (cafe with toys for those not in the know!). While I was there I was sat near a book club discussing this book and it sounded fantastic. So I listened to it and it was

Audiobook - The House on the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

Another fantastic fantasy book. I expected a book with the word cerulean in the title to either be amazing or amazingly pretentious. I am happy to report it is the first. The kids on the island were fantastical and adorable, and the audiobook narrator did a brilliant job with all

Audiobook - A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab

This was great. After my last brush with fantasy and SJM this was a breath of fresh air. A fantastically described and fascinating world. Non-problematic main characters. Beautiful writing that I never gave me an urge to get out my green correcting pen (we don't use red these

Additional Review B - Should I trust BookTok recommendations?

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas I've been vaguely aware of they hype surrounding these books from BookTok and in other social media, so when I visited England last summer and saw my Sister-in-law had the whole set I asked her about them. She