A Torch Against the Night is the sequel to Sabaa Tahir’s first fantasy book, An Ember in the Ashes. This review contains spoilers for the first book, but not for the second.
Tag: fantasy
Review: Empire of Storms, Sarah J Maas
At last, the fifth book in Sarah J Maas’ Throne of Glass series, Empire of Storms, has arrived. This series is turning into an epic tale, the threads of which are weaving together in this penultimate book. Although I loved reading it, there were a few things that I didn’t like… Read more »
Review: Ignite the Shadows, Ingrid Seymour
Marci is a high school student by day and hacker by night, but from a young age, she has had strange attacks from her ‘shadows’. When she discovers the group IgNiTe, they explain that she’s not alone with these attacks, and that the shadows are in fact an insidious threat from a… Read more »
Special Feature: The Song Rising Prelude, Samantha Shannon
Have you read Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season and The Mime Order? Well, it’s time to get excited – the third book in this epic series, The Song Rising, is on its way. Okay, so it’s not due out until March 2017. In the meantime though, Samantha and Bloomsbury have released… Read more »
Review: The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater
Magic, ghosts, ley lines, and ancient Welsh kings – Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle is exactly the series I love to read, and I didn’t even know until I started reading The Raven Boys! “If you kiss your true love, he will die.” Blue Sargent’s family of psychics have been… Read more »
Review: Thorne, Charlotte McConaghy
Two nations, a fragile peace treaty, a reluctant prince, and a young group of adventurers… The story Charlotte McConaghy started in Avery continues eighteen years later, with all the action, romance and brilliant storytelling of the first book. I invited Tracy, friend-of-the-Treetops, to help me with a joint review after we… Read more »
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, JK Rowling et al
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the script for the play that opened in London on 30 July 2016. There has been so much hype surrounding this play and book – everyone was excited to return to the world of Witches and Wizards after so long! The script was written… Read more »
Review: Nevernight, Jay Kristoff
Mia Corvere is on the path of retribution, to kill the bastards who murdered her father and threw her mother and baby brother in a deep, dark prison. She has become an acolyte of Niah, the Black Mother, goddess of the night in a world with three suns. She is… Read more »
Review: The Malice, Peter Newman
Peter Newman’s The Malice combines a grim and despairing fantasy world with a story of human compassion and loyalty. I loved the first book in this series, The Vagrant, and I couldn’t wait to get back into the story. I’m happy to report that this second instalment was just as excellent, if not… Read more »
Review: Ruined, Amy Tintera
Em is on a mission of revenge, to destroy the royal family responsible for the murder of her own. She has infiltrated the palace by impersonating the future bride of Prince Casimir, intending to kill him soon after the wedding. There’s just one problem – she’s falling for him instead…. Read more »
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