The good, the bad, and the ugly: The Red Queen (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #7) by Isobelle Carmody

Exciting ending makes up for slow rest of novel. The good Elspeth (protagonist) isn't hung up on her missing love interest, and Gets Shit Done. The whole Habitat plot at the start was interesting, although it could (probably should) have been a separate book in its own right. More worldbuilding...

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The good, the bad, and the ugly: Bring Down the Sun by Judith Tarr

Clickbait summary: Horny priestess marries King of Macedonia, has magic. The good About a historically intriguing woman, Olympias (Alexander the Great's mother)  The setting! (Ancient Greece, 4th Century BCE) Main character has a clear goal she is determined to reach (but she reaches...

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Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes

Did not finish at 52 pages I picked this up at my mum's library and thought it looked really cool. The start was so strong I thought it would be a great read, my first fantasy in quite a while. I was wrong. The good Nice cover and title made me pick it up Strong start and intriguing...

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Innocent Darkness (The Aether Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Lazear

Date finished: 10 August 2014 Steampunk and faeries - two things that interest me and the two things that made me read this book. These elements wouldn't normally go together, but in this novel they do. And they complement each other. The concept is a fantastic one, literally. ...

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Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy #1) by Anna Banks

  Date finished: 24 April 2014 This is one of those books that I read in 24 hours. I'm glad that it wasn't any longer than 320 pages, because I think that that would have made the book worse. The book wasn't terrible, but it wasn't brilliant either. From the blurb, I wasn't expecting...

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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien

  Date finished: 16 April 2014 Got insomnia? Read The Lord of the Rings! Guaranteed cure! Well, actually, The Two Towers was much better than Fellowship. I liked the second book a lot more than the first. To be honest, I should rate this 3 stars and the first book 2, as that would...

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

  Date finished: 2 March 2014 As a huge fan of the movies, I wanted to enjoy this more than I actually did. The movies are incredible. But the book is not. For someone who is in this fandom and enjoyed The Hobbit, it's hard for me to say this, but: Tolkien just wasn't that great an...

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Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman

  Date finished: 19 September 2012 Review originally posted on Goodreads I read Northern Nights by Philip Pullman in September. I really enjoyed the book, and continued to read the rest of the series. The story starts when the main character, Lyra, and her daemon, Pantalaimon,  accidentally...

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