Heir of Fire
“‘You cannot pick and choose what parts of her to love… You do not have the right to wish she were not what she is. The only thing you have a right to do is decide whether you are her enemy or her friend.’”
A Curse Upon Tides
“‘Even the greatest blessings can come with consequences. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t still blessings.’”
These Hallowed Binds
“‘Please don’t let a lie steal your destiny. El-Alam summoned you knowing every action you’d ever take or fail to. And I need not remind you, He’s not one to make mistakes.’”
Odriel’s Heirs
“To the bravest, he gave the power of the Dragon— of fire… He cloaked the cunning in shadow— to walk unseen. And to the kind, he gave his healing touch.”
Den of Liars
“Secrets are meant to be shared, not stolen. Just like hearts.”
Water Moon
“Losing your way is oftentimes the only way to find something you did not know you were looking for.”
The Artist of Blackberry Grange
“‘This old house holds many ghosts, my dear. Some of them are mine.’”
Throne of Glass
“‘You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.’”
Fairest of All
The villain origin story of the wicked Queen in Snow White.
The Midnight Garden
“Tessa’s casual use of the word ‘we’ makes me wince. Her life is full of ‘we’… I didn’t realize the joy of ‘we’ until I became just me.”“If you are looking for answers you can’t find, you need to change the question.”
The Dragon and the Stone
Read-aloud or middle grade adventure/fantasy book series!
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
“Four and a half stars. Might be better with puppets.”
All This Twisted Glory
“She had to accept as fact that sometimes revolution demanded darkness in exchange for light.”
Gallant
“‘Last night I went beyond the wall. And I met Death.’”
Time’s Orphan
“Speak of pain, and I’ll tell you of the Time who stole it away.”
These Infinite Threads
“Pleasure and torture were often delivered in the same blow.”
The Search for Synergy
“You are not what you think you are. You come from a long blood-line of great power and tremendous bravery.”
This Woven Kingdom
“Fire was her soul, but water was her life; it was all she needed to survive.”
The Golden Enclaves
Last book in the trilogy, and sadly, my least favorite.
The Last Graduate
“Senior year, you spend half your time staying alive, half your time on your lessons, and half your time working out a graduation strategy to get you through the hall. If you can’t make that equation add up properly, you die.”