For QTL’s first summer book club, I chose a book I had not yet read, because I really wanted to expose the rest of the reviewers (besides Andrew of course) to some harder science fiction. Now, in my opinion, hard science fiction is a pretty loaded term, but I think it does a decent job…
The Formidable Miss Cassidy by Meihan Boey is the breath of fresh air that I so desperately needed. It’s a fun, supernatural mystery that is full of heart and many delightful surprises. So please join me and accompany Miss Cassidy as she travels across the world to educate a young woman and solve a generational…
Continue reading ➞ The Formidable Miss Cassidy – An Education In Love
An unusual review from me today. The subject of my ire for this piece is The Sword Triumphant by Gareth Hanrahan. The final book in the Lands of the Firsborn trilogy, this was one of my more anticipated reads of 2025. Hanrahan has been one of my authors to watch recently. I am now six…
Continue reading ➞ The Sword Triumphant – No Gas, All Ending
Last year, I took it upon myself to finally read T. H. White’s The Once and Future King. I had been seeing an uptick in Arthurian stories and my only real exposure to the tale have been insane, but lackluster visions from the silver screen like Excalibur (1981) and King Arthur (2004). Since then, while…
Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard is the third and final installment of the Realm Breaker series. After finishing her sophomore series, I can’t help but think over and over again that this is the type of YA I want to read. The plot, characters, and the thread that ties them all together have been lovingly…
I found myself delightfully surprised while reviewing the list of notable Fantasy and Science Fiction releases of 2025 to see a book by Louis Sachar, of Holes fame, on the list. The Magician of Tiger Castle is an adult standalone historical fantasy (Sachar’s first) about a recalcitrant alchemist trying to potion his way out of…
Continue reading ➞ The Magician of Tiger Castle – A Potion Of Many Stripes
V.E. Schwab, we meet again! My first-ever QTL review covered Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic. The intervening years have not seen us cross paths until now. A book club friend selected Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil, marking my return to the author’s pantheon. It was a nice return full of pleasant thoughts…
Continue reading ➞ Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil – It’s Got Fangs
After discovering Caitlin Rozakis last year and finding her fantasy satire, Dreadful, utterly delightful, I immediately set my sights on her new book for 2025. In The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, Rozakis takes us into an urban fantasy of sorts to tell a story of a mundane family suddenly thrust into the magical…
Continue reading ➞ The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association – C+
I have a small book club with two of my friends from guitar class. We don’t meet to discuss the books. We just read them at similar times and discuss them in class or over text. It’s just a trio-buddy read, really. The books up to this point have all been great—This Is How You…
The man cannot be stopped! Brandon Sanderson released Isles of the Emberdark, his fifth secret project, as part of the Words of Radiance leatherbound crowdfunding campaign. It will also be in bookstores and online very soon (as of this writing), so the latest Cosmere book will be in the hands of the masses swiftly! Note:…
Continue reading ➞ Isles of the Emberdark – The Cosmere Expands
