Holly Black knows how to write an interesting urban fantasy with a magic system intertwined with a healthy dose of crime. You’ll find this same dark and gritty fun in The Charlatan duology, and having loved that, I decided it was time to read White Cat, one of Black’s earlier works that had a similar…
If you’ve been unable to recover from that gut-punch of an ending to Holly Black’s Book of Night, then I anticipate you picked up the sequel, Thief of Night, as soon as humanly possible in September. Apparently, I like suffering and prolonged my misery to just now, and let me tell you, Black wanted you…
Audiobooks are fantastic companions, especially for someone like me who has headphones on 24/7. But there’s no doubt that my reading experience suffers when I listen to a story instead of reading it. Audiobooks invite other elements into my personal reading experience that can alter the storytelling, and I end up sacrificing quality for convenience.…
The Prisoner's Throne felt like coming home—a home belonging to my murderous and secretive fae family. Holly Black is back with a twisty adventure in Elfhame that gave me the same drunk-on-faerie-wine feelings I experienced with The Cruel Prince series. But this time, we hear it from Prince Oak’s perspective as his past and future collide…
I am trying my darndest not to let my overflowing love for The Cruel Prince series get in the way of this book review. If you haven’t read that series yet, I recommend you pick it up first because the new story does contain huge spoilers. Holly Black leaves Jude and Cardan behind but continues…
I became a devoted Holly Black fan after reading The Folk of the Air series. It has stuck with me for years, and I find myself revisiting scenes from the books often. It should come as no surprise that I picked up her newest release, Book of Night, and consumed it in three days. I…
