Recent Blog Posts
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A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier (Book Review)
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“A wish was made and born was a princess with not only Lips as red as blood, skin as white as snow, and hair as black as ebony, but with bravery and brains too” A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier is a retelling of the timeless fairytale…
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A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (Book Review)
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A tale of a cursed prince’s redemption, a tale of a brave princess’s sacrifice, a tale of true love. A Tale of Beauty and The Beast by Melanie Cellier is a Young Adult Fantasy, a retelling as you would quite clearly be able to tell of the fairytale Beauty and…
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Book Review of Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
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“Demon pox, oh demon poxJust how is it acquired?One must go down to the bad part of townUntil one is very tired.Demon pox, oh demon pox, I had it all along—Not the pox, you foolish blocks,I mean this very song—For I was right, and you were wrong!” – William Herondale…
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A Dance of Silver and Shadow: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Book Review)
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Twelve princesses dance a dangerous dance and compete for a deadly prize. A Dance of Silver and Shadow by Australian author Melanie Cellier is a retelling of the beloved fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses, It is the first book of the Beyond The Four Kingdoms series, which is the sequel series…
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Book Review of Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
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“When you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being…
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Book Review of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
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“Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck”- William Herondale (Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare) Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare is a Young Adult Fantasy, a Historical Fiction. It is the first book of the Infernal Devices Trilogy. The Prequel to The Mortal Instruments.
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Book Review of Promchanted by Morgan Matson
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The one in which two teens are pulled into the Sleeping Beauty, yup the Fairytale. Promchanted is a YA contemporary but at the same time fantasy novel by American Author Morgan Matson. First of all, Alexa plays Mad at Disney by Salem Ilese 🎵🎵
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Marriage For One by Ella Maise (Book Review)
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A love story but backward… Marriage for One by Ella Maise is contemporary fiction, it is an adult romance. Jack and Rose did everything backward, got married then fell in love. Jack proposed the very first time he talked to Rose, what he proposed was a business deal packaged as…
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A Resident Indian’s Perspective on Arushi Avachat’s Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment
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For the Desi and Pardesi folks, presenting a book structured like a Bollywood movie. Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment is the debut novel of American – Indian author Arushi Avachat. She wrote this when she was just a teen.
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Book Review by The Princess Search by Melanie Cellier
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In this tale, an ugly duckling, a misfit, finally finds a place for herself, a place where she fits. The Princess Search is a young adult fantasy, a retelling of The Ugly Duckling by Australian author Melanie Cellier. It is the last book of The Four Kingdoms Series.