Review: Burn by Patrick Ness – Dragons, Prophecies, and the Cycle of Violence

Title: Burn Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Quill Tree Books Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Historical Fiction Subject(s)/Themes(s): War, Discrimination, Dragons Representation: Biracial MC, Gay MC Release Date: June 2nd, 2020 Page Count: 384 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10   On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the …

Review: And the Ocean Was Our Sky – Moby Dick Inverted

Title: And the Ocean Was Our Sky Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: September 4th, 2018 Genre(s) and Subject(s): YA, Fantasy, Retelling Page Count: 160 (hardcover) Goodreads Rating: 8.0/10         "Harpoon strapped to my back, swimming along the decks of the great hunting ship Alexandra, our sails catching the currents, the …

Undertaking the Heroine’s Journey in Fantasy Books

The Hero's Journey. We all know it. We've seen it played out countless times--from the classic Greek myths to more modern stories like Star Wars, The Lord of the Ring, Eragon, and the game Journey. Mythologist Joseph Campbell was the first to propose the archetype. Seeing a common pattern across various mythologies, he suggested the …

Top 5 Wednesday – Auto-Buy SFF Authors

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme currently hosted on Goodreads by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes, where you list your top 5 for the week's chosen topic. This week's theme is: your auto-buy authors that write SFF. I used to buy a lot of books on their release date without reading samples or consulting reviews. …