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Stolen Heir, The

The Stolen Heir Jude and Cardan still hold the throne of Elfhame. It’s been eight years since the final, bloody battle, since Jude’s sentences were dispersed, since the traitors started their punishment. Oak is now grown and rumors abound. Assassination attempts have already been launched – and failed. Will Jude and Cardan really step down? And what about this playboy prince, who’s rumored to break hearts and destroy lives? Oak is ready for his first adventure. He is joined both by a loyal adherent and a fugitive. The fugitive is a man under a curse for betraying Jude and Cardan, [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-21T15:22:37-07:00May 21st, 2023|Tags: book review, fairie, fairy, fantasy, fey, Folk of the Air, read, reading, ya|

Nightbitch

A Sickening Praise of "Artistic" Child and Animal Abuse Author: Rachel Yoder An avant-garde artist becomes a mother, then she becomes a wild dog. It’s the fault of her husband, of society, of the unfair expectations on a woman to do everything and be everything that ultimately takes “The Mother” and makes her into “Nightbitch” – something dangerous, domestic (but barely), untamed, violent, and yet still “loving” of this cub that cost her everything. I came to Nightbitch through one of my endless bookclubs. It wasn’t the selection that I voted for, but it nevertheless had promise, from it’s weird cover [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-17T16:31:03-07:00May 17th, 2023|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading|

Nuremberg Trial, The

A Surprisingly Dull Treaties on International Law Authors: Ann & John Tusa Ann and John Tusa teamed together to create The Nuremberg Trial, a five-hundred-page opus covering the literal trial of the century where multiple nations gathered together, post-World War II, to decide the fate of the remaining Nazi leaders. In this international quest for justice, England, America, France, and the former USSR struggled with issues of vengeance, with perceived “victor’s justice,” with fairness and legality, and with establishing a new precedent for international law. Together, these nations participated in a yearlong trial of 22 defendants, including the infamous Hermann Göring. [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-17T13:16:59-07:00May 16th, 2023|Tags: book review, history, international law, nonfiction, Nuremberg, Nuremberg Trial, read, reading, reviews, trial|