reviews

  A Classic Tale of Adventure Authors: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman There is a saying that you cannot step in the same river twice, but with books this isn’t true. The magic of a beloved read – one of those books that just stays with you and defines how you see and feel about the world – is eternal. Dragons of Autumn Twilight with its epic battles between good and evil, its beleaguered protagonists, its vivid beauty and ability to make a land full of dragons and unicorns real, and its laired secrets captured me when I first saw [...]

A Gothic Horror Story Author: Lucas Hault Gerard Woodward traveled to the austere Welsh countryside to visit a dying man in an ancient castle. And now, he can’t escape. There are dreams. There are images of frightening, wall crawling ape men. There is a beautiful woman in the forest surrounded by the wail of infants. There is the slow sense of a trap closing. Meanwhile, a world away in London, Gerard’s fiancé, Raelyn, struggles against an ominous foreboding. Gerard’s letters have stopped, and his return date is long since overdue. Raelyn’s cousin, who is staying in her guest house, is growing [...]

My wild heart . . . my walled heart Author: Robin Farrar Maass Lucy Silver is a fish out of water. A young graduate student with an unfortunate (much regretted and inescapable) relationship with her dissertation professor, Lucy is looking to solve a mystery in her family and make her way in the world. Instead, she finds herself chasing the ghosts of what might have been. Lucy has followed the legacy of famed poet and gardener Elizabeth Blackspear to her historic estate and gardens in Bolton Lacey.  For Lucy, Elizabeth isn’t just a historical figure with a tragic back-story, a woman [...]