Book Review: The Beast of London Author: L.D. Goffigan Series: Mina Murray Series Rating: 4* This is an imaginative retelling of the original vampire story set in London, 1890. Mina Murray has settled in London, teaching underprivileged students while still longing for her adventurous life she once had with...
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Tora’s Book Nook Review: Night’s Gift by Carol E. Leever & Camilla Orchlan
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Frey by Melissa Wright
Frey by Melissa Wright **** Frey is an elf whose magic doesn’t work like the other elves – in fact it doesn’t work at all. Then one day, in a fit of anger her magic blossoms in a frightening way, leading her to begin questioning her origins and the...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Mistress of Masks by C. Greenwood
Mistress of Masks by C. Greenwood***1/2 On a pilgrimage, Eydis is shown a vision of the destruction of the world by the Mother. Rathnakar, an evil sorcerer has escaped his imprisonment and to stop him, Eydis must find two other companions. The unlikely heroes turn out to be Orrick...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Diviner’s Prophecy by Nicolette Andrews
Diviner’s Prophecy by Nicolette Andrews **** Maea is a diviner – the last one of her line. She has visions of the future that portend a catastrophic future, trouble is her memories have been stolen and her visions are stuck on seeing the same thing. Her foster mother, Damara,...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Persistence of Vision by Liesel K. Hill
Maggie Hill and her brother are vacationing in Las Vegas when Maggie sees a strange vision. Right after, she and her brother lose 12 hours, with no memory of where they had been. The strange injuries they both suffered suggest something sinister happened to them during the lost hours....
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Dragonslayer’s Sword by Resa Nelson
Astrid thinks she’s a monster and hides the scars covering her body. As a child she’s sold as to a blacksmith in a far northern town and meets DiStephan, a young boy training to be a dragonslayer like his father. The blacksmith teaches her how to use magic to...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Children of Avalon by S.E. Wright
This is a different and interesting take on the Arthurian legends. It begins in our world, with Kyah feeling like a misfit and starting to see strange things. It turns out she’s a Traveler and able to travel through portals to different worlds, one of which is Avalon, a...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Teeth of the Gods by Sarah K.L. Wilson
I loved this book! I generally don’t like YA fantasy, but the characters in this book aren’t teenagers. This is a coming of age story set on another planet, Everturn. Tylira Nyota can’t access her magic even after years of seclusion and training, which makes her useless in the...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: A Matter of Death by Victoria DeLuis
This is a short story introducing the world of The Independent Necromancer’s Bureau. Cassie is an agent in the Independent Necromancer’s Bureau and her ghost friend Dylan is worried one of his friends is in trouble. Cassie works to find the ghost and the necromancer who is holding it...