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...
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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...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Across A Darkling Sea by K. Ferrin
This is another mystical, magical story, but in an entirely different vein. Evelyn lives in the swamp country known as Brielle, which doesn’t have any magic and believes all magic is evil. But Evelyn is fascinated with magic and buys a magic seed at the market. She is suddenly...
Tora’s Book Nook Review: Goddess Awakening by A. Evermore
If you like mystical, magical stories, then this one is for you. Eritara is a seer and her husband Thanon is a bard whose music creates magic. Eritara is given a vision by the Night Goddess that she is pregnant and her daughter is the key to defeating the...
Wonder Woman Movie Review
I saw Wonder Woman this week. I loved it! I loved that Diana was fiercely strong, physically and emotionally. She kept her integrity in the face of a world vastly different than she’d ever experienced before and stayed true to who she was and what she believed in. She...