Tag Archives: fantasy

Bride to the Sun

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Lia

I’m so very pleased to announce that Bride to the Sun, my first novel, is now available as a Kindle eBook on Amazon! From the blurb: Once, she could pluck fire out of the very air. Now she is the … Continue reading →

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Uprooted

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Lia

Naomi Novik is probably best known for her Temeraire series, which is set at the time of the Napoleonic wars in an alternative world where there are dragons. Since she hits two of my interests at the same time – … Continue reading →

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Coming of the Dragon / Peaceweaver

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Lia

I recently reread these two books by Rebecca Barnhouse. They’re billed as Young Adult, but I thought them an enjoyable read for adults as well. What initially attracted me to them is the fact that they’re loosely based on the … Continue reading →

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Clariel

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Lia

Garth Nix’s most recent fantasy novel is set in the Old Kingdom, the same world as his earlier Abhorsen series (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen), but several centuries earlier. It is a standalone novel, but I would very much recommend reading Sabriel … Continue reading →

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Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Lia

Sometimes I buy books and then don’t read them until months later, but not so with Bitterblue, which I’d very much looked forward to. Yet while I really enjoyed some aspects of it and would certainly recommend it to read, … Continue reading →

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