Osprey rated The House in the Cerulean Sea: 4 stars
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives …
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Reverie by Ryan La Sala
When recovering from an attack that leaves him without his memory, gay teenager Kane Montgomery stumbles into a world where …
Osprey rated The Priory of the Orange Tree: 4 stars
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for …
Osprey rated The sign of one: 4 stars
The sign of one by Eugene Lambert (The sign of one -- [1])
On Wrath, a dump-world for human outcasts, identical twins are feared. Only one will grow up human, while the other …
Osprey rated The emperor's blades: 4 stars
The emperor's blades by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne -- Book 1)
The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death while continuing down their individual …
Osprey rated The Buried Life (Recoletta, #1): 3 stars
Osprey rated Becoming Deluxe Signed Edition: 5 stars
Michelle Obama: Becoming Deluxe Signed Edition (Hardcover, 2019, Crown)
Becoming Deluxe Signed Edition by Michelle Obama
IN A LIFE filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling …
Osprey reviewed The warrior within by Angus McIntyre
"Karsman has a dozen different people living in his head, each the master of a …
Review of 'The warrior within' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
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Osprey rated Trainable Cat: 4 stars
Osprey rated The Medusa Chronicles: 3 stars
Osprey reviewed Uprooted by Naomi Novik
“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside …
Review of 'Uprooted' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Interesting worldbuilding, I like the writing style.
Intriquing magic system rooted in real historical myths and superstition.
If only it wasn't YA.
The main character is an average Young Adult protagonist, in pretty much every way. Clumsy yet likeable, doesn't succeed in things by going the normal way so goes her own way, which just so happens to also be much better...
Protagonist has stockholm syndrome. That doesn't make for a nice romantic plot. Not that I like to read romance at all in the first place (why do books not have warnings on the cover?).
The wood was a really interesting concept, a looming threat which I found really immersive. The conclusion to its story, however, was a bit.. meek? It felt a bit hurried, and like there ought to have been more depth to it than there was (or did I just not see it?). It felt almost …
Interesting worldbuilding, I like the writing style.
Intriquing magic system rooted in real historical myths and superstition.
If only it wasn't YA.
The main character is an average Young Adult protagonist, in pretty much every way. Clumsy yet likeable, doesn't succeed in things by going the normal way so goes her own way, which just so happens to also be much better...
Protagonist has stockholm syndrome. That doesn't make for a nice romantic plot. Not that I like to read romance at all in the first place (why do books not have warnings on the cover?).
The wood was a really interesting concept, a looming threat which I found really immersive. The conclusion to its story, however, was a bit.. meek? It felt a bit hurried, and like there ought to have been more depth to it than there was (or did I just not see it?). It felt almost like a different book tacked on at the end to offer some sort of conclusion. A conclusion not hinted at in any way for the rest of the book.
Disappointed the dragon wasn't a real dragon. I mean, that was pretty much the reason I picked up the book in the first place. False marketing.
Definitively would have benefited from being a trilogy or something rather than a single book.
Intriquing magic system rooted in real historical myths and superstition.
If only it wasn't YA.
The main character is an average Young Adult protagonist, in pretty much every way. Clumsy yet likeable, doesn't succeed in things by going the normal way so goes her own way, which just so happens to also be much better...
Protagonist has stockholm syndrome. That doesn't make for a nice romantic plot. Not that I like to read romance at all in the first place (why do books not have warnings on the cover?).
The wood was a really interesting concept, a looming threat which I found really immersive. The conclusion to its story, however, was a bit.. meek? It felt a bit hurried, and like there ought to have been more depth to it than there was (or did I just not see it?). It felt almost like a different book tacked on at the end to offer some sort of conclusion. A conclusion not hinted at in any way for the rest of the book.
Disappointed the dragon wasn't a real dragon. I mean, that was pretty much the reason I picked up the book in the first place. False marketing.
Definitively would have benefited from being a trilogy or something rather than a single book.
Osprey rated League of Dragons (The Temeraire Series): 4 stars
Osprey rated Mirror Empire: 1 star
Osprey rated Emotional Agility: 4 stars
Susan A. David: Emotional Agility (2017, Penguin Books, Limited)
Emotional Agility by Susan A. David
" ... Offers a revolutionary approach that enables us to understand and embrace difficult emotions without letting them derail us. …