The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Started: 1/24/20
Finished: 1/28/20
Last in the fairy trilogy by Holly Black. Satisfying.
Month: January 2020
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Started: 1/18/20
Finished: 1/23/20
First in a trilogy with psychics, witches, magic, ghosts, and prep school boys, and I liked it far too much.
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Started: 1/16/20
Finished: 1/20/20
Thriller/horror story. I gave up on another Ruth Ware book, but I gave this one a try on Molly’s recommendation. I was truly creeped out by it (I stopped reading it at night), but…I can’t really say more without giving stuff away. It was pretty good.
The Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Started: 1/17/20
Gave up: 1/18/20
Probably good, but I was not in the mood for an “I’m too old for this shit” kind of ghoul hunter.
In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
Started: 1/4/20
Finished: 1/16/20
Book 2 of the Alanna books. She’s 14-16 (at least in the first third of the book), so it’s a little easier to take, but she can do EVERYTHING and kick ass at it. So, yay for her, but also COME ON. Still fun, though.
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Started: 1/11/20
Finished: 1/16/20
Second in the fairy trilogy by Holly Black. Good middle book. Great ending.
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Started: 1/4/20
Finished: 1/10/20
I’ve read (and liked) one other fairy story by Holly Black, and she’s a guest of honor at a convention we’re going to, so I figured I’d read more of her stuff. This is the first in a trilogy, also about the Fae (you can’t just call them fairies when they’re trying to kill you). It starts off DARK (bad stuff happens to some kids under 10 before they get packed off to live in Faerie), and then we jump ahead ten years and follow them as teenagers.
Finder by Suzanne Palmer
Started: 12/28/19
Finished: 1/4/20
Debut novel of an author I heard speak on a panel at a convention. I’d read a couple of her short stories and really liked them, and I liked her in person, so I was excited to read this one and…I LIKED IT. It was fun, fast, and a little twisty plotwise (in a good way). I’m glad it’s the beginning of a series.