Reviews

I’m sure it comes as no surprise to you to know that I love books. Reading, in my opinion, is one of life’s greatest adventures, and I’m never far from a novel. Books that inform, humor, and transport you to other times and places are among life’s greatest joys, and that joy is one that I adore immensely.

Besides diving through dusty corners at libraries, I also do a lot of book-finding via the internet. If you are a writer or publisher looking for bloggers to review a book, I can help with that! I’m always on the lookout for good, family-friendly stories to review for A Synesthete Writer! Please contact me at liannetaimenlore(at)gmail(dot)com for more information! I can’t promise that I will accept every book because of content issues or personal time commitments, but I’d love to hear from you.

Below is a list of the books I’ve reviewed on this site, firstly organized into fiction/nonfiction and then alphabetized by the author’s last name. As I’m always reading and finding new novels to love, this list will grow as I post new reviews. Be sure to check back often to find out what’s on my bookshelf!

Fiction

A

Afshar, Tessa

• Thief of Corinth

Alcott, Louisa May

• The Inheritance
• A Modern Cinderella

Ashford, Daisy

• The Young Visiters

Ardnek, Kendra E.

• The Sun Jewel Contest (A Little Jenny Adventure)
• The Ankulen
• Sew, It’s a Quest (The Bookania Quests)
• The Prior Quest (The Bookania Short Stories)
• Water Princess, Fire Prince (The Rizkaland Legends)
• CinderEddy (A Twist of Adventure)
• Misfortune (A Twist of Adventure)
• The Dancing Princess (A Twist of Adventure)
• The Worth of a King (The Fall of a Star)

B

Bailey, Arielle M.

• The Icarus Aftermath (The Sunfire Saga)

Baillot, Jack Lewis

• A Stretch of Loyalty (The Loyalty Trilogy)
• A Test of Loyalty (The Loyalty Trilogy)
• Haphazardly Implausible (Haphazardly Implausible)

Bassington-French, Joan

• Christmas at the Tittletons

Bergren, Lisa T.

• Keturah (The Sugar Baron’s Daughters)

Blakeney, Anneliese

• The Princess and the Sage

Bonham, C.O.

• Runaway Lyrics

Brown, Elisabeth

• What Eyes Can See (Five Glass Slippers)

Burton, Meredith Leigh

• Rebekah’s Refuge

C

Cambron, Kristy

• The Butterfly and the Violin (Hidden Masterpiece)

Carrie, Emma

• Out of the Shadows (The Tacket Secret)

Cellier, Melanie

• A Crown of Snow and Ice (Beyond the Four Kingdoms)

Christie, Agatha

• Murder on the Orient Express

Clifton, Emma

• Broken Glass (Five Glass Slippers)

Cooper, James Fenimore

• The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales)

D

Davis, Bryan

• Starlighter (Dragons of Starlight)
• Warrior (Dragons of Starlight)
• Reapers (The Reapers Trilogy)

Dekker, Ted

• Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle Trilogy)

Dickens, Charles

• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
• Dombey and Son

Dickerson, Melanie

• The Healer’s Apprentice (Hagenheim)
• The Captive Maiden (Hagenheim)
• The Princess Spy (Hagenheim)
• The Golden Braid (Hagenheim)
• The Silent Songbird (Hagenheim)
• The Orphan’s Wish (Hagenheim)
• The Warrior Maiden (Hagenheim)
• The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest (A Medieval Fairy Tale)
• The Beautiful Pretender (A Medieval Fairy Tale)

Dokey, Cameron

• Before Midnight
• The World Above

Donnelly, Jennifer

• Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

E

Elliot, Camille

• Prelude for a Lord

Elmer, Robert

• Life Behind the Wall

Ender, Elizabeth

• Ransomed

Evans, Richard Paul

• Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
• Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen
• Michael Vey: Battle of the Ampere
• Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon

F

Falanga, Abigail

• A Time of Mourning and Dancing (Floramancy Archives)

Fichter, Brittany

• Girl in the Red Hood (Classical Kingdoms)
• Clara’s Soldier: A Retelling of the Nutcracker

Fichter, Kirsten

• The Rose and the Balloon (Once Upon a Twist Tales)

Finley, Martha

• Millie’s Unsettled Season (A Life of Faith)

Foley, Elisabeth Grace

• The Mountain of the Wolf (Once)

G

Gray, C.A.

• Intangible (Piercing the Veil)

Gilbert, Victoria (a.k.a. Vicki Weavil)

• Crown of Ice (The Mirror of Immortality)

Greyson, Jessica

• Captive of Raven Castle

H

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

• Just Ella (The Palace Chronicles)

Hall, Lynn

• The Secret of Stonehouse

Hedlund, Judy

• A Daring Sacrifice (An Uncertain Choice)

Heffington, Rachel

• Fly Away Home
• The Windy Side of Care (Five Glass Slippers)
• She But Sleepth (Once)

Hickman, Homer

• Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company (Helium-3)

Hoffert, Skye

• Falling Snow (Five Poisoned Apples)

Holman, Sarah

• Waltz into the Waves: A Cinderella Story
• Adventures and Adversities (Tales of Taelis) 
• Brothers and Betrayal (Tales of Taelis)
• Courage and Corruption (Tales of Taelis)

Homer

• The Iliad

Hovde, Jenelle

• Raven’s Heir (Five Poisoned Apples)

Hugo, Victor

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Huneke, Morgan Elizabeth

• Twisted Dreams

I

J

Jordan, Robert

• The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time)
• The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time)

K

Karon, Jan

• Light from Heaven (Mitford Years)

Kitchens, E.J.

• Wrought of Silver and Ravens (Of Magic Made)

Knight, Jaye L. (also: Molly Evangeline)

• Truth (Makilien Trilogy)
• Half-Blood (Ilyon Chronicles)
• Resistance (Ilyon Chronicles)
• The King’s Scrolls (Ilyon Chronicles)
• Exiles (Ilyon Chronicles)
• Bitter Winter (Ilyon Chronicles)
• Lacy (Ilyon Chronicles)

Kovaciny, Rachel

• Cloaked (Once Upon a Western)
• Dancing and Doughnuts (Once Upon a Western)

L

Ladd, Sarah E.

• The Curiosity Keeper (The Treasures of Surrey)

Law, Jerel

• Spirit Fighter (Son of Angels)

Lawhead, Stephen R.

• In the Hall of the Dragon King (Dragon King Trilogy)

Lee, Kaylin

• Fated: Cinderella’s Story (The Destined Series)

Levine, Gail Carson

• The Princess Test (The Princess Tales)
• Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep (The Princess Tales)

M

Manning, Cortney

• The Fairest One (Five Poisoned Apples)
• As Long as We Live: A Snow White and Rose Red Retelling

McCaffrey, Anne

• DragonSong (Harper Hall Trilogy)

McGowan, Maureen

• Cinderella Ninja Warrior

Meyer, Marissa

• Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles)
• Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles)
• Cress (The Lunar Chronicles)
• Winter (The Lunar Chronicles)

Mingerink, Tricia

• Dagger’s Sleep (Beyond the Tales)
• Poison’s Dance (Beyond the Tales)

Morrow, Maddie

• Red as Blood (Five Poisoned Apples)

N

Nau, Rick

• Theodora’s Children (Tales of Hope)

Nickerson, Jane

• Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands)

Nix, Garth

• Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom)

Novik, Naomi

• Spinning Silver

O

O’Neal, Eilis

• The False Princess

Orczy, Baroness Emmuska

• The Scarlet Pimpernel

Owens, Wyn Estelle

• The Dragon’s Flower
• The Dark King’s Curse
• Secrets of the Mountain

P

Paul, Donita K.

• Two Renegade Realms (Realm Walkers)

Pennington, J. Grace

• Rumpled (Once)

Pennington, Sarah

• Mechanical Heart
• The Midnight Show (Bastian Dennel PI)
• Gilded in Ice (Bastian Dennel, PI)

Peters, Camille

• Enchantment (The Kingdom Chronicles)

Peterson, Andrew

• The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga)

Phelan, Matt

• Snow White: A Graphic Novel

Pollack, Abigail

• The Robbers’ Tunnel (The Princess Castle Series)

Pope, Christine

• Dragon Rose (Tales of the Latter Kingdoms)

Putzke, Emily Ann

• Sweet Remembrance (Once)

R

Reay, Katherine

• Lizzy and Jane

Reeve, Philip

• Larklight (Larklight)

Ricker, Stephanie

• A Cinder’s Tale (Five Glass Slippers)

Riordan, Rick

• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
• The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero
• The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

Rogers, Jonathan

• The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy)

Rowntree, Suzannah

• Pendragon’s Heir
• Death Be Not Proud (Once/A Fairy Tale Retold)
• The City Beyond the Glass (A Fairy Tale Retold)

S

Sanderson, Brandon

• Elantris (Elantris)

Schmidt, Jenelle Leanne

• King’s Warrior (The Minstrel’s Song)

Shea, K.M.

• The Princess and the Pea (Timeless Fairy Tales)
• The Wild Swans (Timeless Fairy Tales)
• Puss in Boots (Timeless Fairy Tales)
• A Goose Girl (Entwined Tales)

Shultz, Kyle Robert

• The Beast of Talesend (Beaumont and Beasley)

Spinale, Wendy

• Everland (Everland)

Spredemann, J.E.B.

• Cindy’s Story (An Amish Fairy Tale Novelette)

Springer, Nancy

• The Case of the Missing Marquess (An Enola Holmes Mystery)

Stengl, J.M.

• Cinder Ellie (Faraway Castle)
• The Rose and the Briar (Faraway Castle)

Streatfeild, Noel

• Ballet Shoes

T

Tero, Amanda

• Wedding Score

Thompson, Clara Diane

• The Moon Master’s Ball (Five Glass Slippers)

Thor, Annika

• A Faraway Island (A Faraway Island)

Turano, Jen

• At Your Request (Apart from the Crowd)

Twitchell, Annie Louise

• Molly Storm

Tyndall, MaryLu

• Forsaken Dreams (Escape to Paradise)
• The Redemption (Legacy of the King’s Pirates)

U

V

Valentine, Genevieve

• The Girls at the Kingfisher Club

Valle, Anita

• Maelyn (The Nine Princesses Novellas)
• Coralina (The Nine Princesses Novellas)

Verhoff, C.D.

• The Wish Thief

Verne, Jules

• Around the World in Eighty Days
• Five Weeks in a Balloon

W

Wallen, Rachael

• Snowbird and the Red Slippers (Five Poisoned Apples)

Waller, Kelley Rose

• The Senator’s Youngest Daughter

Wand, Hayden

• With Blossoms Gold (Once)

Weyn, Suzanne

• The Night Dance (Once Upon a Time)

Williams, H.S.J.

• Fairest Son

Williamson, Jill

• King’s Folly (The Kinsman Chronicles)
• King’s Blood (The Kinsman Chronicles)

Willis, Alicia A.

• Remembering the Alamo

Willis, Ashlee

• The Word Changers
• A Wish Made of Glass

Wrede, Patricia C.

• Snow White and Rose Red

X

Y

Z

Nonfiction

Biddle, Cornelia Drexel

• My Philadelphia Father

Crosby, Fanny

• Fanny J. Crosby: An Autobiography

Dawkins, Richard

• The God Delusion

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