If you ever wished Hogwarts had teeth, Scholomance will bite. Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education drops readers into a sentient, teacherless school where students study, scheme, and try not to be eaten on the way to breakfast. It is equal parts dark […]
Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves takes the bones of The Goose Girl and rebuilds them into something clever, propulsive, and emotionally rich. This is a Germanic flavored fantasy with the pulse of a caper and the bite of a character study, anchored by […]
Cassandra Clare’s Chain of Iron turns the screw on every promise set up in Chain of Gold. The result is a sweeping YA fantasy that mixes Edwardian glamour with murder mystery, star-crossed romance, and the kind of found family dynamics that make […]