Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s fantasy novel A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking is nominally a children’s book, but it’s totally readable for adults. Also, as with many of Kingfisher’s works, there are dark parts to it. Mona…
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Review: “The Twisted Ones,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: It took me an hour to come down off of the adrenaline high! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s The Twisted Ones blends rural folktale with horror and a found-manuscript aspect. It’s written by Melissa, called…
Review: “Minor Mage,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: Funny, poignant, and engaging! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher writes marvelous fantasy stories with a fairy-tale feel to them. In the novella Minor Mage, twelve-year-old Oliver is a very minor mage indeed. He only knows…
Review: “Bryony and Roses,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: Fantastic version of Beauty and the Beast Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s Bryony And Roses beautifully captures the folk tale feel that she writes so well in other volumes. In this tale, Bryony is a…
Review: “The Raven and the Reindeer,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: Wonderful fairy tale-esque story Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s The Raven and the Reindeer is a glorious version of a Snow Queen fairy tale. Young Gerta and Kay are neighbors who’ve grown up together. Plump…
Review: “Nine Goblins,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: An all-around wonderful story Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s Nine Goblins gives us a world in which goblins–who aren’t so bad, really–are at war with humans and elves. It’s what happens when you keep getting…
Review: “Summer in Orcus,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: Beautiful, heartfelt alternate-world tale Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Summer in Orcus, by T. Kingfisher, is about 11-year-old Summer, whose mother is overprotective and needy. One day Baba Yaga’s house struts into town and plops down near…
Short Take: “The Halcyon Fairy Book,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: hilarious, fascinating look at fairy tales Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s The Halcyon Fairy Book mostly consists of reprintings of a handful of fairy tales together with Kingfisher’s biting, humorous, insightful commentary on the same.…