by Catherine Knutsson
Shadows Cast by Stars was a brilliant young adult book. Knutsson’s writing was captivating; you could tell her original story came from her heart. I believed it was going to be my favorite book until I got to the final quarter of the book. The world building and feelings were going along so great an...
In places this book reminded me both of Ash by Malinda Lo and The Diviners by Libba Bray. It's slow going at times, and gets a little repetitive occasionally, but overall the plot wasn't terrible. Debbie Reese took the time to write a post pointing out issues with the portrayal of the Metis in the b...
I expected an action-packed, fast-paced adventure, with incorporated elements of Native American mythology...I got a book filled with uninteresting introspection and a whole lot of boredom.Shadows Cast By Stars is more of a self-exploration book, a rite-of-passage for the main character than it is a...
This will be an interesting review to write simply because I have such conflicting feelings about this novel. I gave it four stars but really, that is no reflection at all on how I actually really feel about it so read on and I might be able to articulate myself. I read the ARC version of the novel ...
N.B.: The author and I were once in a critique group together. This means that while I was predisposed to like her book, I'm also likely to hold her writing to high standards. Advanced Reader Copy provided by Simon & Schuster. One of my favourite young adult genres is the dystopian novel, from Lo...
Two hundred years from now, blood is the most valuable commodity, but only if you're of Aboriginal heritage. If you do, your blood will be harvested for the Plague antibodies the rest of the world needs to survive. Cassandra might be immune because of what's in her blood, but that doesn't mean she w...
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