Book Review: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

 

           Title: The Cartographers
            Author: Peng Shepherd
            Published: March 15th 2022 @ William Morrow
            Genre: Urban Fantasy  

            Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

“Maps are love letters written to times and places their makers had explored.”

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Title: The City We Became (Great Cities #1) 

Author: N.K. Jemisin 

Date Read: April 30 2020

Published: March 24 2020 @ Orbit 

Genre: Urban Fantasy  

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

"I stand on the rooftop of a building I don’t live in and spread my arms and tighten my middle and yell nonsense ululations at the construction site that blocks my view. I’m really singing to the cityscape beyond. The city’ll figure it out."

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Title: Emergency Contact
Author: Mary H. K. Choi
Date Read: May 6th 2018
Published: March 27th 2018 @ Simon & Schuster
Genre: YA Contemporary


Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

"It's piles and piles of emotional homework forever if you ever want to qualify as a grown-up."

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Soundless by Richelle Mead

Title: Soundless  Author: Richelle Mead  Date Read: June 2 2017 Published: November 10 2015 @ Razorbill Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

“For the first time since this phenomenon started happening to me, I begin to understand the power it could have and why our ancestors mourned its loss. Every sound around me - the renewed pattering of rain, the wind in the leaves - all of it suddenly has a new meaning. I can see how these sounds don't interfere with the world so much as enhance it. The scope and potential are huge. It's like having a new color to paint with.” 

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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Title: The Ballad of Black Tom
Author: Victor LaValle
Date Read: May 5 2017 

Published: February 16 2016 @ Tor.com 
Genre: Adult Horror

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

“Walking through Harlem first thing in the morning was like being a single drop of blood inside an enormous body that was waking up. Brick and mortar, elevated train tracks, and miles of underground pipe, this city lived; day and night it thrived.” 

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Title: Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1)
Author: Kendare Blake  
Date Read:  January 29 2017

Published: September 20 2016
Genre: YA Fantasy

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Three dark queens
Are born in a glen,
Sweet little triplets
Will never be friends

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Title: Doll Bones 
Author: Holly Black 
Date Read: January 10 2017 

Published: May 7 2013 @ Margaret K. Elderberry Books 
Genre: Middle Grade Adventure/Horror  

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½