So this series ends in a way that really does make sense, but still comes across as a bit of a reset back to the beginning.     I’m really not sure how I feel about it.     Part of me feels cheated, but on the other hand, it was stated early on that

This is the penultimate book in this series, and Arthur Penhaligon, Rightful Heir to the Architect, has now gained enough power to move to the Upper House and find the sixth part of the Architect’s Will in Saturday’s domain.      Saturday is the best sorceress among the Denizens, but Arthur himself has been changing,

Blue’s the only member of a clairvoyant family that can’t see the future- what she does do is help others see more clearly.   The only thing her mother will share about her future is that if she kisses her one true love, he will die.    So she’s decided she won’t kiss any boys

In Graceling, we met Bitterblue, daughter of King Leck of Monsea.     As we meet Bitterblue, she’s just escaped the palace with her mother, because Leck’s Grace is to overshadow the minds of others, and Queen Ashen had one of her rare lucid moments, and was able to get away.     She died

This series is set about twenty five years before Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate books, with the same zany steampunk atmosphere and sense of fun. In this case, it’s set at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.   Sophronia is sent there when her mother despairs of ever turning her into a lady.  

I have to admit, I’m a little sad I only have one book left in this series.   I know I can count on these books when I want to be amused and entertained. The Wizards are up to their old tricks with the Enchanted Forest, and since Queen Cimorene is pregnant, everyone else is

With the news of Terry Practchett’s death, I had to read a book of his.     I first read one of his books in either late middle school, or early high school – my mother gifted me with a book club edition of The Wyrd Sisters.     I’d never read anything like it