The Fanciful Reader

Welcome to The Fanciful Reader, where I post book reviews, and do occasional feature posts!

Fanciful Review | The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson My rating: 4 of 5 stars The house was vile. She shivered and thought, the words coming freely into her mind, Hill House is vile, it is diseased; get away from here at once… Dr. Montague has always been fascinated with psychic phenomena, and organises to gather…
Fanciful Review | Charmcaster by Sebastien de Castell (Spellslinger #3)

Charmcaster by Sebastien de Castell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Charmcaster by Sebastien de Castell is the third book in his Spellslinger series of young adult fantasy novels. As such, this review will likely contain spoilers for the previous two books, Spellslinger, and Shadowblack. As with these, Charmcaster follows Kellen, a Jan’Tep spellslinger, cast…
Fanciful Review | Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics

Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics My rating: 4 of 5 stars Here is my new home, my place to begin clean, a place that is rotted and overheated and covered in filth. Things have gone very wrong for Amanda and her family. The previous Winter saw them snowed into their cabin. Amanda’s mother grew…
Fanciful Feature | My Five Most Re-read Books

Do you enjoy re-reading books? I do, from time to time. Looking over my shelves, I realised that there are a select few I re-read the most. Five books have made it onto this list, and I am excited to share them with you! Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll I love Alice and…
Fanciful Review | A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers

A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am a child of books.I come from a world of stories. In this book, we get to follow along on the adventure the Children of Books take. This adventure is primarily told through pictures, given that it is a picture book.…
Fanciful Review | House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig My rating: 5 of 5 stars “We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.” Annaleigh Thaumas has lived much of her life in mourning, losing sister after sister to various accidents, labelled by the superstitious inhabitants of…