The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey depicts the harsh life in the Alaskan frontier, but also the an homage to the enormous and stunning wilderness

The City and Its Uncertain Walls has an intriguing concept, I don’t think it is too original but once you get into it the narrative starts making sense

The Measure by Nikki Erlick has a great premise, but I was not too fond of the execution. The characters are boring, the situations are forced

The Axeman’s Carnival tackles serious issues, however the story often is funny. Tama, the bird narrator, just interprets and does not judge

The mash up of a Mexican western, a generational saga, and magical realism works extremely well at the hands of this talented author.

I found the book quite boring in the beginning, but the story got better when the narrative was moved from San Francisco to Chile

This book is fully of excitement and adventure, happiness and tragedy. The narrative flows and is very well plotted. There are many characters

I enjoyed immensely half of The Little Village of Book Lovers which talked about the small village and didn’t really care for the spiritual part

In Inés of My Soul, author Isabel Allende captured her spirit, and also told of the foundation of Chile in a fascinating and entertaining manner

Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy (from Peter Pan’s fame) a successful businesswoman, when being associated with Peter Pan is coming back to haunt her