Fond of Fonts

      Another adventurous and invigorating YA fantasy novel! Based in the City of Basitian, Bryn Roth returns to her family's original home with some semi-recognizable faces. Upon reading Young's newest novella, Tides, we as readers are introduced to the Roth family, full of trickster, gangster men led by Henrik Roth--the deadliest of all. Trade secrets, bribery, assault and even death are obvious tactics used in the family, however, its Bryn's introduction to betrayal, sacrifice, deception and manipulation that shows the true background to the Roth family. Bryn is to participate and show her true self, what she's able to achieve for the family overall. She learns quickly how to play the game and become her own person. Love comes along the way as well, which is tested and overcome with a price--to risk it all, even life, for a chance at freedom and happiness.     The amount of detail interwoven within this novel is intricate and well thought out. Character dev...

    A YA novella detrimental to understanding the love affair between Young's Fable duology characters, Auster & Paj. Although not a print publication, the writing stands true to Young's unique style of straightforward details, bold characters & easy to follow timeline/story arcs.     It's imperative, in my opinion, to read this novella to better understand the duology's characters, but also to prepare one's self to read Young's additional novel (in relation to the duology), The Last Legacy . This next novel is centered around the infamous, and sinister, Roth family. They are merely mentioned in Fable's duology, examined closely in Tides in relation to them being Paj's family members. However, this new installment centers around them entirely, especially with the introduction of the long- awaited niece, Bryn Roth, who will ultimately take the family's namesake to an entirely new level.     Highly recommend the novella! A short 112 pages, but ...

     ***SPOILERS***      An utterly epic conclusion to a phenomenal trilogy!   The dynamic couple, Lou & Reid, undergo exceptional challenges in order to return back to each other. Lou fights through a difficult occurrence of possession, which takes an inscrutable amount of strength to overcome--including her guilt with Ansel's demise. She develops the opportunity to meet with Ansel post-death & gains a sense of comfort in knowing he's okay (a chapter that readers WILL bawl their eyes out reading, just saying!)     Once Lou finally reaches Reid once more after her possessive episode, Reid undergoes a bout of "sleeping curse". He comes full-circle with his powers & sacrifices his time with Lou in order to ensure her mother cannot harm her any further. Upon waking up--Reid has memory loss & this ensures Lou to attempt at getting it back--through any & all means. Eventually, extremely last minute, Reid retu...