“Hope was now a dying lamp, and hers only had a little more oil.” “I am a wine-makers’ child – I will not waste the fruits of my labour by tipping them on to the ground.” The Bone Season was my introduction to Samantha Shannon well over a decade ago. While I still love theContinue reading “AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS – Samantha Shannon”
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A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT – Samantha Shannon
“We will all be stories one day, and I’d want someone to believe we existed. Wouldn’t you?” When I found out Samantha Shannon was returning to the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree, I was already smitten; she is a special author to me because I’ve been along for the ride since theContinue reading “A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT – Samantha Shannon”
THE MASK FALLING – Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannon’s The Mask Falling (2021 Bloomsbury Publishing), the highly anticipated fourth book of the Bone Season series, is without question my favorite of the series. The series is now more than half-way complete (there will be seven books), and we’re getting the thump! thump! of its heart in this novel. I have said sinceContinue reading “THE MASK FALLING – Samantha Shannon”
THE SONG RISING – Samantha Shannon
In August of 2012, I read about this young woman, an unpublished unknown still at University, who signed a 6-figure deal for the first three books in a proposed seven book series. In October of 2013, I read that book. I moved the review/reaction over to this blog and it should be linked below, butContinue reading “THE SONG RISING – Samantha Shannon”
THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE – Samantha Shannon
In 2012, I read a news story about a twenty-year-old student at University who was signed by Bloomsbury Publishing in a six-figure book deal. I was intrigued (and jealous). The deal was for three books in a seven books series. The first of which, THE BONE SEASON, was published in 2013. I’ve had what IContinue reading “THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE – Samantha Shannon”
A Girl Named Tommi 