Age Category: YA
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Iron Will of Genie Lo
Like the first book, The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, this book follows the Monkey King legend and multiple characters from similar Chinese folklore and legends.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Good Luck Girls
The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls – they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Lud-in-the-Mist
Lud-in-the-MistHope Mirrlees (Affiliate Links) The town of Lud is a prosperous, bustling little country port, situated at the confluence of two rivers: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie beyond the Elfin Marches and the Debatable Hills, is a source of great trial to Lud, which…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Into The Crooked Place
Into the Crooked PlaceAlexandra Christo (Affiliate Links) The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive. Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She’ll do…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Bastards
After reading Royal Bastards I immediately emailed to be asked to be on City of Bastards review list because I loved it so much. I just felt like I had to know what happened – and this was at a time where a lot of the books I was reading weren’t making me feel this…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed… again. It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Silver Queen
As with The Gilded King and her other books, Jaffrey continues writing her unique take on vampires and zombies. The Silver Queen is no different. Her wonderfully written supernatural world expands on the lore and differences of these creatures to the ones we often see in media.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Through the White Wood
This book encapsulates Slavic folklore and is done in a way which shows off these creatures and stories in a still familiar way. Whilst we’re introduced to lesser known folklore like Rusalka, they’re woven in with enough detail for you as a reader to understand them, without too much info dumping.