Genre: YA Fantasy

Uptown Oracle Reads… Viper

I re-watched Pirates of the Caribbean and wanted to read a pirate-y book, so Viper was strongly suggested by Connie. It has pirates, a sea adventure and many great characters that you grow to love.
Uptown Oracle Reads… A Song Below Water

A Song Below WaterBethany C Morrow (Affiliate Links) Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society that wants to keep her kind under lock and key. Never mind she’s also stuck in Portland, Oregon, a city with only a handful of black folk and…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Night of the Dragon

Night of the DragonJulie Kagawa (Affiliate Links) Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has given up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers in order to save everyone she loves from imminent death. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must journey to the wild sea cliffs of Iwagoto in a desperate last-chance effort…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Burn

BurnPatrick Ness (Affiliate Links) On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm… Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Cinderella Is Dead | A Fairy Tale with a Historical Twist

Fairytale is history in Cinderella is Dead. Cinderella is the story of this kingdom, however others have different tales. I enjoyed that the story was also a play of the history being written by the victor, and altered to change the narrative favourably towards himself. The changes to the story were fun, and I liked…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Crow Rider

#Gifted | After finishing The Storm Crow I immediately wanted to find out what happened to Thia, Kiva and Erican and so I was super excited to read The Crow Rider. The premise of giant crows, which are not only super helpful in battle but are vital to the cities that have been built around…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Storm Crow

The Storm Crow starts off with us in flight on the back of a crow. This is such a beautifully written scene, and it truly helps you understand what Thia loses later on in the book. I adored the description of the lift and fall of flying, and it truly helps you imagine what it…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Incendiary

IncendiaryZoraida Cordova (Affiliate Links) I am Renata Convida.I have lived a hundred stolen lives.Now I live my own. Renata Convida was only a child when she was kidnapped by the King’s Justice and brought to the luxurious palace of Andalucia. As a Robari, the rarest and most feared of the magical Moria, Renata’s ability to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Ashlords

AshlordsScott Reintgen (Affiliate Links) Every year since the Ashlords were gifted phoenix horses by their gods, they’ve raced them. First into battle, then on great hunts, and finally for the pure sport of seeing who rode the fastest. Centuries of blood and fire carved their competition into a more modern spectacle: The Races. Over the…