Narrated by Matt Lovell Duration: 16 minutes Summary: Alistair, a character from the author’s main series (P.A.W.S.), tells the tale of his childhood to his apprentice, Joshua. Additional Comments: I don’t think the word apprentice ever appeared, but they’re sitting there playing chess. The relationship seemed very master/apprentice like. Fantastic performance. For such a short…
Summary: The story revolves around an orphan and a star catcher. It’s a prequel to Peter Pan that tries to explain the who’s who and what’s what before we met them in the original, classic tale. Additional Comments: As usual, the costumes and scenery were lovingly attended to. Casting worked out very well too. I…
Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff Summary: Picking up where Frozen left us, Arendelle is peaceful and happy. Then, Queen Elsa starts hearing a voice calling to her and feels compelled to investigate. Mysterious forces drive the people out of the city after Elsa inadvertently awakens something powerful. Her sister, Anna won’t…
Narrated by Mikael Naramore Spoilers in book cover if you care to look carefully Genre: Horror/fantasy Summary: Errol’s still deep into the job of semi-deputy Warden. He’s around to fight off monsters, in whatever form they arrive. Additional Comments: The story picks right up where the last one ended. A lot of the world-building went…
Series: Warden of Fal, Book 2 Narrator: Matt Addis *Will attempt to keep this spoiler free Summary: Solid second entry in the Warden of Fal series. Esben Berengar is summoned to Munster in time to get caught up in a murder mystery. (Yup, had to look that up to spell it right. Not sure his…
Narrated by Christy Sassmen Summary: The murder of Lexy’s father greatly alters the course of her and her mother’s lives. They’re forced to go to a place they inherited from her father (because somebody is mysteriously ruining all other opportunities for them). Additional Comments: Lexy’s powers/gifts are unique (as in I’ve not run into this…
*Spoilers are possible Summary: You’re back at Penderghast College as either a guy or a girl who just saved the world from Raife with your twin brother/sister. And incidentally sort of set a worse dude free from his happy little prison. Hartfield wasn’t doing it for ya as a college, but Penderghast is just what…
Genre: Fantasy *could be spoilers ahead Summary: The main character looks in a mirror and sees a strange version of himself or herself. College is sort of a drag. Until the weird shadow version of yourself pulls you into the mirror and you land at Penderghast College. Additional Comments: The book had a nice balance…
Narrated by Kathleen Li *Spoilers possible in the discussion Summary: Destiny comes into her powers and meets her man. Additional Comments: This book is almost identical to the first book in the series, except that Blake’s already in town. Destiny’s gift of fire is pretty neat. There was more of an attempt to give Blake…
Will attempt to keep this spoiler free. Summary: This book wins for weirdest way to get a cool power. It’s cliché, but I don’t think they’ve done anything like it before. The MC gets struck by lightning and suddenly can read people’s and animals’ thoughts. Additional Comments: It was a tad strange to me that…