Tag: Robin McKinley

  • Book review: Sunshine by Robin McKinley

    Sunshine by Robin McKinley My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really dislike vampire novels. I find them clichéd and silly (other than Bram Stoker’s Dracula, of course). And, if it weren’t for the fact that Robin McKinley is one of my favorite fantasy writers, I wouldn’t have read this one either.But I’m glad I…

  • Book review: Chalice by Robin McKinley

    Chalice by Robin McKinley My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have loved almost everything I’ve read by Robin McKinley, and “Chalice” is no exception. On the surface, this is a conventional fantasy with magic and villains and heroes. The author lifts the book out of its conventional genre with lyrical–almost poetical–writing (as is typical…