Category: Fantasy
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By Emily Duncan 4.5 Stars. Best enjoyed on a cold and blood-laced winter evening. In a war between blood magic and the will of the gods, who will triumph? A war has been fought for years between Tranavia and Kalyazin, a war that pits the divine against the profane and heretical. Two powerful people on…
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By Francesca Flores 3 Stars. Best enjoyed when you’re feeling cagey. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for a fair and honest review. In a post-civil war city where religion is dangerous, possessing raw diamonds can get you executed, and criminals roam the streets freely, who can you…
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BY Rebecca McLaughlin. Pub Date 01/17/2020 3 Stars. Best enjoyed when craving a somewhat predictable but enjoyable underdog story. I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. In The Names Queen, the magic of the land is bound to the person who rules it. When the sovereign dies, they…
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By Margaret Rogerson 4 Stars. Best enjoyed surrounded by books. Sorcery of Thorns is a fantastic and surprising adventure from start to finish. So surprising and delightful, in fact, that I have struggled to come up with a synopsis that wouldn’t give away half the book! The world that Rogerson has built around this story…
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by Holly Black 5 stars. Best enjoyed when you have no plans–this one will hold onto you until you finish. In the aftermath of the event of The Wicked King, Jude has been exiled from her place in Faerie. Not only has she lost her place as her clandestine husband King Cardan’s queen, but also her…
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By Erin A Craig 4 Stars. Best Enjoyed on the coast in the fall. The family of Highmoor estate is cursed…or at least, that’s the case according to the whispers amongst the townsfolk. After the dramatic and untimely deaths of four of her eleven sisters, Annaleigh is almost ready to accept it. However, the most…
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By Adrienne Young, Pub date September 3, 2019. 3 Stars. Best Enjoyed at Night by Firelight Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advanced reader copy in exchange for a fair and honest review–I had seriously been looking forward to this one and I could not wait. I absolutely loved Adrienne Young’s…
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By G.A. Aiken. Pub Date August 27, 2019. 4 Stars. Best enjoyed when you need an adventure. The Blacksmith Queen begins with a battle between brothers bent on slaying one another over the throne of their father. It’s a rather confusing, bloody scene with people getting slaughtered left and right. In the confusion, we find…
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By Makiia Lucier, Pub Date August 27, 2019. 3.5 Stars. Best enjoyed on a beach or on a boat and with a sense of adventure. I’d like to preface this review by stating that although this book is a sequel t0 the Tower of Winds, it is not necessary to read the first book prior…
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By Molly Harper 4 Stars, best with a cup of tea and a sense of wonder. Fledgling is the second book in the Changeling series by Molly Harper and tackles Sarah Smith Cassandra Reed’s second year at Miss Castwell’s Institute for the Magical Instruction of Young Ladies in an alternative Victorian England where the magical…
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