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Published: October 14, 2014 Publisher: Balzer + Bray ISBN: 9780062286925 Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom... Continue Reading →
Published: January 5, 2016 Publisher: Forge Books ISBN: 9780765337924 Pages: 304 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: For centuries the Túatha Dé Danann lived in peace on an island where time flowed more slowly and the seasons were gentle--until that peace was shattered by the arrival of invaders. The Gaels, the Children of Milesios, came looking... Continue Reading →
Published: November 19, 2015 Publisher: Silver Wing Press ISBN: 9781619849525 Pages: 378 (Paperback) My Rating: 6.0/5.0 Synopsis: Soldier… Sorcerer… Savior… Who is Vhalla Yarl? Vhalla Yarl marches to war as property of the Solaris Empire. The Emperor counts on her to bring victory, the Senate counts on her death, and the only thing Vhalla... Continue Reading →
Published: August 27, 2015 Publisher: Silver Wing Press ISBN: 9781932549935 Pages: 377 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: A library apprentice, a sorcerer prince, and an unbreakable magic bond... The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides... Continue Reading →
Published: January 13, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765336415 Pages: 608 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Brian Staveley's The Providence of Fire, the second novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series. The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.... Continue Reading →
Published: September 3, 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780316213103 Pages: 419 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through... Continue Reading →
Published: December 2, 2014 Publisher: Audible Studios ISBN: 9781491540336 Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: For centuries, the two Great Guilds have controlled the world of Dematr. The Mechanics and the Mages have been bitter rivals, agreeing only on the need to keep the world they rule from changing. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep... Continue Reading →
Published: July 1, 2014 Publisher: Roc ISBN: 9780451418067 Pages: 500 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The ailing King of the Vordan lies on his deathbed. When he dies, his daughter, Raesinia Orboan, will become the first Queen Regnant in centuries—and a ripe target for the ambitious men who seek to control her. The most dangerous... Continue Reading →
Published: February 24, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765376459 Pages: 398 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty... Continue Reading →
Published: June 24, 2014 Publisher: Harper Voyager ISBN: 9780062286727 Pages: 352 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: They call us things with teeth. These words from Lily Rose Sullivan the night of her death haunts her seventeen-year-old sister, Finn, who has moved with her widowed father to his hometown of Fair Hollow, New York. After befriending a... Continue Reading →
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