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Published: December 28, 2015 Publisher: Kel Kade (ebook) Podium (Audio) Genre: Fantasy Pages: 483 (eBook) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Raised and trained in complete seclusion at a secret fortress on the edge of the northern wilds of the Kingdom of Ashai, a young warrior called Rezkin is unexpectedly thrust into the outworld when a terrible... Continue Reading →
Published: November 22, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 672 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. The collection will include nine works in... Continue Reading →
Published: October 18, 2016 Publisher: Tor Teen Genre: Young Adult, SciFi, Horror Pages: 352 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek’s Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother, Patrick, have already fended off... Continue Reading →
Published: March 11, 2014 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 640 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Loyalty costs money. Betrayal, on the other hand, is free. When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand -- and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt,... Continue Reading →
Published: September 20, 2016 Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction Pages: 326 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.... Continue Reading →
Published: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Crown Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 342 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a... Continue Reading →
Published: May 3, 2011 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 292 (Mass Market) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish... Continue Reading →
Published: October 8, 2008 Publisher: Flux Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 325 (Paperback) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand - one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary... Continue Reading →
Published: December 1, 2008 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 689 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance — a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom. In the north, the new Godking has... Continue Reading →
Published: March 8, 2016 Publisher: Tor.com Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 88 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people’s lives have value, after all.... Continue Reading →
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