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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 →
Published: September 20, 2016 Publisher: HarperTeen Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 398 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: When kingdom come, there will be one. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born—three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a... Continue Reading →
Published: November 1, 2008 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 642 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession. But when he learns that Logan might... Continue Reading →
Published: November 1, 2016 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/ Simon451 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 464 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: For fans of Patrick Rothfuss and Scott Lynch, a picaresque fantasy about a clever young beggar who bargains his way into an apprenticeship with a company of thieving magicians and uses his newfound skills in... Continue Reading →
Published: November 1, 2016 Publisher: Pyr Genre: Fantasy- Historical Pages: 340 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: In 1814, the Congress of Vienna has just begun. Diplomats battle over a new map of Europe, actors vie for a chance at glory, and aristocrats and royals from across the continent come together to celebrate the... Continue Reading →
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