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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 →
Published: October 1, 2008 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 645 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: From New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks... For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's... Continue Reading →
Published: October 25, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Genre: Fantasy - Urban Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires… Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life.... Continue Reading →
Published: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Flatiron Books Genre: Fiction Pages: 256 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: A debut novel in stories that follows one woman's life from age 16 to 60, and what happens when certain celebrities—Neil Young, Meryl Streep, John Updike, Taylor Swift, Karl Ove Knausgaard—start turning up in her private life, at the... Continue Reading →
Published: July 15, 2014 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Betrayed by his family and left for dead, Prince Yarvi, reluctant heir to a divided kingdom, has vowed to reclaim a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of... Continue Reading →
Published: September 6, 2016 Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 704 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.... Continue Reading →
Published: March 3, 2015 Publisher: Farrar, Strous and Giroux Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 402 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Following your heart can be a crime A royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As... Continue Reading →
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