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Published: September 6, 2016 Publisher: Tor Genre: Fantasy, Historical Pages: 384 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: An alternate history / historical fantasy / steampunk novel set in the Belgian Congo, from noted short story writer Nisi Shawl. Everfair is a wonderful Neo-Victorian alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have... Continue Reading →
Published: July 5, 2016 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 427 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: There’s no such thing as safe. Kate Harker wants to be as ruthless as her father. After five years and six boarding schools, she’s finally going home to prove that she can be. August Flynn wants to... Continue Reading →
Published: August 25, 2010 (1st Ed.) Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 661 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows... Continue Reading →
Published: May 10, 2016 Publisher: NAL Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy Pages: 571 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop... Continue Reading →
Published: August 23, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Horror Pages: 352 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: A mirror that feeds on human souls wreaks destruction on those around it in this new novel from internationally bestselling author Michael Scott and Melanie Ruth Rose In an auction house in London, there is a mirror... Continue Reading →
Published: February 2, 2016 Publisher: DAW Genre: Fantasy Pages: 389 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: The saga of the streets of Maradaine that began in The Thorn of Dentonhill continues…. Veranix Calbert is The Thorn—the street vigilante who became a legend to the people of Maradaine, especially the gangs that run the neighborhood of... Continue Reading →
Published: August 1, 2016 Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 218 (Paperback) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Philomena Blackwell survived a city plagued with monsters, the gilded cage of high society, and the rule of a heartless man... and she aims to leave it all behind. It's 1905, and London has... Continue Reading →
Published: June 20, 2016 Publisher: Self published Genre: Science Fiction My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Walt and Samuel Starboard. Miriam and Virginia Bridge. Four travelers entered the mysterious City-Ship of Marathon, but only three made it out. Now our heroes are faced with a new, more existential threat. An invader from Mother Earth has... Continue Reading →
Published: September 13, 2011 Publisher: Doubleday Genre: Fantasy Pages: 387 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des... Continue Reading →
Published: November 5, 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 310 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests? Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing... Continue Reading →
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