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Published: August 17, 2015 Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 241 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Henry Jekyll was a brilliant doctor, a passionate idealist who aimed to free mankind of selfishness and vice. He’s also the man who carelessly created a race of monsters. Once shared secretly among the good... Continue Reading →
Published: May 31, 2016 (US) Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities. Only the alliance of the rival Tali and Quon cities could field the resources to... Continue Reading →
Published: September 18, 2012 Publisher: Scholastic Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her. His name is... Continue Reading →
Published: March 8, 2016 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 314 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it’s an unforgiving place,... Continue Reading →
Published: June 2, 2015 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fantasy Pages: 368 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis The dark, moody, and mystical fantasy begun in Thorn Jack, the first novel in the Night and Nothing series, continues in this bewitching follow up--an intriguing blend of Twilight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alice in Wonderland, and A... Continue Reading →
Published: August 9, 2011 Publisher: Books on Tape Genre: Fantasy Length: 15 hours, 48 minutes Narrator: Mark Bramhall My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The Magicians was praised as a triumph by readers and critics of both mainstream and fantasy literature. Now Grossman takes us back to Fillory, where the Brakebills graduates have fled the sorrows... Continue Reading →
Published: March 15, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 640 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The climactic third and final novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion, as war engulfs the Annurian Empire. The... Continue Reading →
Published: August 18, 2015 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Sci Fi Pages: 592 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Published in rapid succession, Jason M. Hough’s first three novels, The Darwin Elevator, The Exodus Towers, and The Plague Forge, earned mountains of praise and comparisons to such authors as James S. A. Corey and John Scalzi. Now... Continue Reading →
Published: February 5, 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Steampunk Pages: 307 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial... Continue Reading →
Published: April 26, 2016 Publisher: Silver Wing Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 350 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Librarian turned sorcerer. Sorcerer turned hero. Hero turned puppet. The Solaris Empire found victory in the North and, at the cost of her heart and her innocence, Vhalla Yarl has earned her freedom. But the... Continue Reading →
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