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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 →
Published: January 26, 2016 Publisher: Broadway Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 484 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The city of Voortyashtan was once the domain of the goddess of death, war, and destruction, but now it’s little more than a ruin. General Turyin Mulaghesh is called out of retirement and sent to this hellish place to... Continue Reading →
Published: March 15, 2016 Publisher: Orbit Pages: 432 (Hardcover) My Rating: Did Not Finish Synopsis: Once they were a band of mercenaries who shook the pillars of the world through cunning, alchemical brews, and cold steel. Whoever met their price won. Now, their glory days behind them, scattered to the wind, and their genius leader... Continue Reading →
Published: March 8, 2016 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 720 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It’s been... Continue Reading →
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