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The Friday Face off is a weekly meme hosted by Books by Proxy and the official rules can be found here. This is a fun way to feature your favorite book covers and show off your favorite edition! The blood is life... and it shall be mine! A cover which features 'blood'. This week I'm featuring The... 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 →
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! I was initially introduced to this book through the concept art done by PhantomRin who does some of my favorite fan art for series like The... Continue Reading →
A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky I couldn’t hold out any longer to read this! I’ve never read a Polansky book before, though all of them are on my list of books to acquire, so when I saw this show up on NetGalley I was super excited. I’m just a little way into it but... 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 →
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can't wait to get our hands on! This week's feature is Wrath by John Gwynne, which will be released in November 2016! I've loved the previous three books in The Faithful and the... Continue Reading →
It's a short list this week!! I've still got to finish up The Hypnotic City that I mentioned last week and review that. But I've also started reading this lovely... River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay After finishing up Children of Earth and Sky, I was practically dying to start another of Kay's books.... 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 →
Published: July 5, 2016 Publisher: Ace Genre: Fantasy Pages: 592 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: The Waking Fire is set in a vibrant new world where the blood of drakes—creatures similar to dragons—is valued beyond reckoning, and can be distilled into elixirs that grant fearsome powers to those who are “blood-blessed.” The novel follows... Continue Reading →
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