Tag: 4 stars

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger – Review

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 →

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Water’s Wrath by Elise Kova – Review

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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Calamity by Brandon Sanderson – Review

Published: February 16, 2016 Publisher: Delacorte Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 421 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David’s fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned his... Continue Reading →

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City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett – Review

Published: September 9, 2014 Publisher: Broadway Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 452 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Years ago, the city of Bulikov wielded the powers of the Gods to conquer the world. But after its divine protectors were mysteriously killed, the conqueror has become the conquered; the city's proud history has been erased and censored,... Continue Reading →

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The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg – Review

Published: February 7, 2012 Publisher: Free Press Genre: Mystery, Fiction Pages: 432 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: During an unusually hot July, detective Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck are enjoying a rare week at home together, nervous and excited about the imminent birth of their first baby. Across town, however, a six-year-old boy makes a... Continue Reading →

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The Magicians by Lev Grossman – Review

Published: August 11, 2009 Publisher: Viking Genre: Fantasy Pages: 402 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Like everyone else, precocious high school senior Quentin Coldwater assumes that magic isn't real, until he finds himself admitted to a very secretive and exclusive college of magic in upstate New York. There he indulges in joys of college-friendship, love,... Continue Reading →

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Riders by Veronica Rossi – Review

Published: February 16, 2016 Publisher: Tor Teen Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 384 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does. Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds... Continue Reading →

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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo – Review

Published: June 5, 2012 Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. ISBN: 9780805094596 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 368 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its... Continue Reading →

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