Published: August 29, 2017 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Series: The Risen Kingdoms #1 Pages: 384 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A polymath princess and her faithful musketeer must unravel the plot of a thousand-year-old madman in order to... Continue Reading →
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst – Review
Published: September 20, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fantasy Series: The Queens of Renthia #1 Pages: 353 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent magic,... Continue Reading →
An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington – Review
Published: August 22, 2017 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Series: The Licanius Trilogy #2 Pages: 752 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In the wake of the devastating attack on Ilin Illan, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs -... Continue Reading →
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor – Review
Published: April 8, 2014 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone Pages: 613 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on... Continue Reading →
The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark – Review
Published: August 15, 2017 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Series: Empires of Dust #1 Pages: 512 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In this dark and gripping debut fantasy that Miles Cameron called "gritty and glorious!" the exiled son of the... Continue Reading →
Wicked Like A Wildfire by Lana Popovic – Review
Published: August 15, 2017 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Hibiscus Daughter #1 Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: All the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to... Continue Reading →
Age of Assassins by R.J. Barker – Review
Published: August 1, 2017 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Series: The Wounded Kingdom #1 Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: TO CATCH AN ASSASSIN, USE AN ASSASSIN . . . Girton Club-foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still... Continue Reading →
The List by Patricia Forde – Review
Published: August 8, 2017 Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Genre: Middle Grade Series: ??? Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: N/A A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In the city of Ark, speech is constrained to five hundred sanctioned words. Speak outside the approved lexicon and face... Continue Reading →
Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell – Review
Published: July 15, 2014 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Genre: Fantasy Series: Greatcoats #1 Pages: 384 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were,... Continue Reading →
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor – Review
Published: November 6, 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2 Pages: 517 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This is not... Continue Reading →
