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Published: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Crown Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 342 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a... Continue Reading →
Published: May 3, 2011 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 292 (Mass Market) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish... Continue Reading →
Published: October 8, 2008 Publisher: Flux Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 325 (Paperback) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand - one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary... Continue Reading →
Published: December 1, 2008 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 689 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance — a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom. In the north, the new Godking has... Continue Reading →
Published: November 1, 2016 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/ Simon451 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 464 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: For fans of Patrick Rothfuss and Scott Lynch, a picaresque fantasy about a clever young beggar who bargains his way into an apprenticeship with a company of thieving magicians and uses his newfound skills in... Continue Reading →
Published: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Flatiron Books Genre: Fiction Pages: 256 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: A debut novel in stories that follows one woman's life from age 16 to 60, and what happens when certain celebrities—Neil Young, Meryl Streep, John Updike, Taylor Swift, Karl Ove Knausgaard—start turning up in her private life, at the... Continue Reading →
Published: July 15, 2014 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Betrayed by his family and left for dead, Prince Yarvi, reluctant heir to a divided kingdom, has vowed to reclaim a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of... Continue Reading →
Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks These books get better and better. While I wasn't crazy about the first installment, I've really grown to love this series. The plot is far more interesting now that Kylar's coming of age type story is over with and there's some serious meat and mystery to the plot. I've... Continue Reading →
Published: March 3, 2015 Publisher: Farrar, Strous and Giroux Genre: YA, Fantasy Pages: 402 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Following your heart can be a crime A royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As... Continue Reading →
Published: October 4, 2016 Publisher: Regan Arts Genre: Fantasy Pages: 304 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: M is a drifter with a sharp tongue, few scruples, and limited magical ability, who would prefer drinking artisanal beer to involving himself in the politics of the city. Alas, in the infinite nexus of the universe which... Continue Reading →
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