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Published: May 10, 2016 Publisher: NAL Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy Pages: 571 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop... Continue Reading →
Published: August 23, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Horror Pages: 352 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: A mirror that feeds on human souls wreaks destruction on those around it in this new novel from internationally bestselling author Michael Scott and Melanie Ruth Rose In an auction house in London, there is a mirror... Continue Reading →
Published: February 2, 2016 Publisher: DAW Genre: Fantasy Pages: 389 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: The saga of the streets of Maradaine that began in The Thorn of Dentonhill continues…. Veranix Calbert is The Thorn—the street vigilante who became a legend to the people of Maradaine, especially the gangs that run the neighborhood of... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Published: August 9, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 448 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape... Continue Reading →
Published: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Horror, Fantasy Pages: 304 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: Charlie Tristan Moore isn't a hero. She's a survivor. On a night when her demons from the past are triggered, she arrives home to something even more harrowing-an attack by three monstrous skinhounds, creatures straight out... Continue Reading →
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