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Published: October 21, 2014 Publisher: Scholastic Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 391 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she... Continue Reading →
Published: September 16, 2014 Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery Pages: 299 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: “Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion--and there are many illusions. All the world’s a stage, as they... Continue Reading →
Published: August 5, 2014 Publisher: Viking Genre: Fantasy Pages: 401 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to lose, he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic, but he can’t hide from his... Continue Reading →
Published: May 10, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Sci-Fi Pages: 432 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Tor Books is proud to launch the first novel in a new political science fiction series, Too Like The Lightning by debut novelist Ada Palmer. Palmer’s unique vision mixes Enlightenment-era philosophy with traditional science fiction speculation to... Continue Reading →
Published: January 22, 2013 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 672 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild. Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in... Continue Reading →
Published: August 17, 2015 Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 241 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Henry Jekyll was a brilliant doctor, a passionate idealist who aimed to free mankind of selfishness and vice. He’s also the man who carelessly created a race of monsters. Once shared secretly among the good... Continue Reading →
Published: May 31, 2016 (US) Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities. Only the alliance of the rival Tali and Quon cities could field the resources to... Continue Reading →
Published: September 18, 2012 Publisher: Scholastic Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her. His name is... Continue Reading →
Published: March 8, 2016 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 314 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it’s an unforgiving place,... Continue Reading →
Published: June 2, 2015 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fantasy Pages: 368 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis The dark, moody, and mystical fantasy begun in Thorn Jack, the first novel in the Night and Nothing series, continues in this bewitching follow up--an intriguing blend of Twilight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alice in Wonderland, and A... Continue Reading →
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