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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 →
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! What a stunning and dramatic cover! Age of War is the third book in MJS's The Legends of the First Empire series, detailing the history that is so frequently... Continue Reading →
Published: July 25, 2017 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Series: Dr. Greta Helsing #1 Pages: 400 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been... Continue Reading →
Published: July 25, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre: Fantasy Series: The Legends of the First Empire #2 Pages: 512 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey... Continue Reading →
Published: July 18, 2017 Publisher: Razorbill Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Stand Alone Pages: 354 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been... Continue Reading →
Published: September 27, 2011 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1 Pages: 422 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a... Continue Reading →
Published: July , 11, 2017 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Series: The Great Library #3 Pages: 368 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Hoarding all the knowledge of the world, the Great Library jealously guards its secrets. But... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! To be honest, That Inevitable Victorian Thing initially appealed to me on a purely aesthetic level. The cover's pretty. But the synopsis... it also appealed to me and... Continue Reading →
Published: July 5, 2016 Publisher: NAL Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Series: The Great Library #2 Pages: 354 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Let the world burn. With an iron fist, the Great Library controls the knowledge of the world, ruthlessly stamping out all rebellion and, in the name of the greater good, forbidding the personal ownership... Continue Reading →
Has anyone else noticed how book themes come in sudden waves? Recently it was the Eastern European fairy tale trend, before that was the morally ambiguous character, now it’s something, anything, everything BIRDS. Specifically ravens or crows, though the much less impressive and more irritating blackbird hasn’t had its moment of glory yet. I was... Continue Reading →
