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Published: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Fantasy Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved... Continue Reading →
Published: September 11, 2012 Publisher: Orbit Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 671 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Gavin Guile is dying. He’d thought he had five years left—now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every... Continue Reading →
Published: January 3, 2017 Publisher: Angry Robot Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 400 (Paperback) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Since time began, the Grakhul – immortal servants of the gods – have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. When they choose the family of warrior Brogan McTyre, everything changes.... Continue Reading →
Published: January 28, 2014 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 352 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to... 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! The Holver Alley Crew is the beginning of Maresca's newest Maradaine series called The Streets of Maradaine. The synopsis describes another exciting set of characters and... 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! For whatever reason I keep coming back to this particular book so I'm going to go ahead and feature it here as my WoW for the... Continue Reading →
Published: October 27, 2015 Publisher: Baen Genre: Fantasy Pages: 432 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts, until the gods sent the great hero, Ramrowan, to save them. He united the... Continue Reading →
The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks OHMYGOSH. Brent Weeks just can't write a bad book, can he? I am 1000% loving the Lightbringer series and simultaneously want to read the whole thing immediately and want it to last forever. It seems each book keeps getting better and better and Andross Guile keeps getting more cunningly... Continue Reading →
Published: December 5, 2014 (This ed.) Publisher: Five Strands Publishing Genre: Fantasy Pages: 780 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: “All things are composed of patterns...” And within the pattern of the realm of Alorin, three strands must cross: In Alorin...three hundred years after the genocidal Adept Wars, the realm is dying, and the blessed Adept... Continue Reading →
Published: March 28, 2006 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy Pages: 353 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes the precious cargo, an... Continue Reading →
