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The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence Release Date: June 7, 2016 Publisher: Ace Genre: Fantasy Synopsis: HERE Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Release Date: June 14, 2016 Publisher: Solaris Books Genre: Science Fiction Synopsis: HERE Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley Release Date: June 14, 2016 Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company... Continue Reading →
Published: September 22, 2015 Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery Pages: 296 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: “I’ve found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I’ve known him. Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality.” In 1892,... Continue Reading →
So, I REALLY love Michael J. Sullivan's books and I'm hoping this one will be no different! Age of Myth is the first in a new five book series set long before the events of the Riyria Chronicles and Riyria Revelations. I've received an advanced copy from Del Rey/NetGalley and I'm going to be starting... Continue Reading →
Published: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Genre: Fantasy Pages: 624 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save... Continue Reading →
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: July 5, 2016 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 464 (Hardcover) I'm new to V.E./Victoria Schwab's writing, but what I've read thus far has impressed me. I was a big fan of A Darker Shade of Magic and I hope this newest addition to her works will be just as... 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: September 17, 2013 Publisher: Scholastic Press Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 439 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take? Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself. One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams. And sometimes... 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: 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 →
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