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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 →
It's been a long while since I've done a Waiting on Wednesday post, so here's a really good one -- The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan. I was very fond of Blood Song and I'm hoping that The Waking Fire will be a strong start to Ryan's new series, The Draconis Memoria. I also hope... 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 →
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Published: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Goodreads Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay Published: May 10, 2016 Publisher: NAL Goodreads Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer Published: May 10, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books... 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 →
Published: August 9, 2011 Publisher: Books on Tape Genre: Fantasy Length: 15 hours, 48 minutes Narrator: Mark Bramhall My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The Magicians was praised as a triumph by readers and critics of both mainstream and fantasy literature. Now Grossman takes us back to Fillory, where the Brakebills graduates have fled the sorrows... Continue Reading →
Published: March 15, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 640 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The climactic third and final novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion, as war engulfs the Annurian Empire. The... Continue Reading →
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