Kaylin is a Hawk, trying to keep the streets of the city of Elantra safe. After fleeing a terrible childhood in the fief of Nightshade, she’s drawn back there, when children are murdered. The twist is that they have been marked the same way that she was, when many other children died, and no one

It took me a little while to get into this book, because it’s not a happy story (and I’m having a hard time dealing with not happy lately), but Jemisin’s never steered me wrong, so I kept at it, and I’m glad I did. There are three interweaving stories in a far future Earth, where

This book is in two parts – Evelyn’s story, and Brendan’s story. (I have the Kindle edition. I’d love to see how this works in the actual book edition.) The two meet in college in the Cornish village of Clews, and their story is a twist on Arthurian legend. It’s really interesting reading reviews of

Hetta Valstar is the black sheep of the family – her father banished her from their home when she wanted to practice magic, and she’s now made a pretty good living for herself in the capital city, practicing illusion magic. But her father has passed away, and she has to go home. Her family rules