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 […]
The Thorn and the Blossom – Theodora Goss Read More »
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
The Lord of Stariel – AJ Lancaster Read More »
In this book, the author compares the rise of civilization in the Old and New Worlds – looking at which factors drove them in different directions. It’s an interesting book, but also incredibly dense. It took me a while to get through it. If you’ve read up on ancient history, there’s probably nothing truly new
The Great Divide – Peter Watson Read More »
Brendan Vetch journeys from his home in the mountains to the city – he’s been invited to be the new gardener at the wizard’s school there. It was a mysterious invitation, by a woman who wandered through town. When he gets there, he finds that he was invited by the wizard Od herself, the founder
Od Magic – Patricia A. McKillip Read More »
This book is a collection of reimagined fairy tales – some in verse, some in prose. Some of them are quite modern. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of verse, but really enjoyed these stories. I think my favorite story was “The Seven Shoes” – there’s a witch there, but it’s really just a tale
Snow White Learns Witchcraft – Theodora Goss Read More »
I’m not entirely sure what to think of this book. We start in colonial India, where Gemma is out with her mother, and witnesses her death. There’s very clearly something very sinister going on, but Gemma and her family go back to England, where officially, her mother died from cholera. Gemma is shipped off to
A Great and Terrible Beauty – Libba Bray Read More »
This novella picks up immediately at the end of Penric’s Mission, where Penric had been sent on a covert mission to Cedonia, which had failed rather spectacularly. He’s now on the run with General Arisaydia, and his widowed sister Nikys. He’s decided to get them as far as Orbas, where Arisaydia believes he can find
Mira’s Last Dance – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
This is one of the Edge books, and picks up the story of William after the events of On the Edge. William is a changeling (a wolf shape shifter in his case), and lost out on the girl in the last book. He’s stayed in the Edge, biding his time until his next job for
Bayou Moon – Ilona Andrews Read More »
I bought this book because I love the Go Fug Yourself blog – their write ups are the best part of the blog. I figured I’d be able to read this someday when I needed a lighter read, and this past month definitely fit that category. And you know what? It was exactly what I
The Royal We – Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan Read More »
This was an interesting concept – a Roman Empire that never fell to the northern tribes, who eventually subjugated the Vikings, and was therefore able to use their ships to go to the New World in the 13th century. They send an army, but once there, it’s obliterated by the native population, leaving only the
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