This is a fun continuation of Sorcery of Thorns. Nathaniel and Elisabeth have been living at Thorn Manor for a few months when it starts to go crazy, and they have to figure out exactly what the house wants. It’s a fun romp through a semi-sentient house, and it’s interesting to explore Nathaniel’s family history, […]
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Lexi lives in the small village of Near, where everyone knows each other, and magic is there, but also a thing of the past. Still, they distrust strangers in Near. So when a stranger is seen near the village just as children start to go missing, Lexi struggles to solve the mystery of what’s happening.
The Near Witch – V. E. Schwab Read More »
This book is an interesting play on vampire stories. The author uses Celtic mythology to create a different kind of origin story for a vampire family in Cornwall. I really respect that this book was begun based on vibes – she really wanted a back story to what sounds like a very romantic ruin she
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This is a collection of previously published stories in the Kate Daniels universe. Fortunately, I hadn’t read any before. There are a few original stories, a few that don’t actually involve Kate or any of the regular crew, and it ends with several vignettes from Curran’s point of view. I really enjoyed Julie’s story, where
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If I wanted to get a chic lit or romance reader into fantasy, I’d give them this series. (First book reviewed here.) Twyla is 53, and is still trying to trying to find her way into what it really means to be a wife/widow, mother and grandmother. I don’t have kids, but I’m the right
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Iris and Malina are twins, and their family has a magical ability to ‘gleam’ – manipulate ordinary things into art. But their mother has always insisted that they keep their abilities secret, and that they never fall in love. This story is set in Montenegro, and I really liked the descriptions of their home city
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This book continues the Black Jewels series, which had been pretty much wrapped up, so I was interested to see where the author would go from there. I really liked the parts of the book with Lucivar’s family among the Eyriens. He was given a lot of power when Janelle Angelline passed on, and seeing
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Antsy’s story began in Lost in the Moment and Found, and this book is a lovely conclusion for her. The last book ended with Antsy leaving the Shop Where all Lost Things Go, angry at the price that children weren’t being warned they’d need to pay if they opened doors from the shop. In the
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One thing I enjoy about the Penric and Des books is that the author isn’t afraid to go out of order in time, so this book goes back to Penric’s days with the Princess-Archdivine in Martensbridge. He’s so young! (It is actually noticeable in certain ways that he interacts with Desdemona.) This is a great
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This is not an author I’ve read before. Her previous books are mysteries, and actually this book is a murder mystery, but one with a fantastic fantasy world built around it. Neema has risen to be the High Scholar for the Emperor Bersun, in an empire where each emperor or empress serves for 24 years.
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