Loved this book. Galadriel is at an international boarding school for young wizards. They’re basically trapped there for four years, and constantly under threat from a whole bunch of nasty, evil beasties, but everyone keeps coming because it’s safer than being out in the real world at that age. Graduation is when you fight your […]
A Deadly Education – Naomi Novik Read More »
Penric’s brother in law Arisaydia is attacked by assassins from Cedonia (his former home), and Penric and Desdemona immediately see that something is seriously wrong. Someone is using demons as assassins, with the end results of these young demons burning out from killing someone. Arisaydia finds that there’s strife in the royal family, and he’s
The Assassins of Thasalon – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
What an atmospheric little book. A man lives in a huge house full of statues – the bottom floor is often flooded by the sea, and the top floor is the domain of rain and storms. There is one Other that sometimes visits there, but our protagonist is happy being mostly alone – he’s the
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Half of Dora’s soul was stolen by a fairy lord when she was young, taking most of her emotion with it. Now grown, she’s the companion of her cousin Vanessa, and it’s only because of Vanessa that she’s going to London for the season. Once there, she manages to catch the attention of the Lord
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This book is the story of Xingyin, the forbidden daughter of the moon goddess. She’s only starting to learn of her history when she’s forced to flee the moon to keep her mother safe. She ends up at the Celestial Emperor’s court, companion to the son of the very man that keeps her mother imprisoned
Daughter of the Moon Goodess – Sue Lynn Tan Read More »
This wasn’t bad for a free book. Fiona is the only daughter in a family of Irish cops in Toronto, when she finds out that her estranged grandparents in Ireland are actually druids, and she has their power. The family is nice, but so very stereotypical for Irish/North American cops. And the part in Ireland
A Gilded Cage – Auburn Tempest Read More »
This is a really interesting series. Our main character, Kaylin, is really just starting to learn about her power, and I feel like I’m pretty much right along for the ride with her, because there’s a lot in this book to unpack, to figure out what’s going on. There are immortal races, one of whom,
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I enjoyed the end of this trilogy, though it did seem like the book went on forever – it felt much longer than the prior two books. We start with Nahri and Ali back in Cairo, Ali’s first time among humans. Because they have Sulieman’s ring with them, all magic back in the city of
The Empire of Gold – S. A. Chakraborty Read More »
This was a really interesting book, something a little different. Larkyra is the youngest daughter of three – daughter of the one of the first families of Jabari, but also one of the Mousai – the sorceress daughters of the Thief King. Magic has been lost to their world, for the most part, which is
Song of the Forever Rains – E. J. Mellow Read More »
I really hate the covers of these books. Really, really hate them. But anyway. This is another solid entry in this series – I really like Nevada and Conner’s interactions, and it’s been interesting seeing more characters introduced that I already knew about since I accidently started this series midway through. I still think I
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