I’m so happy for another Old Kingdom book, and this one is about Sabriel’s parents, and how they met. At the very beginning, Terciel is a young boy in an orphanage, when his great-great-aunt, the current Abhorsen, comes to find him. You actually find out that his sister, who he barely remembers, had been the […]
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October Daye is a changeling, with a human father and fae mother. She’s actually done fairly well for herself, becoming a knight in one of the courts local to San Francisco. Knights are generally pure bloods, so it’s a hard won honor. At the very beginning of the book, she’s investigating the disappearance of her
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This is a compilation of the Herald Jors stories that Huff wrote in the Valdemar short story compilations. It’s nothing you’re going to read if you’re not a Valdemar fan, but if you are a fan, they’re worth reading. Jors and his Companion Gervais are fun to follow along, and the author has a good
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This is a book of short stories, with at least a little overlap from the other collection of the author’s that I have. I definitely like the fairy tales the best of these – there are a couple more literary tales that aren’t bad, but are a bit too literary for my tastes. There are
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This story is Pride and Prejudice with dragons. So take the basic social story of P&P and insert it into a world where there are a variety of supernatural creatures, some that work with humans, and some against. Merybourne Manor is far enough out in the country that affording to hire dragon riders is a
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I accidently started the Hidden Legacy series late, when the middle sister (Catalina) took over the action. Now, I managed to track down the older books as Kindle deals, so I’m back to the oldest sister, Nevada. In the world of these books, a serum was discovered in the 19th century that gave some people
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If you don’t know Tom Lennon, he played Lieutenant Jim Dangle on Reno 911, which should tell you what level of humor he’s going for here, except this is also a young reader’s level book, so it’s the fairly clean version of that level of humor. Fourteen year old Ronan Boyle is a intern with
Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles – Thomas Lennon Read More »
I picked this up through Prime Reading because I’d enjoyed the Blacksmith Queen books, and these characters come into the end of the second book, so it’s the same world. And I definitely enjoyed it. Annwyl the Bloody is fighting for her life – her brother wants her dead, so that his claim to the
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So we originally were buying our Rivers of London books in London, and once you start buying in one particular format, it’s better to keep at it. However, Covid put a real crimp in our ability to run by a Waterstones, so we finally broke down and started buying the ones we were missing here
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This is a lovely tale – a monk and their animal companion are traveling all over the land of an unnamed Eastern Asian country, cataloging everything they find. The home in exile of the old Empress has recently been opened, and they make their way there. They find the servant and companion of the Empress,
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