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The Spectral City – Leanna Renee Hieber

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Eve has always been able to see ghosts. Her childhood was colored by their presence, but she’s grown into her power as a medium, and even gained some associates that help her with her work. But as women in the late 19th century, it’s hard to be taken seriously, especially when one is talking about

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Ruin and Rising – Leigh Bardugo

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

Alina and Mal have escaped the Darkling’s invasion of the Little Palace, and know that they need to search for the final of the three amplifiers that will allow Alina full use of her power. They think that the firebird that has that amplifier can be found in the valley where they both were born,

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The Prophecy Con – Patrick Weekes

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This book has the same madcap dash through time that the first book in the series had. Loch’s crew is fresh off saving the world when another crisis is thrown at them – this time it’s a stolen book, at the same time the neighboring Empire just might throw its undead army at the Republic.

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The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I don’t know what it was about this book, but I had the worst time getting into it. It’s taken me months to get through it. I did get through it, because it’s actually a really interesting story, but I would put it aside for weeks at a time before I could get into it

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Once Upon a Kiss – ed. Althea Kontis

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This is an anthology of fairy tale retellings with a romantic bent. Like many anthologies, some are definitely better than others (I only gave up on one – it was so blatantly a rip off of the Disney version of that tale that I just couldn’t keep going). It was a good, light read for

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Gunmetal Magic – Ilona Andrews

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This is companion book to the Kate Daniels series – it’s the story of her best friend, Andrea Nash, coming to terms with the fact that she’s been outed as a werehyena (and a beastkin werehyena at that). There’s a companion Kate Daniels story at the back of the book that tells what’s going on

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Time’s Convert – Deborah Harkness

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I was so happy this book finally made it into paperback (I am one of those people that attempts to keep all her books in matching editions). The book is advertised as Matthew’s son Marcus’ story, which it is, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much of the current day continuation of Matthew and

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Silence Fallen – Patricia Briggs

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

For the 10th book in this series, we get to mix things up a bit – Mercy’s off to Europe, but not by choice. No, Mercy’s managed to get herself kidnapped by the king of the vampires of Europe, who’s under the impression that she’s the most powerful person in the Columbia Basin pack, as

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Japanese Fairy Tales – Yei Theodora Ozaki

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I found this book on one of my free and bargain Kindle newsletters. It was written (translated at the very least) at the turn of last century, so I’m guessing it’s in the public domain now. It’s a nice little book. The stories don’t seem very Westernized – they definitely have fairy tale aspects, but

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Fire Dance – Ilana C. Myer

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

I grabbed this book as a Kindle deal because despite the fact it’s the second in a series, it said it was a stand-alone story. And to a degree, it is – it actually does a good job about giving you just enough detail when past events are mentioned that you know what you need

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