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Silver Borne – Patricia Briggs

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When Mercy tries to return a book she was lent by a Fae, she finds his bookstore locked up. Not much later, several people try to approach her about the book. Something’s clearly happened to the real owner, and Mercy’s on the case. At the same time, some members of the local pack are not […]

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Legacies – Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

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Spirit White wakes up out a coma after a car accident, to find her parents and sister are dead, and that her parents had made arrangements to send her to Oakhurst Academy in the event that they both died before she turns twenty one. Turns out, Oakhurst is a school for magicians, and that one

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Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger

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Read for the RIP XI Reading Challenge. Edie and Elspeth were inseparable twins, but something tore them apart. Edie moved to America, while Elspeth stayed in London. Edie ended up having twins of her own – Julia and Valentina. And when Elspeth dies, it’s Julia and Valentina she leaves her flat to – with the

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Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch

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Two girls have been abducted in the Hereford countryside. When this happens, the office of the Metropolitan Police in charge of supernatural situations (aka the Folly) always follows up with the local magic practitioners, just to make sure they’re not involved. Which is how PC Peter Grant finds himself in the country. Once there, it’s

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The Innkeeper’s Song – Peter Beagle

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This is one of those stories told from multiple viewpoints – an innkeeper, a maid, the stableboy, and several guests: Lal – a dark skinned possible sorceress, clearly from another land, Nayateneri, a warrior woman on the run from assassins, Lukassa, who Lal has somehow managed to raise from the dead, and Tikat, Lukassa’s betrothed,

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The Ragwitch – Garth Nix

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Read for the RIP XI Challenge. Paul has always been in the shadow of his outgoing sister Julia –she’s the one that’s always determined what they’ll do, or where they go. But one day, as they’re playing on the beach, she finds a rag doll, and it’s quickly clear that this doll has powers. Julia’s

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Changing the World – ed. Mercedes Lackey

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This is another Valdemar anthology opened up to other authors, and it’s another solid offering. Per usual, my favorite story is the Mercedes Lackey story, which in this case, is about the girl left behind when her sweetheart is Chosen to be a Herald. It’s a rather unexpected story, which I think is why I

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Shadows – Robin McKinley

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The backdrop of this book is an alternate world where magic is real, but the government of North America figured out where the magic genes are and chopped them out of everyone a couple of generations ago. But there is still magic in the rest of the world. Maggie’s a senior in high school, and

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Gifts – Ursula K. LeGuin

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Orrec lives in the Uplands, a poor region of farms that hides a people with extraordinary gifts. Each family’s gift is different. Orrec’s family’s gift if Unmaking, and his gift is untamed. He is forced to blindfold his eyes so he doesn’t destroy the people he loves. That’s really an aside to this book. The

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The Raven Ring – Patricia C. Wrede

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This is the last book in the Lyra collection for Kindle. Eleret must go to the city of Ciaron to collect her mother’s things, after her mother is killed in battle. They are Cilhar, warriors, and Eleret, though young, is tried and true, though unfamiliar with the ways of the Imperial city. Once she arrives

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