The Sleeping Beauty is the tale of Rosamund, only daughter of the King and Queen of Eltaria, which has the misfortune of being a rich kingdom. Rosa’s known her whole life that puts her straight into the path of the magical Tradition, which will try to force her into all manner of magical paths, many […]
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In this final book of the Claidi Journals, Claidi finds her way back to the people of her one true love, Argul, but he is no longer with them. She sets out to find him, and finds her way to the Raven Tower, which everyone thought had been destroyed. It’s ruled by Twilight Star, who
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Alexia Tarrabotti has a number of flaws – she’s a spinster, and she’s Italian. Plus there’s the small matter of her not having a soul. In this version of England, vampires, werewolves and ghosts have been a matter of public life since the time of King Henry VIII. They’re relatively rare, as to survive the
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Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. Swordspoint is the story of Richard St. Vier, a swordsman in a nameless city once ruled by a King, but now ruled by a council of nobles. These nobles use swordsmen as proxies for their personal battles, and Richard is the best. Richard lives in
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This third book of the Halfblood Chronicles actually takes a bit of a turn, and is mostly the story of Kyrtian, a full Elven Lord from a most unusual family. He’s considered a bit mad by the other Elven Lords, mostly because of his father, how was lost on an expedition to refind the Great
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Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. This anthology has a wide ranging selection of stories held together only in that they needed to involved elves. Some were funny, some more serious, and one so awful I couldn’t finish it. A few highlights: “The Phaerie Bride” – a great twist on the
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Read for the 2011 TBR Lite and Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenges. I’ve read a fair amount of Charles de Lint’s work, and I think at this point, I can safely say that my favorite books of his are his short stories collections of Newford tales. The beauty of the world he’s created
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Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. Somewhere in England is a boarding school that is far more than it appears. The staff is large, but there are only five students, and life at this boarding school is all that they’ve known. Now teenagers, they’ve begun to see the school for what
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Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. Arthur Blessing was a normal 20th century boy until he found a dirty old cup in the gutter. That cup was the Holy Grail, and finding it was the first step for Arthur to find his destiny, for he is King Arthur, reborn into our
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Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. In this retelling of the Russian fairy tale, Ilya is the middle son of tsar Ivan, a rather brutish man who has raised his sons to distrust and prey upon each other. Ilya is the smartest of the sons, and therefore most prone to be
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