After my slight disappointment with Shiver, I’ll admit I was a little leery of picking up another Maggie Stiefvater book, but I’ve heard such great things about her (hi, Jenn!), I gave her another go when The Scorpio Races came up as an Amazon Kindle special. I’m definitely glad I did – I liked this […]
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Lady Truthful Newington is turning eighteen, and her father has decided to mark the occasion with a viewing of the Newington Emerald. The Emerald has been in the family for centuries, and is a powerful magical tool for the women of the family. It’ll be Truthful’s when she’s twenty one. The viewing happens during a
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In a world where Atlantis exists, but isn’t seen by the non-magical realms, Prince Titus is the titular head of the one of the Domains conquered by Atlantis. He’s a puppet, with the representative of the Bane of Atlantis being the real power in the realm. What the Bane doesn’t know is that Titus’ mother
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In the further adventures of Jane True, Jane’s back in Rockabill, where she and her friends are promptly attacked by regular humans with guns. Jane manages to pull enough power to save herself and her friends, but it puts her in a coma for a month. By the time she wakes up, it’s clear that
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Alexia Maccon is back living with her mother and sisters after her husband has kicked her out of their house. There’s the small matter of her being pregnant, which shouldn’t be possible, since Lord Maccon is a werewolf. Alexia knows that he’s the father, but has to figure out how to convince him (and he
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Xylina is a Manzonite, but not a very good one. While her skills at magic are strong, she’s not much of a warrior, unlike her famous mother, who sadly passed away, leaving Xylina destitute. She’s reached the end of the time where she has to do the Challenge that will either confirm her as a
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In this latest book of The Keys to the Kingdom, Arthur is going after the fifth piece of the Will in Lady Friday’s realm in the Middle House. It’s basically anything having to do with printing, including a river of words where everyone has to wear clothes made of paper with moveable text to protect
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In this prequel to the City of Ember, a girl named Nickie has come to the small North Carolina town of Yonwood with her aunt so that they can get her great-grandfather’s house ready to sell. At the same time, the United States is teetering at the end of war with an unnamed enemy (it’s
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Lady Diana Furnaval’s husband, William, is the last in the line of gatekeepers. It turns out the family estate has a gate into another realm on it, and William’s family has kept the worst of what can come from the gate from effecting other people. There are of course other gates, and when William is
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This book is billed as the sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle, but it actually takes a little while for Howl and Sophie to make an appearance. Instead, the main character is a young woman named Charmain, who has been drafted to mind her Great-Uncle’s house while he’s away being cured of some unnamed illness. Turns
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