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The Hero of Ages – Brandon Sanderson

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In the final book of the Mistborn trilogy, the world is more or less coming to an end – the ashfalls have increased so much they’re choking out the sun by day, and the mists at night have turned sinister, and are making people fall ill.    But Vin and Elend have found that the Lord […]

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The Summer Tree – Guy Gavriel Kay

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Five friends go to a university talk by a noted Celtic studies authority, and quickly discover that he is in fact a wizard, and has come to bring them to Fionavar – the first of all Worlds, where they all have an important part to play in the war against the Unraveler. This is a

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Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar – ed. Mercedes Lackey

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Well, I’ve finally found my first Valdemar anthology that I can’t say I universally enjoyed.   Up until now, I was pretty happy with the story selection, but this is the first one where I have to say eh. In the first place, the actual Mercedes Lackey novella is just ok.   It features no regular, or

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The King of Attolia – Megan Whalen Turner

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I do normally give myself a little more space between books in the same series, since I have so much else to read lying around the house, but I admit, I was really curious to see how Gen would fare in this book (the last in the trilogy). In The Queen of Attolia, the story

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Paladin of Souls – Lois McMaster Bujold

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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Ista has spent most of her life under the shadow of a curse on her family, but when her daughter (see The Curse of Chalion) is finally able to lift it, Ista is released from her madness.    And suddenly doesn’t know what she should do.   

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Dealing with Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede

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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. One of my favorite stories in the Book of Enchantments (which I recently read) was set in the world of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, which I had not actually read yet, though I’ve been sitting on the first two.    After reading a story featuring the

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The Queen of Attolia – Megan Whalen Turner

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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. In a Mediterranean land that isn’t actually there, Eugenides, the Queen’s Thief of Eddis, finds his country at war with the neighboring kingdom of Attolia – and it’s because of him.    The Queen of Attolia has punished him rather harshly, and his Queen cannot ignore

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The Broken Kingdoms – N. K. Jemisin

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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. The thing that marks my favorite fantasy worlds is an interesting take on their mythology, or founding magical systems.    The Inheritance Trilogy (this being the second book) has that in spades.    In the first book (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms), we’re introduced to a world where

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The Iron Tree – Cecilia Dart-Thornton

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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Jarred grew up in the desert – raised by his mother, after his father disappeared, leaving only a broken promise to return, and an amulet for Jarred.    He’s long wanted to know what became of his father, and so when some of his friends decide

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Book of Enchantments – Patricia C. Wrede

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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. This collection of short stories owes much to fairy tales – sometimes obviously, but other times a little less so. Some of my favorites include “The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn”, which has a rather amusing twist on the typical unicorn tale, “Cruel Sisters”,

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