What a lovely story. Marra is the youngest of three princesses. Her oldest sister is her favorite, but Damia is married off to the prince of the neighboring kingdom, and tragically dies. Kania, the second sister, takes Damia’s place. Marra and Kania had never gotten along very well, but when Marra goes with their mother […]
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Not a bad free book. This is the set up to a series set in more modern days, but leaning on Greek mythology for the characters. The author does take certain liberties with the parentage of her characters, but she talks about why at the end of this book, and I like where she’s going
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This book finally goes into the details of the origins of Valdemar. We’ve known it was founded by a nobleman from the far away Empire, and he summons the Companions after a prayer to all the gods he’s ever heard of – now we get the full story. Kordas, Duke of Valdemar, has worked very
Beyond – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
This is a Wayward Children book, but stands apart from them – none of the action takes place at Eleanor West’s school. Regan loves horses. She’s got a great relationship with her parents, but a rather shocking secret challenges her relationships with the girls she thought were her friends. (The set up for that is
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This latest installment of the Wayward Children novellas take a slightly darker (which is saying something) turn. Cora was taken in by the Drowned Gods of the Moors when she and her friends were last there, and is afraid that it’ll mean she can never go back to her own world of the Trenches. So
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Ropa lives in Edinburgh, and makes a living a messenger for the dead – bringing messages back to their loved ones. While it’s clearly a fantasy, it starts out in what could be our world, but very quickly, clues start to come in that Ropa’s world is not at all like ours. The people of
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This is a collection of novellas, so I’ve read some before (Earthsea), but some were new to me. It’s LeGuin, so they’re all good. I think with anything of hers, it’s a matter of what I’m in the mood to have stick with me. This time it was “Paradises Lost”, which is set on a
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I picked up the Into Shadow short story collection from Amazon because it has stories from several authors I’ve read before, and definitely looked like the subject matter was in my wheelhouse. This is the third I’ve read – I liked the prior two, but this one really spoke to me. This is the story
The Six Deaths of the Saint – Alix E. Harrow Read More »
This was an interesting twist on Pride and Prejudice. Only some people can hear dragons, and in the past, the nobility of England made a treaty with them, where some dragons would have keepers appointed from the nobility, and would be attached as caretakers to their estates. So Longbourn is a dragon, and Elizabeth and
Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon – Maria Grace Read More »
We’ve got another Elemental Masters comes to America book, but in this case, America is coming to Europe. Annie Oakley and her husband are traveling with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, and they’ve come to Germany. It’s winter now, and they’ve settled down in Strasburg for winter quarters. While they’re there, Buffalo Bill decides to
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