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Victories Greater Than Death – Charlie Jane Anders

At Home, Reading / Megan

Tina’s always known she had an alien beacon inside her, and someday, the aliens will be back for her. She’s the clone of one of the greatest heroes of an alien fleet. When they do come for her, she and her best friend Rachael are off for the stars. This is definitely a YA novel […]

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The Kiss of Deception – Mary Pearson

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Lia is the First Daughter of Morrighan, meant to have the sight, but not actually gifted. Still, her father has arranged her marriage to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, one that they’ve been at odds with for a while. She tries to go along with the plan, but on the day of her marriage,

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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath – Garth Nix

At Home, Reading / Megan

This is the follow up to The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. Susan, Merlin and Vivien are all back. Susan’s well aware of her heritage as the daughter of one of the Ancient Sovereigns, but she’s trying to live as normal a life as possible. Unfortunately, while Vivien and some of the other right handed booksellers

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A Dreadful Splendor – B. R. Myers

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Genevieve is a fake spiritualist – a trade she learned from her mother. Unfortunately, she’s caught at her game, and because of some other history we’ll eventually be acquainted with, she’s sure to be headed to gallows. But then there’s a miraculous reprieve – the lawyer for a rich estate that has recently suffered a

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The Last Graduate – Naomi Novik

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I am so loving this series. Which is making my resolution to wait until the paperback of the third book comes out very hard to stick to. If I didn’t have a ton of other stuff to read, I’m sure I would have run out and bought the hardcover already. El’s a senior now, and

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Powers – Ursula K. Le Guin

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Leave it to Le Guin to write a young adult book that’s a really moving story of slavery and freedom. This book is the story of Gavir, a slave in one of the households in the city of Etra, part of a confederation of cities that constantly seem to be at war with each other,

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Briarheart – Mercedes Lackey

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This is a sweet take on Sleeping Beauty. Miriam is the king’s stepdaughter, the only child of the King’s Champion, who tragically died in battle. After this, his widow marries the king. (Don’t worry- it’s not an evil step parent situation – the king is very fond of Miriam, and treats her like his own

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Disenchanted – Brianna Sugalski

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Lilac is the heir to the throne of Brittany, in the Middle Ages. She has one big problem – she has the ability to speak the Darkling tongue, and so can communicate with all the creatures in the Broceliande forest. All the regular people, her rather unpleasant fiancé included, don’t like that ability, so she’s

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Keturah and Lord Death – Martine Leavitt

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This is a sweet little story – Keturah charms her way to live another day by telling Lord Death a story, and those extra days are spent in her town, among the people she’s grown up with. It’s a very generic medieval type town, with fun little characters to meet along the way. I think

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The Theft of Sunlight – Intisar Khanani

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In this second book of this series, the focus shifts a bit from Princess Alyrra, to her attendant, Rae. Rae ended up in the capital city to see her cousin through her pregnancy, but her cousin and cousin’s husband quickly realize that Rae would make an excellent attendant to the new Princess. The princess ends

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