In the second book of this series, we’re out of the school of Skyhold, and journeying into the desert, in a sandship. First destination – the city of Theras Tel, ruled by a dragon who’s also one of the most powerful storm mages in the world. Where the first book is a pretty standard school […]
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Kazi grew up on the streets as a thief – one of the very best. Good enough that she eventually caught the attention of the queen, who made her one of the Rahtan – her elite guards. Now, Kazi and some of the other Rahtan have been sent out of the kingdom to track one
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Hugh of Emblin is shipped off to the mage school at Skyhold as soon as his powers manifest – Emblin is rather proud of its reputation for no magic, and everyone there wants him gone as soon as he displays powers. The trouble is, once at Skyhold, no one can seem to teach him to
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Thorn is a retelling of the “Goose Girl” fairy tale. Here, we have Princess Alyrra, who has absolutely no value to her own family, slated to marry into the family of the powerful kingdom they border. Alyrra’s not really sure why – her own kingdom is small, and she’s not sure what she can bring
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I’m so happy for another Old Kingdom book, and this one is about Sabriel’s parents, and how they met. At the very beginning, Terciel is a young boy in an orphanage, when his great-great-aunt, the current Abhorsen, comes to find him. You actually find out that his sister, who he barely remembers, had been the
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If you don’t know Tom Lennon, he played Lieutenant Jim Dangle on Reno 911, which should tell you what level of humor he’s going for here, except this is also a young reader’s level book, so it’s the fairly clean version of that level of humor. Fourteen year old Ronan Boyle is a intern with
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I’m always so happy when I find a free book I really enjoy. Ridley’s life changed forever the day magic went rogue. Not only did her mother die in the upheaval, and her father lose his business, but she’s forced to hide her own magical power when the backlash is to outlaw magic entirely. It’s
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We’re starting to get to the end game of this series. The Earth chancellor thinks Jess and Pavel are dead, so she’s trying to figure out how to destroy Mars and put an end to any final threads the two may have left on Earth. Meanwhile, they’re desperately trying to help Ethan figure out how
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This book is a retelling of ‘The Princess and the Pea’, but where it’s an ordinary girl who gets thrown in with the royal family, and eventually earns her place there by being herself. Alyssa is separated from her party in a storm and ends up at the Winter Palace. After completely charming the 11-year-old
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Henrietta Howel has power over fire, and has therefore always feared being found out by the royal sorcerers, because women should not weld magic. But she is finally discovered, and it turns out that they’ve been waiting for a girl that can weld fire. And so she is apparently the Chosen One. I enjoyed this
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