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The First Daughter is for the ThroneThe Second Daughter is for the Wolf… Red and the Wolf have finally contained the threat of the Old Kings but at a steep cost. Red’s beloved sister Neve, the First Daughter is lost in the Shadowlands, an inverted kingdom where the vicious gods of legend have been trapped […]
Rhea and her twin brother, Lexos, have spent an eternity helping their father rule their small, unstable country, using their control over the seasons, tides, and stars to keep the people in line. – GoodReads My Review Trigger and Content Warnings [From Author]: Emotional and physical abuse by a parent. Death. Manipulation/discussion of loss of […]
All her life, Jani has dreamed of Elsewhere. Just barely scraping by with her job at a tannery, she’s resigned to a dreary life in the port town of Durc, caring for her younger sister Zosa. That is, until the Hotel Magnifique comes to town. – GoodReads My Review Do you like Spirited Away? Do […]
Terraforming – the megascale-engineering of a planet’s surface to one more Earth-like – is now commonplace across the Solar System, and Pluto’s is set to be the most ambitious transformation yet. – GoodReads My Review This was pretty much sci-fi perfection. The actual science melding with this amazing plot that has terraforming via ‘sun bringers’ […]
A MAGICAL SECRET. A MYTHICAL HUNT. AND A LOVE THAT COULD RISK EVERYTHING. – GoodReads My Review Guess what really wasn’t about a magical secret or a mythical hunt. *Crickets chirp* Just wanted to sob ‘disappointment’ sadly as I finished reading this. The pacing was not what I expected given the book blurb. There’s really […]
1682. The king sends out an invitation to all the maidens in France: their presence is requested at a number of balls and events that will be held in honor of the dashing Prince Louis, who must choose a bride. – GoodReads My Review First off, let’s take a moment to admire this pretty cover. […]
The Alexandrian Society is a secret society of magical academicians, the best in the world. – GoodReads My Review There was so much hype about this book I went in thinking I wasn’t going to like it very much or that it would just straight up disappoint me. Imagine how pleasantly surprised that for the […]
The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. – GoodReads My Review Set in 1886 in Bannin Bay, Australia Pook gives us a very promising debut novel. I love historical fiction, I don’t read it enough but it’s one of those genres I thoroughly enjoy and go down […]
Maeve and her friends have revealed their powers and banded together as a coven: Roe can pick locks, Lily sends sparks flying, Maeve can read minds and Fiona can heal any injury. – GoodReads My Review CW: Transphobia, homophobia, self harm are strong themes in this. They’re back; Maeve, Roe, Fiona and Lily. They’ve had […]
Ever since his mother was killed, seventeen-year-old Cayder Broduck has had one goal–to see illegal users of magic brought to justice. – GoodReads My Review I saw this book and thought ‘yea why not.’ Shouldn’t have asked myself ‘why not.’ I’m not going to lie I didn’t realize this author had already written a series […]
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