Summary: Since its inception, The Order has been dedicated to the prevention of the misuse and abuse of magic. For seven decades this mandate has guaranteed peace and stability throughout The Nine Kingdoms. But a potential threat to the peace has emerged, and its source is much closer to home than the leadership of The … Continue reading Book Review: The Exercise of Vital Powers by Ian Grigoire
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Book Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Summary: A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. However, her intellect and passion will never be enough in the eyes of the administrators, who see … Continue reading Book Review: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Book Review: Servant of the Crown by Melissa McShane
Summary: Alison Quinn, Countess of Waxwold, is content with her bookish life—until she’s summoned to be a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Tremontane’s mother for six months. Even the prospect of access to the Royal Library doesn’t seem enough to make up for her sacrifice, but Alison is prepared to do her service to the … Continue reading Book Review: Servant of the Crown by Melissa McShane
Book Review: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Summary: Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end … Continue reading Book Review: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Book Review: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
Summary: In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled -- taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that … Continue reading Book Review: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
Book Review: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
Summary: Eli Monpress is talented. He's charming. And he's a thief. But not just any thief. He's the greatest thief of the age - and he's also a wizard. And with the help of his partners - a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, … Continue reading Book Review: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
Book Review: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
Summary: In the sequel to the critically acclaimed The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature’s mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society’s nefarious plans once and for all. Mary Jekyll’s life has been peaceful … Continue reading Book Review: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
Book Review: Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven
Summary: Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital--her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret … Continue reading Book Review: Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven
Book Review: The Demons Within by Ashe Armstrong
Summary: Grimluk is an orc with one purpose: hunting demons. An isolated farming town has a demon problem, and Grimluk is on hand to fix it. But this time, things aren’t that simple. While Grimluk hunts the demon, a rock crashes from the sky; a rock containing something alien to the world of Arkod. Something … Continue reading Book Review: The Demons Within by Ashe Armstrong
Book Review: Year One by Nora Roberts
Summary: It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more than half of the world's population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now … Continue reading Book Review: Year One by Nora Roberts
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