Summary: Tea is a bone witch with the dark magic needed to raise the dead. She has used this magic to breathe life into those she has loved and lost…and those who would join her army against the deceitful royals. But Tea's quest to conjure a shadowglass—to achieve immortality for the one person she loves … Continue reading Book Review: The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco
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Book Review: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Summary: In epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save. Elin's family has an important responsibility: caring for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom's army. So when some of the beasts mysteriously die, Elin's mother … Continue reading Book Review: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to Arkady Martine's genre-reinventing Hugo and Nebula finalist debut, A Memory Called Empire. An … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Book Review: Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik
Summary: Bianca von Hasenberg did her duty for High House von Hasenberg and ended up trapped in a terrible marriage. When her husband dies unexpectedly and leaves her a happy widow, she vows never to marry again. Instead, she uses her connections to save other young women. Information is power and Bianca has a network … Continue reading Book Review: Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik
Book Review: Rebel by Krista D. Ball #SciFiMonth
Summary: Trust is the rarest of commodities. From the moment she stepped onboard Liberty’s Pleasure, Rebecca St. Martins knew something was off. Before she could sound the alarm, she was kidnapped and pulled into a conspiracy that made her question every single relationship she’d made. Even as Rebecca questioned, she looked around at her co-captives … Continue reading Book Review: Rebel by Krista D. Ball #SciFiMonth
Book Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi #SciFiMonth
Summary: Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that:(1) … Continue reading Book Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi #SciFiMonth
Book Review: Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg
Summary: The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group … Continue reading Book Review: Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg
DNF Book Review: The Many-Colored Land by Julian May #SciFiMonth
Summary: In the year 2034, Theo Quderian, a French physicist, made an amusing but impractical discovery: the means to use a one-way, fixed-focus time warp that opened into a place in the Rhone River valley during the idyllic Pliocene Epoch, six million years ago. But, as time went on, a certain usefulness developed. The misfits … Continue reading DNF Book Review: The Many-Colored Land by Julian May #SciFiMonth
Book Review: Peace Talks by Jim Butcher
Summary: When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil. But can he succeed, when dark political manipulations threaten the very existence of Chicago--and all he holds dear? Goodreads … Continue reading Book Review: Peace Talks by Jim Butcher
Book Review: The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff #SciFiMonth
Summary: What happens when a staff sergeant questions a two-star general's parentage to his face? Torin Kerr discovers the answer in Tanya Huff's much-anticipated sequel to Valor's Choice. Separated from her company, Kerr is ordered to report to a top-secret reconnaissance mission, either as punishment for her quick mouth or praise for her service. Kerr … Continue reading Book Review: The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff #SciFiMonth
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