A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan is a rather intriguing historical fantasy novel. Lydia Polk is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Witches and the apprentice of the Grand Mistress, Isadora, of the academy. When WWII breaks out Isadora places the might of the academy behind the Allied forces and works with…
A Nightmare of Magic and Madness is the first book in the Chaos of Magic series by Matthew Spizuco. Logan Grenbrook is a mage of the Gen’Dom order and is frequently sent out on various errands for other mages, that is whenever he is not working on his own studies. His mentor Jonathan has requested…
We return to Temperance Brennan with book five, Grave Secrets, by Kathy Reichs. This time around we see Temperance Brennan in Guatemala as she works on finding and identifying the remains of people killed during the civil war a few decades prior. After an attack that led to several colleagues being heavily injured and in…
We return to a world of magic with Physik, the third book in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. Picking up a few months after Flyte, Septimus is working to learn more about Physik and medicine while Jenna is slowly becoming used to being the princess. Silas has become rather obsessed with a game…
The Volunteer- Not For Glory by Jason Morwick and Robert Nelson is about a young man named Hans Sterling. He was only a child when Germany fell at the end of WWII and his family was killed by fleeing Nazis for celebrating the end prematurely. Almost a decade later he is still haunted by that…
The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron introduces the young game warden Mike Bowditch in the first Mike Bowditch mystery. Mike is still adjusting to being a rookie game warden and doing his best to learn the tricks of the trade when he receives a middle of the night call about a bear attacking a local…
The Cradle of Ice is the second book in James Rollins’ Moonfall series. It picks up several months after the end of the first book with the group preparing to go their separate ways in order to best achieve their goal. Nyx is preparing to head deep into the ice covered side of the planet…
Night of the Soul Stealer is the third book in The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney and continues the adventures of young Thomas Ward during his apprenticeship with the Spook. Winter is coming and with it their move to Anglezarke and the Spook’s winter home. Shortly before their move the Spook receives a letter…
Even having finished this one I am still a little unsure what to think of it. The 7 ½ deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is about a man named Aiden Bishop and his rather unusual quest to identify the killer of Evelyn Hardcastle. At a remote country manor the Hardcastle family is holding…
Heavenly Demonic is the first book in the Heavenly Demonic series by Nemu Sai. Haise is a young man who is perpetually behind others his age in terms of qi cultivation and talent though he is outstanding at using his qi through his music. When he is attacked while on a walk one day he…
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