Category: fantasy
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I think this next book might have put me off of using a typewriter for a while. In The Unwritten Rules of Magic by Harper Ross, Emerson Clarke is facing a life potentially spinning out of control. Her father, a famous author who never finished his last series due to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, has recently…
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We return to a magical mystical alternate version of the French Revolution in A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry, book two of The Shadow Histories. It picks up not long after the end of the previous book with the death of Robespierre. The mysterious stranger has now decided to support Napoleon…
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Highfire by Eoin Colfer is a story about a boy and a dragon but not in the traditional sense. Squib is a teenager living with his single mom in the Louisiana bayou who seems to be perpetually in trouble, specifically with the local constable. The same constable who has set his cap for his mom…
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I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons is a pretty hilarious fantasy by Peter S. Beagle. Robert is the local exterminator who is only called in to help with dragon infestations. While Robert doesn’t actually like the job due to his fondness for the dragons it does allow him to support his mother and siblings after the…
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To Ride A Rising Storm is book two of Nampeshiweisit by Moniquill Blackgoose and continues the story of Anequs. Having successfully navigated her first year at Kuiper’s Academy she now has some knowledge of skilta and various other so-called necessary skills for a dragoneer. As she prepares to return for her second year though she…
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Have you ever read a book that is the end of the beginning? Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb is just that as it is the final book in The Farseer Trilogy which is also the first of five series in The Realm of the Elderlings. It continues where the previous book, Royal Assassin, left off…
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The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche is a rather entertaining historical fantasy. Ginevra di Gasparo wants nothing more than to be a licensed doctor who is able to use her skills with stone magic to openly heal people instead of having to do it furtively and in secret. A decade after being banished…
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The Ghost of Serenity by C. C. Lincoln is about a young woman named Reiki. She has just come of age in her remote island village known as Serenity. Though still young she is intelligent and determined which led her to train from a young age in a variety of trades. Longing to be a…
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Time of the Twins is the first book in the Dragonlance Legends trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It continues the story of the brothers Raistlin and Caramon Majere a few years after the War of the Lance. Raistlin has set his sights on overthrowing Takhisis and becoming an actual god. However, his plan…
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The Seam: Secrets Beneath the North Pole by Deborah A. Wilson is an interesting and complex work. Dr. Winston Thornberry has acquired an unusual book, one that only furthers and deepens his lifelong quest. He has asked questions others consider impossible and finds himself only wanting more answers. Finally, he takes his unusual book and…