Category: fantasy
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Most books that contain magic have fairly similar styles of magic so it was rather refreshing to see something different in Hard Magic, book one of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia. It tells the story of Jake Sullivan, a former military man turned criminal turned private investigator working for the government. When he is…
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I have read very few books that mention djinn but of those this next book seems to be one of the better ones. The City of Brass is the first book in the Daevabad trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty and starts the story of Nahri, a young woman living in Cairo, and Ali, prince Alizayd…
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Werewolves, so many werewolves. In Fool Moon, book two of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, that is exactly what Harry Dresden seems to encounter every time he turns around. The book opens with Harry being consulted by a trainee wizard on a containment ward that Harry claims is extremely dangerous to cast. Almost immediately…
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It is time to return to a world of prophecy, or at least a world where prophecies exist even if everyone seems to think they are currently broken. The Art of Destiny is the second book in the War Arts Saga by Wesley Chu and continues the adventures of Jian, the prophesized hero of the…
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What is a book? And what is a story? These are questions that continue to be explored in The Archive of the Forgotten, the second book in the Hell’s Library series by A. J. Hackwith. It picks up six months after the events of the first book, The Library of the Unwritten, as the employees…
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I just finished Fool’s Fate by Robin Hobb which is the third book in the Tawny Man Trilogy. It tells the story of what happened when Fitz, Prince Dutiful, Chade, and Thick finally make the journey to the outislands so Dutiful can win the hand of the Narcheska Elliania. In order to do so they…
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I have finally reached the second half of The Demonwars Saga with Ascendance, which is the fifth book overall in The Demonwars Saga and it marks the beginning of the second DemonWars trilogy. Several years have passed for the various characters since the time of the rosy plague in the previous book Mortalis. Pony, still…
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Part comedy, part old school noir detective novel and all parts magic and mayhem. That is probably one of the best descriptions I can come up with for this next book. Storm Front is book one of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher that revolves around the adventures of Harry Dresden. It just so…
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Golden Fool is the second book in the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb. It continues the story of Fitzchivalry Farseer, also known as Tom Badgerlock, as he starts training Prince Dutiful in magic, both Wit and Skill. In doing so he has to face his own continued distaste for the skill magic and his…
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I wasn’t expecting this next book to be quite what it was but I also have to admit that I wasn’t sure what to expect at the same time. Traces by Franklin J. Knight is the first book in the Traces series. It tells the story of Harriet, a woman who has just passed away…