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Review: The Underwater Ballroom Society Anthology

April 16, 2018

In The Underwater Ballroom Society, you will “visit an old hangout one last time with an ex-siren and find out what the twelve dancing princesses learned in their secret world. You will feel the fallout of Oberon stealing a guitar god. You will wonder if magic might finally find a lonely officer of the Crown…

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Review:: Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier

April 9, 2018

Nineteen-year-old Elias is a royal explorer, a skilled mapmaker, and the new king of del Mar’s oldest friend. Soon he will embark on the adventure of a lifetime, an expedition past the Strait of Cain and into uncharted waters. Nothing stands in his way…until a long-ago tragedy creeps back into the light, threatening all he…

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Review:: The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

February 9, 2018

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made…

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Review:: Moonshine by Jasmine Gower

February 5, 2018

Daisy’s starting a new job and stylish city life in Moonshine, but mage-hunters out for her dark magic threaten to destroy her vogue image. In the flourishing metropolis of Soot City (a warped version of 1920s Chicago), progressive ideals reign and the old ways of magic and liquid mana are forbidden. Daisy Dell is a…

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Review:: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

October 30, 2017

In The Tethered Mage’s 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…

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Review:: City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault

October 23, 2017

The whole city is searching for Hasryan in City of Betrayal —some for revenge and justice, others to save their friends. Yet no one knows where to find him except Lord Arathiel Brasten, who vanished 130 years ago only to magically return. Lord Diel Dathirii’s struggle to free his city from the neighbouring imperialistic enclave…

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Review:: City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault

September 15, 2017

A hundred and thirty years have passed since Arathiel last set foot in his home city in City of Strife. Isandor hasn’t changed—bickering merchant families still vie for power through eccentric shows of wealth—but he has. His family is long dead, a magical trap has dulled his senses, and he returns seeking a sense of…

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Review:: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

September 11, 2017

Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family in Nyxia. Forever. Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of…

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Review:: Descendants by Rae Else

June 26, 2017

There are lots of stories about the children of gods. But what about those cursed by the gods, and their descendants… El, a seventeen-year-old has inherited an ancient and deadly power. She loses control of it, causing a horrific accident, and becomes the prey of a secret organisation, known as the Order. Forced from her…

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Review:: Song of the Current by Sarah Tolscer

June 2, 2017

Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. For generations, her family has been called by the river god, who has guided their wherries on countless voyages throughout the Riverlands. In Song of the Current, Caro is seventeen, and has spent years listening to the water, ready to meet her fate. But the river god hasn’t…

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Review:: The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews

May 26, 2017

Meet Dina Demille, a nice Texas gal who runs a seemingly ordinary, quaint B and B. But Dina’s inn is a magic, thinking entity; her fluffy Shih-tzu, Beast really is a beast; and her guests are the kind that no one on earth is supposed to know about: guests like a dethroned galactic tyrant with…

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Review:: Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn

May 22, 2017

Sometimes failure is just the beginning, especially in Keeper of the Dawn. All Lai has ever wanted is to become a priestess, like her mother and grandmother before her, in service to their beloved goddess. That’s before the unthinkable happens, and Lai fails the trials she has trained for her entire life. She makes the only…

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Author Interview:: Charlotte Hamilton

April 27, 2017

Hello, readers! Today I’d like to introduce you to my friend Charlotte Hamilton, your soon-to-be-favorite author! Born and bred in Ayrshire, Scotland, Charlotte Anne Hamilton has always been writing – from her very first short story about a dog called Pat – Pat the Dog, get it? – to her endeavours in fan fiction. Throughout her childhood, however…

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Character Interview: Lula Mortiz from Circle Unbroken (Brooklyn Brujas #2)

April 6, 2017

You guys should know that I fell in love with Zoraida Cordova’s Labyrinth Lost last year. I don’t think I’ve ever yelled about a book that much, and I regret absolutely none of it. If you missed it somehow, read my review here. The next novel in the series is titled Circle Unbroken. Circle Unbroken doesn’t have…

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Review:: A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

March 27, 2017

Gauri, the princess of Bharata, has been taken as a prisoner of war by her kingdom’s enemies. Faced with a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. Hope unexpectedly comes in the form of Vikram, the cunning prince of a neighboring land and her sworn enemy kingdom. Unsatisfied with becoming a…

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