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BOOK REVIEW: THE DEMON KING BY CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA

While out hunting one day, Han and his Clan friend, Dancer, discover three young wizards using a magical amulet to set fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea. Han wrestles it from them, but without realising that his heroism has put him and his family in great danger. For the young arsonist is Micah Bayar, son of…

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BOOK REVIEW: REBEL SPRING BY MORGAN RHODES

The road to power... is paved with blood and magic. Cleo   is now a prisoner in her own palace, forced to be an ambassador for Mytica as the evil King Gaius lies to her people. Magnus   stands to eventually inherit the new kingdom but is still obsessed with his feelings for his adopted sister, Lucia. Lucia   is …

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BOOK REVIEW: FALLING KINGDOMS BY MORGAN RHODES

In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest now simmers below the surface. As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed... and four key players, royals and rebels alik…

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BOOK REVIEW: RED QUEEN BY VICTORIA AVEYARD

This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself working in the…

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BOOK REVIEW: A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY BY LIBBA BRAY

A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy - jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel. Sixteen-year-old Gemma has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she …

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BOOK REVIEW: THE KISS OF DECEPTION BY MARY E. PEARSON

A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees on her wedding day. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. The Kingdom of Morrighan is s…

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BOOK REVIEW: A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC BY V.E. SCHWAB

Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit.  Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London is ruled by whoever has murd…

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BOOK REVIEW: THRONE OF GLASS BY SARAH J. MAAS

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men…

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BOOK REVIEW: DESTROY ME BY TAHEREH MAFI

In Tahereh Mafi’s  Shatter Me , Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in  Destroy Me , Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . . Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his powe…

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BOOK REVIEW: HALLOWED BY CYNTHIA HAND

For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her love for Tucker and her complicated feelin…

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BOOK REVIEW - UNEARTHLY BY CYNTHIA HAND

In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees... Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, s…

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SNEAK PEEK: THE FULFILLMENT

The blog tour is coming to a close... well, almost. There's still a giveaway, and we know how people feel about giveaways... On Monday, we posted the interview with Erin where we talked about the first book in The Fulfillment series, her very own debut - The Prophecy . Yesterday, it was the sequel - The O…

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INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ERIN RHEW

We're on tour again! (And again it's not the kind of tour that first comes to mind at the mention of the word.) This time around, the blog tour we're a part of concerns The Prophecy , the first installment in The Fulfillment  trilogy,  and it is one of the rare instances where our recommendation …

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FANART: DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE

Earlier I published a piece about author appreciation and fanart . In this day and age, there are precious few things I take as much pleasure in as combining two of my greatest passions - art and literature - and all in an effort to give back to those whose words never fail to leave me inspired and moved, and whose w…

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