As the year draws to a close, it’s time to prepare for the new year and new adventures. Even though the major spring cleaning may begin later, there are things you can start tidying up now that bring enjoyment and make room for more in the coming year. To kick off the new year on…
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The Narrow Road Between Desires – Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.6)
“Hearts were easier to read than books. Glamour wasn’t that much more than making sure folk saw the thing they already had plans to see. And making fools of foolish folk was hardly cunning grammarie. But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen…
Daughter of Redwinter – Ed McDonald (The Redwinter Chronicles #1)
“But how can something that has no form begin in one place and end somewhere else? If a crow begins flying south, but what arrives is a swan, then the crow never undertook a journey.” What is the Book about? Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing…
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (Godkiller #1)
Animal Companion ✓ Cursed Child ✓ Found Family ✓
Review Priest of Bones by Peter McLean (War for the Rose Throne #1)
“Where is the difference between holy and possessed? I wondered. When does miracle become magic, magic become witchcraft? Is it in the nature of the deed itself, or in the eye of the beholder? Is it decided in the telling after the fact, and if so does it depend on who does that telling?” Sarcastic…
A Gamble Of Gods – Mitriel Faywood (Order of the Dragon #1)
“Anger is like fire. Let it burn unwatched, and it will hurt you. Use it wisely, and it becomes what gods intended it to be: fortitude.” Sci-Fi meets Fantasy ✓ Hero’s Journey ✓ Charming Characters ✓ Kristian del Rosso has led a quiet life, burying himself in research and teaching at the University of St…
Shadowmarch – Tad Williams (Shadowmarch #1)
“Most dreadful of all, as she lay with her shivering children on the cold ground just outside the murdered town, she could hear the destroyers of everything she had, and they were singing. Their voices were painfully lovely. Darkness claimed her then, but only for a while.” High Fantasy ✓ Slow Storytelling ✓ Strong Emotions…
Skyward – Brandon Sanderson (The Skyward Series #1)
So what’s the book about? For hundreds of years, young Spensa’s world has been under attack by the Krell – only the fleet of spaceship pilots still stands between the superior aliens and the humans. High up in the stars, protecting her homeland as a pilot is all Spensa has ever dreamed of. But her…
The Collarbound – Rebecca Zahabi (#1)
“Secrets are more precious than money. They’re the currency of power.” So what’s the book about? On the other side of the Shadowpass, rebellion is brewing and refugees have begun to trickle into the city at the edge of the world. Looming high on the cliff is The Nest, a fortress full of mages who…
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro – K. S. Villoso (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen #1)
“I liked smiles. In my world, they could mean anything: a hidden joke to a friend, a threat to an enemy. There are songs written about my smiles and what usually comes after them.” So what’s the book about? Born under the crumbling towers of Oren-yaro, Queen Talyien was the shining jewel and legacy of…
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