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Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

#3 in The First Law trilogy The conclusion to an adventurous, inventive, and bloody trilogy with fascinating characters and complex plots. Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie – he knows how to spin a good yarn. This final book in the First Law trilogy hits all the notes. The odd combination of travelers has returned… Read More Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

March 27, 2018May 28, 2018 BookAppeal

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Grisha #1 A boy and a girl, orphaned by war, grow up to be best friends.  Alina feels something more for Mal but he’s still playing the field. When their military unit is sent forth by The Darkling, a most powerful and unique Grisha who leads the Second Army, to cross the Shadow Fold,… Read More Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

June 13, 2017 BookAppealLeave a comment

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

Shades of Magic #2 Four months after the end of A Darker Shade of Magic, Lila has become part of the crew on what she thinks is a pirate ship, captained by Alucard Emery, a man with just as many secrets as Lila. In Red London, Kell and Rhy struggle with the aftermath of the… Read More A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

May 15, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

In Schwab’s world, there are four parallel Londons.  The lands used to be connected by doors through which some people, and magic, could travel.  After Black London’s greediness for magic became its destruction, the doors between lands were sealed.  Kell, raised by the ruling family of Red London, does not know how he became one… Read More A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

May 7, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

While this novel reads like literary fiction, the writing contains technical jargon and fantastical, largely-unexplained magic that readers who do not regularly enjoy science fiction or fantasy may find difficult to appreciate. If you can enjoy a story in which you don’t fully understand the fine points, All the Birds in the Sky is a… Read More All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

March 18, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

I know very little about fanfiction and I have not read Fangirl so  all I knew about this book was that characters from Rainbow Rowell’s earlier work reappeared and the story had some connection to the J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter world.  The Potter connection becomes obvious very quickly – a magical school, a platonic boy-girl… Read More Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

February 21, 2016 BookAppealLeave a comment

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