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I was all about it until I wasn’t

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

February 12, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

England has a bit of a problem. Their magic is fading, and no one seems to know why. Zacharias, the new Sorcerer Royal, is determined to find out why, and hopefully fix the problem. Poor Zacharias. He is young, and grieving for the death of his mentor, and suffering from a mysterious (to us, at least) malady. Oh, and he’s black. So really, there’s not much going for him. Prunella Gentleman is a young lady in a school for gentlewitches. She’s not a student, though, […]

The front seat is for people who’ve never been kidnapped by bloody numpties.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

February 1, 2019 by esme 4 Comments

Oh what fun! This was such a delightful read during the grim darkness of winter. I have read a few books by Rainbow Rowell that I really loved and one that didn’t work for me. When Carry On popped up at the library, I was looking for something frothy and fun and escapist, and I had no expectation about the story. I could not have chosen a better book. Simon Snow, a 17 year old boy, is the most powerful wizard ever, but he is […]

Without Darkness, how could we recognize the light?

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin

January 30, 2019 by sistercoyote 7 Comments

I received this book in 2015. The fact that I haven’t read it until now says far more about the depth of my “to be read” pile than it does the quality of this novel. I promise you that.

A defiant girl in a man’s world

The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

January 27, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Spoiler warning! This is book 2 in a trilogy, and the story pretty much follows on directly from the ending of the previous book. This book, while very good, doesn’t really stand on its own, you would do much better to start at the beginning, with The Bear and the Nightingale. There are roving gangs of bandits travelling the countryside around Moscow, pillaging and burning the villages and abducting young girls. Prince Dimitri sends his cousin, brother Alexandr, affectionately known to his family as Sasha, […]

Magically Delightful

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

January 17, 2019 by Ale 3 Comments

It took me a while to find my feet in this one, but once I did, it was a delightful romp through a fantastical Regency England. In Cho’s world, magic is in the air….or it would be if the Fairy Courts hadn’t plugged up the hole allowing their magic to trickle into England. But someone’s pissed off the Fairy Queen, and it becomes quite the kerfuffle for our titular Sorcerer Royal, Zacharias. On top of Fairy feelings, Zacharais is also fighting deep seated racism since […]

“We’re meant to go. We’re not meant to stay forever.”

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

January 3, 2019 by esme 4 Comments

Holiday reading is my favorite, and I was fortunate to have a rip-roaring book to tear through this holiday. I was also pleased, per the title of this post, that it ended and it will not continue as a duology or trilogy. Naomi Novik developed an imaginative world populated with interesting characters and an engaging story. I’m quite sure the characters continued living their lives after I closed the book, but I am also happy that all necessary loose ends were wrapped up so satisfactorily. Briefly, Agnieszka […]

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