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Review: Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan

Posted May 17, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan Series: Millennium’s Rule #1 Published by Orbit on May 13, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 553 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen’s world faces. Elsewhere, in an land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer’s daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it — should she dare to risk the Angels’ wrath. But not everything […]

Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

Posted May 14, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris Series: Midnight Texas #1 Published by Gollancz on May 6, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 305 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (where someone lives in the basement and runs the store during the night). There’s a diner (although those folk who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident: Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). If you stop at the one traffic light in town, then everything looks normal. But if you stay a while, you might learn the truth… So after last week’s mini review, the publisher sent […]

Mini Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

Posted May 8, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris Series: Midnight Texas #1 Published by Gollancz on May 6, 2014 Genres: Fiction, Film Genres, Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 305 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (where someone lives in the basement and runs the store during the night). There’s a diner (although those folk who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident: Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). If you stop at the one traffic light in town, then everything looks normal. But if you stay a while, you might learn the truth… • EDIT Full review of Midnight Crossroad now LIVE!! […]

Review: The Last Boat Home by Dea Brovig

Posted May 7, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Last Boat Home by Dea Brovig Published by Hutchinson on March 13, 2014 Genres: Fiction Pages: 272 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Explosive, dark and tender, The Last Boat Home is a devastating novel about sacrifice, survival and a mother’s love. If you loved The Light Between Oceans or The Snow Child, this is for you. On the wind-swept southern coast of Norway, sixteen-year-old Else is out on the icy sea, dragging her oars through the waves while, above her, storm clouds are gathering. Surrounded by mountains, snow and white-capped water, she looks across the fjord and dreams of another life, of escape and faraway lands. Back on shore, her father sits alone in his boathouse with a jar of homebrew. In the Best Room, her mother covers her bruises and seeks solace in prayer. Each tries to hide the truth from this isolated, God-fearing community they call […]

Review: First Impression by Pauline Creeden

Posted April 30, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.First Impression by Pauline Creeden Series: Shadow Maven #1 Published by AltWit Press on March 31, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Pages: 176 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Chira Kelly thought she didn’t need anyone…until she met Ben. Because of one ugly rumor, Chira lives as an outcast at her school. Which is fine with her, because she works better alone. Always has, always will. And at least she has her one and only true friend, Tasha. When Tasha insists that they join a group to visit a possibly haunted abandoned old schoolhouse, she’s wary, but joins her friend. Because of that decision, their lives are in jeopardy as a malevolent spirit targets the group. Tragedies and accidents pick them off one by one, and Chira finds herself drawn to the one person who can see the truth. But can he protect her? So I’m not really […]

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