Genre: Fantasy

Review: Terciel & Elinor by Garth Nix

Posted May 8, 2024 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.Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix Series: The Old Kingdom #6 Published by Hot Key Books on November 2, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 409 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads The long-awaited new novel from multi bestselling Garth Nix, set in the much-loved Old Kingdom. A thrilling, atmospheric dive into the history of the Abhorsen, featuring Sabriel’s parents, Terciel and Elinor. In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen year-old orphan Terciel is learning the art of necromancy – but not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life.Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, a steam-age country where magic usually does not work, nineteen year-old Elinor lives a secluded life, her only friends an […]

Review: The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski

Posted April 11, 2024 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 Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski Series: Forgotten Gods #2 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on September 9, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 304 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Intrigue, romance, and magic abound in the heart-stopping conclusion to Marie Rutkoski’s Forgotten Gods duology. At the end of The Midnight Lie, Nirrim offered up her heart to the God of Thieves in order to restore her people’s memories of their city’s history. The Half Kith who once lived imprisoned behind the city’s wall now realize that many among them are powerful. Meanwhile, the person Nirrim once loved most, Sid, has returned to her home country of Herran, where she must navigate the politics of being a rogue princess who has finally agreed to do her duty. In the Herrani court, rumors begin to grow of a new threat rising across the sea, of magic unleashed on […]

Review: This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Posted January 23, 2022 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.This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Series: The Poison Heart #1 Published by Bloomsbury YA on June 29, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult Pages: 384 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power. Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only […]

Review: Illusionary by Zoraida Córdova

Posted January 19, 2022 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.Illusionary by Zoraida Córdova Series: Hollow Crown #2 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 11, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 368 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads For years, she was wielded as a weapon. Now it’s her time to fight back. Reeling from betrayal at the hands of the Whispers, Renata Convida is a girl on the run. With few options and fewer allies, she’s reluctantly joined forces with none other than Prince Castian, her most infuriating and intriguing enemy. They’re united by a lofty goal: find the fabled Knife of Memory, kill the ruthless King Fernando, and bring peace to the nation. Together, Ren and Castian have a chance to save everything, if only they can set aside their complex and intense feelings for each other. With the king’s forces on their heels at every turn, their quest across Puerto Leones and beyond leaves […]

Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Posted January 12, 2022 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Fairyloot, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Series: These Violent Delights #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on November 17, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Retelling, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 464 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tricia Lin at Simon Pulse has acquired, at auction, Chloe Gong’s debut YA fantasy These Violent Delights, pitched as a Romeo and Juliet retelling by way of The Godfather. A monster has awakened in 1920s Shanghai, killing off citizens and stirring trouble between two feuding gangs. The rival heirs, Roma Montagov and Juliette Cai, must work together before the monster destroys all they hold dear, even while the Chinese Civil War breaks out around them. Publication is planned for fall 2020; Laura Crockett at TriadaUS Literary Agency did the two-book deal for North American rights. These Violent Delights is a book that I read over a year ago and have […]

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