Publisher: Orbit

Review: The Girl with all the Gifts by M. R. Carey

Posted July 9, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: The Girl with all the Gifts by M. R. Carey

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Series: The Girl With All the Gifts #1 Published by Orbit on June 19, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller Pages: 461 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her “our little genius.” Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children’s cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she’ll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn’t know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad. The Girl with All the Gifts is a […]

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Review: Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan

Posted May 17, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments
Review: Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan

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 […]

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Review: Blight of Mages by Karen Miller

Posted February 13, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Blight of Mages by Karen Miller

A Blight of Mages by Karen Miller Published by Orbit on May 1st 2012 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction Pages: 767 Format: Paperback Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads Hundreds of years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe… Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane. Barl is desperate to learn-but her eagerness to use her power leads her astray and she is banned from ever learning the mystic arts. Morgan holds the key to her education. A member of the Council of Mages, he lives to maintain the status quo, preserve the mage bloodlines, and pursue his scholarly experiments. But Barl’s power intrigues him-in spite of her low status. Together, he realizes they can create extraordinary new incantations. Morgan’s ambition and Barl’s power make a potent combination. What she does not see is the darkness in him that won’t be denied. A Blight of Mages […]

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