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A Darker Shade of Magic

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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab (2015)

A Darker Shade final for Irene

Fiction | Fantasy
4.5 starsBlurb:

“Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.

Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.  Continue reading →

Song of Blood and Stone

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Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles #1) by L. Penelope (2018)
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song of blood and stone

NA Fiction | Fantasy | Romance | (TV-14)
4 StarsBlurb:

“Orphaned and alone, Jasminda lives in a land where cold whispers of invasion and war linger on the wind. Jasminda herself is an outcast in her homeland of Elsira, where her gift of Earthsong is feared. When ruthless soldiers seek refuge in her isolated cabin, they bring with them a captive–an injured spy who threatens to steal her heart.  Continue reading →

V Games

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V Games (The Vampire Games #1) by Caroline Peckham (2017)

the v games

YA/NA Fiction | Paranormal
4.5 starsBlurb:

“LAST ONE TO THE GRAVE, WINS.

Being a killer wasn’t what eighteen year old Selena Grey ever expected she’d become. But with her stepfather’s blood fresh on her hands, she finds herself walking into an eight by six prison cell where she’ll live out the next twenty five years of her life.

Or so she thought…  Continue reading →

The Assassin’s Blade

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The Assassin’s Blade (Throne of Glass #0.1-0.5) by Sarah J. Maas (2014)

the assassin's blade

Novella Collection | YA Fiction | Fantasy
4 Stars
Blurb:

“Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan’s most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin’s Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas – together in one edition for the first time – Celaena embarks on five daring missions. Continue reading →

Radiance

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Radiance (Wraith Kings #1) by Grace Draven (2015)

Radiance

Fiction | Romance | Fantasy | (TV-MA)
4.5 stars
Blurb:

“THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. Continue reading →

Rhapsodic

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Rhapsodic (The Bargainer #1) by Laura Thalassa (2015)

Rhapsodic

Fiction | Romance | Urban Fantasy | (TV-MA)
4 StarsBlurb:

“Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear.  Continue reading →

Savage Souls | (book roulette)

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book roulette post

I am an avid reader and a dedicated book blogger but sometimes I get requests from authors to review their books and unfortunately I just don’t have the time in my busy schedule and/or perhaps it’s just not quite my thing. So every once in a while instead of reading/reviewing their book, I’ll agree to put together a little post to help pass along the word in case any of you readers out there will find it interesting. This time it seems the book roulette has landed on an Urban Fantasy Romance. It sounds like a potentially absorbing read but I’m not quite sure it’s my thing but maybe it’ll interest some of you. Here we go…  Continue reading →

The Beautiful Ones

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The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2017)
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the beautiful ones

Fiction | Historical Romance | Paranormal | (TV-14)
4 StarsBlurb:

“Antonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city of Loisail for her first Grand Season, where she will attend balls and mingle among high society in hopes of landing a suitable husband. But Antonina is telekinetic, and strange events in her past have made her the subject of malicious gossip and hardly a sought-after bride. Now, under the tutelage of her cousin’s wife, she is finally ready to shed the past and learn the proper ways of society.  Continue reading →

The Bone Season

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The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) by Samantha Shannon (2013)

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YA/NA Fiction | Fantasy/Paranormal | Dystopia
4 Stars
Blurb:

“The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people’s minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing. Continue reading →

Lies Jane Austen Told Me

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Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie Wright (2017)
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lies jane austen told me

NA Fiction | Contemporary Romance | Rom-Com
4 Stars
Blurb:

“Ever since Emma read Pride and Prejudice, she’s been in love with Mr. Darcy and has regarded Jane Austen as the expert on all things romantic. So naturally when Emma falls for Blake Hampton and he invites her home to meet his parents, she is positive an engagement is in her future. After all, Blake is a single man in possession of a good fortune, and thus must be in want of a wife.  Continue reading →