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The Hurricane Wars and A Monsoon Rising
Note: This is a review on the first two novels in the Hurricane Wars trilogy. On the Continent, the Sardovian Allfold and the Night Empire are at constant war, and in the midst of the never-ending battle lies Talasyn, a headstrong soldier who is fighting for Sardovia’s freedom against the Kesathese. But Tala has a…
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The Spear Cuts Through Water
In the early days of the Old Country, an emperor frees the Moon by cutting her out of the sky so that she may escape death by hiding out on Earth. In exchange, she bears him three sons so that he may continue his legacy. Soon thereafter, the emperor betrays her and locks her away…
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Angel Down
and so let me leave you with this: if you’re a fan of experimental styles, and the complexity of human design, and if you hold on to a bit of hope even in the midst of pervading despair, few books deliver a more haunting picture of survival, and in the cacophony of explosions and the…
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Deathly Fates
In Deathly Fates, we follow Kang Siying, a ganshi priestess who reanimates the dead so they can be reunited with their loved ones. It’s a lonesome life. Those who come across the priestess and her walking dead, devoid of all thought and consciousness, steer clear for fear of bad luck. And Siying likes it that…
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The Princess Bride
S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Pure Story. That’s what this novel is. It’s True Love and High Adventure packaged in a slightly offensive, witty, and just fun story. Admittedly, before starting this book, this story was already sentimental to me. For one, I had already seen the movie, which I…
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The Sweetness of Water
Recently freed brothers Prentiss and Landry make a temporary home in the forest of Old Ox, Georgia, where they bide their time, penniless but innovative despite their circumstance, before they head up north to search for their mother who had been sold before the war. George Walker, a northern man replanted in Old Ox, Georgia,…
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