fantasy
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Red Rising
I’m kind of disappointed that I don’t like this book. The fan-based behind this series all seem so fun. To preface, I’m not a sci-fan fan nor do I care much for dystopian literature. I really was bored for most of the novel, and I wasn’t a fan of Brown’s writing style—short, almost harsh sentences…
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Alchemized
I was really enjoying this book… until I realized there was no real substance to it beyond the extremely flawed and problematic relationship between the main characters. Synopsis: Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities…
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The Wolf and his King
Cursed with lycanthropy since he was a child, Bisclavret is doomed to shift into a wolf against his will. The transformation is as unwelcome as it is sporadic. There is neither time nor place that will predict when he will shift next and no pattern to identify that might ease the anxiety of his painful…
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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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Heart of the Sun Warrior
I don’t want to reveal too many spoilers because if a book makes me cry, I refuse to jeopardize that experience for anyone else. So I hope this final thought will suffice: The Celestial Kingdom Duology will be taking pride of placement in the shelf reserved only for my favorite YA novels.
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The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season is a fantasy novel set in the “Stillness” during a post-apocalyptic era. I hesitate to say “post” as it seems this “Father Earth” is always on the precipice of destruction.
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