The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab, is the story of a young woman ahead of her time. Adeline LaRue is a young woman in 1714 France who has no desire to play housewife. She wants to be free, to make her own choices and to see more of the world than her little village. Her mentor, Estelle, teaches her the hidden magic of the woods near her home, the streams and meadows. All with the warning to never pray to the gods after dark. But as Adeline grows, and as her life takes a turn for the ordinary, she makes a deal with the dark for an extraordinary life—only, it’s a life no one can remember.
Book Review: Magic's Promise, Magic's Price.
Book Review: The Empire of Gold
The Empire of Gold is the end of the Daevabad Trilogy (which includes The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper). I admit when I picked up The City of Brass I didn’t much care for Nahri. It took me well over a year to decide to keep going with the series and pick up The Kingdom of Copper. S.A. Chakraborty grew a great deal as a writer between those two books, and more again with The Empire of Gold.
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Book Review: Kingdom of Copper, by S.A Chakraborty
Book Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree
I have been eyeing this book for some time. I am a complete sucker for big books, and at 800 pages long, The Priory of the Orange Tree, written by Samantha Shannon, certainly fits the bill. But don’t let yourself be intimidated by its size. It is not an 800 page slog through a mire of excessively long diatribes about food. It is 800 pages of character driven story that itself firmly in the category of ‘do not miss’ fantasy.
Happy Holidays! Let There Be Cover Art!
At the beginning of December, we hired Nele Diel to make cover art for The Dying Sun. If you’ve joined our Patreon you will have already seen this artwork last week.
Now, without further ado:
Book Review: "Arrow's Fall" by Mercedes Lackey
Arrow’s Fall is the climax of Herald Talia’s series. It begins immediately at the end of Arrow’s Flight, where Talia has just arrived home to the Collegium and finds herself embroiled in politics from the get-go. A betrothal offer for Elspeth arrives from the neighbouring kingdom of Hardorn. An offer that appears too good to be true. When Talia and Kris are sent to find out whether the King’s intentions are true, it becomes a struggle to survive that depends on their wits, and the relationships they’ve cultivated with all of Valdemar’s Heralds.