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The Plated Prisoner: DNF series review
In this King Midas retelling, we follow Auren, the “gold-touched favored” who serves as Midas’ concubine. Auren happily lives behind the bars of her gilded cage until a series of events force her to confront an awful truth: everything she knows about Midas is wrong.
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Reading 95 books in 2024, and my relationship with blogging
Hello, book nerds! What a year it’s been. I went into 2024 with a goal of 75 books (for the record, this is a decrease from 2023, when I read a whopping 100 books). I set a goal of 75 thinking I would then spend more time on other art forms, like film and games.…
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Sunbringer (Book 2): More of the same
Book 2 in the Fallen Gods trilogy.
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The Heart of the World (Book 2): A bit slow
Book 2 and finale in the Isles of the Gods duology.
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy 1): A top read
Vis Telimus, a young man with a hidden past, is trying to save up for passage away from the empire that orphaned him. But then a senator uses the guise of adoption to force Vis into an elite academy for his own ends. Now Vis is suddenly mired in state secrets, and he must fight…
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The Death of Jane Lawrence: Strange and speculative
Jane proposes a marriage of convenience to the local surgeon, whose only rule is that she never join him at his manor. When fate forces her there, she learns the good doctor is hiding some dark secrets.
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The Next Book Trend: Medieval Knights?
Book trends move in waves, especially in fantasy. We’ve seen paranormal romance, dystopian, fae. My prediction for the next one: knights.
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Everything I’m currently reading (it’s a lot)
Hello, book nerds! I’m up to my old tricks again: reading a lot of things at once. Did I have to do this to myself? No. But alas, here I am. When library holds come in and ARCs are approved, do you question the hand of fate? That said, I don’t have a review ready…
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Babel: Long and didactic
Robin, a Chinese man raised in linguistics by a cold English professor, attends a prestigious language school that also specializes in a specific type of magic. While there, Robin must eventually confront cruel injustices and decide the role he wants to play in this world.
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The Mirror Visitor: Full series review
Ophelia, a young woman who can travel through mirrors and see the past of objects through touch, is forced into an engagement and made to move to her fiancé’s homeland, where court politics and cruelty reign supreme. Ophelia is just a pawn in their game, and she must keep her wits about her if she’s…
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