Codex Born by Jim C. Hines Series: Magic Ex Libris #2 Published by Penguin on August 6th 2013 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover Source: a friend (borrowed) Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Libriomancer Also by this author: Libriomancer Isaac Vainio’s life was almost perfect. He should have… Read more »
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Curtsies & Conspiracies, by Gail Carriger
Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger Series: Finishing School #2 Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on November 5th 2013 Genres: Steampunk, YA (Young Adult) Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Etiquette & Espionage, Waistcoats & Weaponry Also by this… Read more »
Shadows, by Robin McKinley
Shadows by Robin McKinley Published by Penguin on September 26, 2013 Genres: Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy Pages: 356 Format: Hardcover Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Maggie knows something’s off about Val, her mom’s new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use… Read more »
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, by Karen Foxlee
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on Jan. 28, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books Pages: 233 Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl… Read more »
Mistress of the Wind, by Michelle Diener (review)
Mistress of the Wind by Michelle Diener Published by self-published on Dec. 19, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, YA (Young Adult) Format: eARC Source: the author Add to Goodreads Bjorn needs to find a very special woman . . . The fate of his people, and his own life, depends… Read more »
The Deepest Night (Sweetest Dark #2), by Shana Abe (review)
The Deepest Night Series: Sweetest Dark #2 on August 13, 2013 Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Sweetest Dark It’s 1915, and sixteen-year-old Lora Jones is finishing up her first year as a charity student at Iverson, a prestigious, gothic boarding school on England’s southern coast…. Read more »
Steadfast (Elemental Masters), by Mercedes Lackey
Steadfast Series: Elemental Masters #9 on June 4, 2013 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable The new novel in Mercedes Lackey’s bestselling series… July 11, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★½
The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (series review)
The Chronicles of Prydain Series: Chronicles of Prydain Add to Goodreads Millions of young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his lively companions as they journey through the magical land of Prydain. First published more than thirty years ago and translated into twenty… Read more »
Release Day Review: The River of No Return, by Bee Ridgway
The River of No Return Series: River of No Return #1 on April 23, 2013 Add to Goodreads In Bee Ridgway’s wonderfully imaginative debut novel, a man and a woman travel through time in a quest to bring down a secret society that controls the past and, thus, the future…. Read more »
The Sweetest Dark, by Shana Abe (review)
The Sweetest Dark Series: Sweetest Dark #1 on April 2, 2013 Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Deepest Night For fans of Lauren Kate and Libba Bray, The Sweetest Dark is filled with thrilling romance, exciting adventure, and ancient magic. Shana Abé brilliantly captures the drama… Read more »