Author: Sandra Hurst Publisher: Createspace Genre: Epic Fantasy Release date: March 17, 2017 Pages: 268 My rating: ♥♥♥♥ Blurb: A young exile, Y’keta, finds a place to belong, only to find his new home threatened by secrets from his past. If Y’keta reveals what he knows to the villagers, it will tear their history and traditions apart…but sharing his secrets …
A backwards glance at the best books read in 2017. What were your top picks this year?
Title: Dark DesignsSeries: Author: Stefanie SpanglerGenre: Fantasy, Urban FantasyPublisher: Red Adept PublishingFormat: eBookISBN: 1940215978 CWs: Child Molestation, Stalking Summary: Twins Ivy and Violet Grant are opposites. Ivy, a hot-tempered redhead, couldn’t wait to get off the farm and see the world. Violet, a quiet brunette, was content to stay home and help their grandmother with the family business. The …
Title: The Red Threads of FortuneSeries: Tensorate #2Author: J.Y. YangGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: PaperbackISBN: 0765395398 Summary: The Red Threads of Fortune is one of a pair of unique, standalone introductions to JY Yang’s Tensorate Series, which Kate Elliott calls “effortlessly fascinating.” For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Black Tides of Heaven, available now.Fallen …
Title: Creatures of Will and TemperSeries: Diabolist’s Library #1 Author: Molly TanzerGenre: FantasyPublisher: John Joseph Adams/Mariner BooksFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1328710262 Summary: “A delightful, dark, and entertaining romp . . . Molly Tanzer is at the top of her form in this beautifully constructed novel.”—Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach trilogy Victorian London is a place of fluid …
Title: Clockwork BoysSeries: Clocktaur War #1Author: T. KingfisherGenre: FantasyPublisher: Argyll ProductionFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1614504164 Summary: A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but rather an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. T. Kingfisher’s new novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals …
Title: The City of BrassAuthor: S.A ChakrabortyGenre: FantasyPublisher: Harper VoyagerFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9780062678102 Summary: Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all …
Late last week, news started circulating that Amazon was in talks to do an adaptation of Lord of the Rings. While I’m certainly happy about the bounty of SF/F movies and TV shows currently available, I’m just not too excited about another Lord of the Rings property. Nothing against Tolkien, it’s just that it’s already …
A review of volumes 1 and 2 of Monstress from Image Comics.
Since the summer quarter of college ended, I couldn’t wait to get back into reading. There’s pleasure in reading because I want to and not because a paper is due next week. From the moment I stepped into my apartment, I slid a book off the shelf. The sound of it was relief, a wanting I …
