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[[Category:New Reviews|Fantasy]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreview|author= James Abbott|title= The Never King|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= The land of Stravimon is in chaos. Cedius the Wise died leaving the traitorous Mardonius to ascend to the throne. In far off Hell's Keep (the most deadly and remote prison in the Kingdom; a place no prisoner has ever returned from alive) Xavir Argentum is contacted by Cedius' former Spy Master, Landril. Betrayal, intrigue, violence and magic follow as we travel across this strange but familiar land on a quest for vengeance, justice and freedom.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509803114</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Laura Lam|title=Masquerade (Micah Grey Trilogy)|rating=4|genre=Teens|summary= It's been a remarkable journey for our young protagonist. It wasn't long ago that Micah Grey was still living the life of Iphigenia Laurus, daughter of a noble family, trapped in a gilded cage forever hiding her true self. Since running away, Micah has managed to reinvent himself, first as a circus acrobat, and then as a magician's apprentice. Along the way he's discovered love and friendships that have helped keep him afloat, even as betrayal and tragedy seem ready to strike at every turn. But there's only so long he can keep running. His powers are growing, the Chimaera are returning, and Ellada is about to reach a violent tipping point. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509807780</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Brian Staveley|title= Skullsworn|rating= 4.5|genre= Fantasy|summary=''"Love is like killing," she said. "You do it with every part of you, or not at all.” '' Pyrre is a skullsworn; one who is devoted to the God of Death. Trained as an assassin and having studied under the deadliest killers in the world since she was eight, Pyrre is about to embark upon her final trial. A trial in which success will mean elevation to the rank of priestess, while failure will mean death.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>150982295X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author= V E Schwab|title=A Conjuring of Light|rating= 5|genre=Fantasy|summary= The Darker Shade of Magic trilogy concludes by continuing with the story of Lila Bard, finding her way through the different Londons', one with magic, one without magic, a London where magic has near enough destroyed their world and the last London, which balances precariously on the edge of oblivion.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0765387468</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Claire NorthG Slatter|title= The End Briar Book of the Day|rating= 5|genre= General Fiction|summary= At the end of the day, Death visits everyone. Right before that, Charlie does. You might meet him in a hospital, in a warzone, or at the scene of a traffic accident.Then again, you might meet him at the North Pole - he gets everywhere. From jungles to deserts to tundra, you may come across Charlie. Would you shake him by the hand, take the gift he offers, or would you pay no attention to the words he says? Sometimes he is sent as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. He never knows which.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0316316741</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jen Williams|title=The Ninth Rain (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy 1) Dead

|summary=Ebora is dying along with its tree-like god Ysegril but Hestillion is doing all she can '' There's a part of me that wants to keep him alivethis just to myself for however long I can. This secret magic of my own, all mine, at last. In fact she'll go I just want to any lengths to save him… any lengths at allenjoy it for a while. Hest'' Within a remote mountain pass, far away from the world, lies Silverton; a town under the protection of the Briar's brother Tormalin can't sit around , a family of witches who protect the town and wait the wider world from the Darklands. Though she has always wished for magic, Ellie Briar is the end so he's engaged by Lady Vincenza (Vintage) de Grazon first non-witch to be born into her factotum family for generations and hired sword during as such since she was young, her quest for knowledgetraining as a steward revolved around letters and administration rather than spells and potions. ItWhen her grandmother suddenly dies, Ellie's turning into more of an adventure than theycousin Audra becomes the Briar Witch, the town'd planned even before Fell witch s leader, and fugitive Noon joins themEllie takes her place beside her. Now As challenges come her way left, right and centre, Ellie uncovers the trio must work togetherrare ability to communicate with the dead, putting prejudices her at the heart of a maelstrom of chaos. Reeling from one family secret to another, Ellie must decide who to trust and passions aside (othersdetermine what to do as the Briar witches' as well as their own). The Ninth Rain is coming and more than Ebora legacy, everything they have sacrificed to survive, is in dangerunder threat.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1472235177</amazonuk>1803364548

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Andrezej SapkowskiRachel Greenlaw|title= The Lady of the LakeCompass and Blade|rating=3.5|genre= Fantasy Teens|summary= This book was quite captivating ''I can hear the song of the sea. The call of the deep, the answering beat in my heart.'' Rosevear, a remote and partially forgotten island, survives on luring ships into the beginningrocks and plundering the wrecks. The idea Mira, like her mother before her, is one of the seven who swim out to survey the ruins – rescuing any survivors and any treasure that lies within. But when the Council Watch lays a trap to end the wrecking, they capture the truths of ancient history island's leader and Mira's father. Desperate to save him from death, Mira makes a bargain with a wreck survivor who is as charming as he is secretive and mythology can be unearthed by exploring them with only coordinates to guide her, she sets off in the dreams search of a talented sleeper is rather enchantingfamily secret that lies buried deep in the sea. ItWith only nine days to unearth what might save her father, as her journey takes her from the watched streets of foreign islands to the heart of the smuggler's an interesting ideaterritory, one that merges history Mira must be determined to stop at nothing to save the future of her home and fantasy creating an almost dream like feel within the writingones she holds most dear. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>147321159X</amazonuk>0008664730

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Stefan MohamedT Kingfisher|title= Stanly's Ghost: Book 3 (The Bitter Sixteen Trilogy)|rating= 5|genre= Science Fiction|summary= Cynical, solitary Stanly Bird used to be a fairly typical teenager – unless you count the fact that his best friend was a talking beagle named Daryl. Then came the superpowers. And the super powered allies. And the mysterious enemies. And the terrifying monsters. And the stunning revelations. And the apocalypse. Now he's not sure what he is. Or where he is. Or how exactly one is supposed to proceed after saving the world. All he knows is that his story isn't finished. Not quite yet …|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784630764</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Brian McClellan|title=Sins of EmpireThornhedge

|summary=The fantasy genre ''You had a right to retake your place.'' T Kingfisher's latest novella is home to some a lovely reimagining of the best books a fairytale that I have ever readis well known and well beloved. But whilst there is a princess trapped in a tower, but also some of the worst. The very nature of epic stories that span generations means that few fantasy books rock up sleeping under 400 pages and many are part of long running series or trilogiesan eternal enchantment, Thornhedge is not her story. When done badlyInstead, our protagonist is Toadling, fantasy books are bloated who was stolen away by fairies when she was a new-born baby and boring affairs that rattle secreted away to the land of every cliché the genre has had fairie where her childhood was spent being taught how to offer since Bilbo exited Bag End, but done well they can be brilliant. They can be ''Sins of Empire'' by Brian McClellandraw magic from her veins and cast spells.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>035650929X</amazonuk>1803364238

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Marisa SilverNicole Jarvis|title= Little NothingA Portrait in Shadow|rating= 4.5|genre= Literary Historical Fiction |summary=In an unnamed country at the beginning ''I want all of the last centuryFlorence to know my name'' Cast out from Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in which her art can find a peasant couple longs for a childhome and where her future can thrive rather than stagnate. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery nightBut as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the powerful Accademia, the couple's wish comes true. But self-proclaimed guardians of the silence healing magics that follows through paintings have the birth forewarns of darker days power to comeprotect the city and its citizens from plagues and curses. Strangers look on askance The all-male Accademia has hoarded power over art and fall speechless in the child's presence, architecture for centuries and villagers protectively hush their children as they pass on narrow market lanesguard it above all else. Pavla is no ordinary childTo them, but then this is Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and change – has no ordinary taleplace amongst them and their society.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1786071274</amazonuk>1803362340

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Marissa MeyerThomas D Lee|title= HeartlessPerilous Times|rating= 43

|summary= How did ''Hate is the Queen path of Hearts become the monster we know from Aliceleast resistance's story? Welcome to Meyer's Wonderland and  Set in the near-distant future, in a world on the peaceful kingdom verge of Heartsclimate collapse, where a young Lady called Catherine's heart's desire Britain is to be … the best baker in all of Heartsgreat peril. But while her mother tolerates her hobby, Catherine knows she will never consider it as The British Isles desperately needs a serious path for her daughter, unless Catherine can convince her. However, Catherine's dreams start hero (or several) to get that much more complicated once a mysterious stranger appears, a royal suitor materialises save the day and deadly beast starts stalking the once safe Kingdomrescue what little remains. What is Cath's destiny? To be no-one expected was that one of the Knights of the Round Table would answer the dreadful queen we all know or to be a dedicated bakery owner? call.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1509814132</amazonuk>0356518523

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Amanda HockingAmelia Estelle Dellos|title= FreeksDelilah Recovered|rating= 3.54|genre= Science FictionFantasy|summary= In the spring of 1987We meet Dee at a point when her life isn't going as planned but things might, just might, the carnival comes be about to small-town Caudry, Louisiana. Then events take a dangerous turnlook up. For Mara Beznik, the carnival is home. It's also a place Out of secretswork, hidden powers and a buried past - making it hard about to connect with outsiders. However, sparks fly when she meets local boy Gabe Alvarado. As they become inseparablelose her flat, Mara realizes Gabe Dee is hiding his own secrets. And his family legacy could destroy Maraup for an accountant's worldjob. They find the word But it'freeks' sprayed on trailers, as carnival employees start disappearings not to be. Then workers wind up dead, killed in disturbing ways Dee is attacked by someone or somethingtwo men calling themselves witch hunters. Mara is determined She survives the attack but not unscathed. Witch hunters? What on earth has that to unlock the mystery, do with GabeDee? She's helpjust an ordinary woman, living an ordinary life. But can they really halt this campaign Slivers of memory of fear?things that are not ordinary at all return to her and things will never be the same....|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1509807659</amazonuk>B0BKYFDLLV

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Stephanie GarberHadeer Elsbai|title=CaravalThe Daughters of Izdihar|rating=54

|summary=Scarlett Dragna has had one desire all her life: to visit Drawing inspiration from Egypt, ''The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the lives of two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the rights of women and weavers – those with magical abilities - in a Caravalsociety pitted against them. These interactive events put on by magician Nehal, born into the upper class, wishes to attend the Weaving Academy to learn to control her abilities and entrepreneur Legend are world famous then join the military, but very exclusiveinstead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. ItGiorgina on the other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to provide for her family and maintain their reputation, whilst secretly attending meetings of the Daughters of Izdihar – a group campaigning for women's therefore rights. Giorgina also happens to be in love with Nico. What follows is a huge surprise when Scarlett story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and her sister Tella receive tickets. These will take them away cruelty, from which blossoms a group of admirable women fighting for their sadistic father rights and prison-like island home for overcoming their personal obstacles.|isbn=0356520471}}{{Frontpage|author=Heather Fawcett|title=Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=Emily Wilde is an expert academic scholar on faerie lore, and she has travelled extensively, and researched meticulously, to write her life's work, the very first timeencyclopaedia of faeries. Caraval Whilst she is never what one expects though brilliant at research and speaking to faeries, she is not so good with people. So when Tella is kidnappedshe finds herself far, Scarlett experiences far North in the sinister side small village of a game in which nothing Hrafvsnik, having somehow offended the village matriarch, she is not sure what it seemsshe has done, nor how to redeem herself and put her final investigations for her book back on the right track. Enter Wendell Bambleby, her dashingly handsome and insufferable rival who arrives unexpectedly, all charm and delight, much to Emily's frustration. But why is he here? What does he want? And what exactly is going on with the faerie folk around Hravsnik?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473629144</amazonuk>0356519120

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Neil GaimanChristopher Golden|title=Stardust: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisationRoad of Bones

|genre=Fantasy Horror|summary=Tristan Thorn has never wanted to cross The Kolyma Highway… the Wall from his sleepy English village to 'Road of Bones'… the land R504. Stretching for over a thousand miles across Siberia, it's one of Faerie beyondthe world's most notorious routes. However, when For months of the girl year it's a spread of his dreams – sheet ice suspended above the beautiful Victoria Forester – promises permafrost surrounding it, while its 'spring' sees it turn into a huge blodge of unremitting, apocalyptic-level mud, which dries into rutted, puddly dust. I don't think google streetview updates it very often. Built because Stalin wanted so much uranium and other Siberian minerals, and because he wanted to be his bride if he retrieves give too many people a fallen starlesson, he has no choiceit legendarily cost a life every metre it covers. Without hesitation You can easily find documentaries about it online, Tristan sets out on a quest but that will lead him into 's a series bit rich, for one of bizarre adventures and set him against our main characters, Felix 'Teig' Teigland, is a film-maker, doing a recce with his cameraman buddy, John Prentiss – who's mostly there to encourage the dark forces project to fruition to claw back some of the strange funds he'd invested in the pair's prior TV projects. They pick up their oh-so-chatty local guide, gain the company of a local beauty, and magical land of Stormholdfetch up at the guide's childhood village. And that's where things start to go awry…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785295624</amazonuk>1803361476

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Susan DennardAndrew Givler|title=Windwitch Soul Fraud (The Witchlands SeriesDebt Collection Book 1)|rating=54

|summary=Merik Nihar, ''Matt has a terrible life. Seriously—it's awful. It is so bad that Dan the Windwitch and former fleet admiral, must lay low on account Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of the fact that everyone believes him deada blissful life in exchange for his soul. He knows the attempted assassination was instigated by his sister'' Poor Dan! I know, ViviaI know, but he doesnwe shouldn't yet realise how this attempt will change him and his powersfeel sorry for soul-catching demons. Safi meanwhile But he really is regretting using her Truthwitch skills to help the Empress Vanessa terrible salesman. Apart from anything else, it's deadly dull He never hits his targets and has taken her away from Iseult, friend and Threadsister. Eventually though when he fails to get even Matt to sign on the dull disappears and itdotted line, he's not only Safi whoso desperate that he simply forges Matt's left with the deadly as allies appear from unexpected places and friendships are doubted while their world teeterssignature.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1447282302</amazonuk>1958204021

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Su BristowOlivie Blake|title= SealskinThe Atlas Six|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy |summary= Donald is a young fishermanDark, sharp, eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous ...and highly inquisitive, ''The Atlas Six'' makes its publishing debut after becoming a terrible mistake. His action changes lives Tik- not only his own, but those of his family and the entire tightly knit community in which they liveTok sensation. Can he ever atone for the wrong he has done, and can love grow when its foundation is violence?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1910633607</amazonuk>1529095239

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Jon SkovronDaniel Abraham|title= Bane and Shadow|rating= 5|genre= Fantasy|summary=''I am beyond redemption'' ''Bane and Shadow'' picks up a year after the final events of the [[Hope and Red by Jon Skovron|first installment]] in the Empire Age of Storms series, which I highly recommend reading if you haven't already. Following the great characters we met in the previous novel, ''Bane and Shadow'' has even more action with brilliant battles, nail-biting tension and a new darkness to the story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356507157</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=E M Davey|title=The Napoleon ComplexAsh

|genre=ThrillersFantasy|summary=Journalist Jake Wolsey's brush with We meet Alys under the Book most northerly of Fate and that fatal Etruscan lightening isnOldgate't over. s four bridges, Historical quotes, intrigue she has a knife in her hand and a call for help from former lover and MI6 operative Jenny start meeting that she dreads. Meanwhile the City of Kithamar is at a whole new search for point in the source turning of power years when the worlds are at their thinnest and destructionall things are possible. This time it's linked to Napoleon Bonaparte It is the night between the funeral of a Prince and the odd inclusion coronation of an Etruscan scroll in his portraitsuccessor. If For a night the scroll Kithamar is what Jake and Jenny think it is, where has it gone? Our heroes aren't the only curious people and, while their search takes them across the world, it's as much about fatality avoidance as it is treasure huntingun-ruled. Who will get the answer first and at what cost to themselves… and civilisation?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0715651080</amazonuk>0356515427

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Charlie LaidlawAnn Sei Lin|title= The Things We Learn When We're DeadRebel Skies

|genre= General FictionTeens|summary= On Kurara has spent her entire life as a servant on the way to Midori, a dinner party, Lorna Love steps into massive dining hall floating in the path sky where soldiers of an oncoming carthe Empire come to drink and make merry between their conquests. Waking up in what appears However, when a man named Himura arrives to be tell her that she is a hospitalCrafter like him, but someone with the power to form paper into whatever she desires – a hospital in which wine is served for supper, everyone avoids power sought after all across the Empire. He asks her questionsto come with him, and her nurse looks suspiciously like Sean Conneryto leave the life of dreary servitude that is all she has known. Well, it soon transpires that Lorna is Kurara won't have any say in Heaventhe matter, or, at least, on HVN. Because HVN because the Midori is destroyed by a lost, dysfunctional spaceshipmonstrous paper spirit known as a shikigami, and God she is forced to flee out into the aging hippy captainworld. At first Lorna can remember nothing, but as her memories return – some goodShe joins Himura aboard the Orihime, some bad, she realises that she has a decision sky-ship whose express purpose is to makehunt down shikigami, and that maybe, she needs to find a way home…whole world of adventure awaits her…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1786150352</amazonuk>1406399590

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Terry GoodkindB09Q3P283Y|title= Death's Mistress|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= We start this novel as a Heroine and a hero travelling through the forest, in search of a witch. I immediately love it, when the focus is on the female lead and the male lead is painted as a bit of a pompous twonk, with more care for clothes and jewellery, than for saving mankind. However, it becomes harder to like her as the book winds its tale, when you realise that she is a heartless, murdering, uncaring, psychopath. It becomes relatively clear that she has been damaged from a young age (which was a while ago, seeing as she's almost 200 years old), that has had effects on how she has lived her life until this point. However, their goal of spreading the word of Emperor's Rahl victory over the evil Emperor Janang to the furthest reaches of his kingdom, becomes diverted, when prophecy leaves the world and an old witch imparts the knowledge of an old prophecy that foretells that Nicci will save the world.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786691639</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewShadebringer|author=Ian Tregillis|title=The Liberation: Book Three of The Alchemy WarsGrayson W Hooper

|summary=The war between Clyde Robbins signs up for the New Dutch and US Army during the Vietnam War. He's not really that invested in the fight against Communism, nor is he particularly interested in a career in the New French continue aided military. If he's honest - which Clyde usually is, with himself at least - he hasn't got many choices and complicated by this one, at least, gets him out of the Mechanicalsrut he' rebellions in. In fact the day the world ended comes as He's good in training and is quickly put onto a shock to everyone, not to mention a bloody messnon commissioned officer training course. He's chuffed with himself. Let the apocalypse begin!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356502341</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Luke ScullJennifer Saint|title=Dead Man's Steel (Grim Company)Elektra|rating=4.5|genre=FantasyLiterary Fiction|summary=The fehd move on, killing humanity with ruthless efficiency. The remaining heroes are trying to win 'Elektra' by Jennifer Saint tells the story of three women who live in the war but they've got issues heavily male dominated world of their ownAncient Greece. Brodar KayneCassandra, the Sword of the NorthClytemnestra, joins forces against fehd with Carn Bloodfist which has its problems since Brodar killed Carn's father. Davarus Cole and Sasha Elektra are slightly imprisoned whereas Eremul all bit players in the story of the Halfmage is still raging wherever possibleTrojan War. This raging takes turns with coming to terms with Yet Jennifer Saint shows us that often the shock of his apprentice's true identity. Indeed silent women have the former apprentice, Isaac, is fulfilling his true potential although not on most compelling stories and the side that Eremul had envisagedmost extreme furies. These heroes – all that remains of the Grim Company - are humanity's only hope… Good luck humanity!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178185159X</amazonuk>1472273915

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Brandon SandersonDean Koontz|title= Arcanum UnboundedQuicksilver|rating= 42.5|genre= Fantasy Thrillers|summary= Brandon Sanderson is more cannon than manMeet Quinn Quicksilver. He fires out more works than any other author of fantasy's not had the chance to get to be a mercurial character yet, for he's lived in a nun-run orphanage since he was a three-day old foundling, and now is starting a career on a needless magazine's staff. Not only does But when this book starts he write an awe inspiring amount IS now ''subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of novelsmood or mind'', for something – call it unearthly intuition, but call it mind-control, call it a supernatural urge – has demanded of him that he also writes various short fictions that go alongside themto a derelict diner, find a gold coin worth a fortune, cash the value of it out of his bank and prepare for going on the lam. And all this is just in time for two of those typical Men in hereBlack types to turn up and suggest he's of interest to them. Helped to escape, for the first timehe finds his flight is interrupted by other instances of him acting without being in control, all the major ones are collected togetherdiscovery that he is not unique in having some kind of burgeoning power – and a whole lot more besides.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473218039</amazonuk>1542019885

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= James YoungTasha Suri|title= Rise of the Dust ChildThe Jasmine Throne|rating= 4|genre= Science Fiction Fantasy|summary=An age has passed since On the fall night of the old worldher sacred burning, Princess Malini defies her brother and refuses to step on to the rise of the malignant Dust peoplepyre. Amongst She is immediately sent to be imprisoned on the terrors Hirana: an ancient temple that was once filled with a community of this new age, humanity still lingers within the wreckage of civilisation, held together by people who got powers from the promise of a better existence in the next lifemysterious deathless waters. But not all are satisfied by this dogma. Within now the smoggy city of Fort Palmertemple is nothing more than an overgrown, eight year old Doran and his friend Alena stand apartdecaying ruin. One day, struggling to retain the lost glory of their faith. But the unquiet dead and the forces of faith do not take kindly to those who try to fix Malini witnesses a broken worldgirl kill someone with magic. As the quest to save the future leads each Instead of them down reporting her for such a dark pathgruesome crime, they are cast apart - struggling to overcome Malini claims that the monstrous dusters girl saved her from an attacker and begs for the fear within themselves, desperate girl to see each other againbecome her own personal maidservant. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1524634379</amazonuk>0356515648

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ben AaronovitchGenevieve Gornichec|title=The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London 6)Witch's Heart|rating=54

|summary=When Lady Tyburn rescued Police Officer Peter Grant she put him A modern and approachable reimagining of the Norse myths that centres around a witch named Angrboda. She hides in a forest at the edge of the nine worlds, remembering nothing of her debt. Now itpast life but that fact that she was survived burnt at the stake three times because of Odin's payback time as wrath. Her attempts to live in peace, however, are quickly thwarted when Loki shows up with her literal heart—the one that was cut from her daughter is implicated in a murderchest before she was tied to the stake—and refuses to leave her alone. Is this just another drug related killing? NoAfter an initial period of mistrust, Peter is only involved in crime related Angrboda begins to fall for Loki's charms, and the supernatural side two start an unusual family made of life and since both Lady Ty and up a half-dead daughter are river goddesses, therea son that's a wolf, and another son that's much to investigatea snake.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0575132558</amazonuk>1789097061

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David DalglishHannah Whitten|title=Fireborn (The Seraphim Trilogy)For the Wolf|rating=4.5

|summary=When In Red's family, the Center (first daughter becomes queen, and the government thatsecond daughter becomes a sacrifice. To Red's meant to protect them) destroys misfortune, she is the second daughter. Sent alone into the Academy Bree and Kael Skyborn take woods with nothing but the only route open cape on her back, Red knows what to them. They join expect: within the resistance woods is a wolf, and some allies he is the one who they'd be more wary will decide the fate of in other circumstancestheir kingdom. Indeed If she is not a worthy sacrifice, the Prophet Johan may not have seemed that attractive monsters he keeps contained to them in the past but woods will be released, and the fabled kings he has resources that keeps hostage will come in useful as well as some interesting secretsnever be returned—or so the stories go. Bree and Kael will definitely learn a lotBut when Red enters the woods, expecting nothing more than to be killed within the hour, including why she finds that the Skyborn family legends are so prized by the dictatorial organisation they now battle againstlies. The wolf is not a monster—he's a man.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356506517</amazonuk>0356516369

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Genevieve CogmanJohn Gwynne|title= The Burning Page (The Invisible Library Series)|rating= 4.5|genre= Fantasy|summary= Think Indiana Jones, Robert Langdon or Jack West, with a sprinkle of the panache of James Bond and Raffles. Educated and courageous folk who risk all to obtain that magical talisman, that precious statue, that ancient scroll, and, now and then, to save the free world in the process. Place such a person in a multi-universe where on every world the same struggle is being played out: the dragons, who stand for order and control, oppose the Fae, who desire chaos and drama. And then turn your hero or heroine into a . . . librarian. Huh? Does not compute!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447256271</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= James Goss|title= Class: What She Does Next Will Astound You|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy |summary=At Coal Hill School, things have started to get public. Kids have become obsessed with a website that demands you perform risky stunts, or tell it your most painful secrets. And Seraphin, everyone's favourite vlogger, wants you to get involved. All in the name of charity. At first people just get hurt. Then their lives are ruined. Finally, they disappear. As April's fragile group of friends starts to fracture, she decides she's going to uncover the truth behind thie site herself. Whatever it takes, whoever she hurts, April's going to win. But then, to her horror, she wakes up and finds her whole world's changed. What she does next will astound you. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785941887</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=James Islington|title=Shadow Of The Shadow of What Was Lost: Book One of the Licanius TrilogyGods|rating=4.5

|summary=Young Davian The Shadow Of The Gods is an Augur; a once powerful race that has become almost extinct due to legislation. The surviving remnant stay silent about their powers lest they follow the same fate as their forebears – outlawed and then murdered by a harsh legal system. Up till now Davian has been safe within an academy for first installment of the Bloodsworn Saga, set in the Gifted: era of the Tol Vikings in Andarrathe shadow of Ragnarok, when the Gods have battled and their bones lie scattered for all to see. Then one day everything changes. Now Davian This story is running for his lifethe ultimate in High Fantasy, unaware of his capabilities or whom it's safe and John Gwynne certainly does justice to trustthe genre, with mythical creatures, archaic language and battles galore. It's even worse than it sounds for this This is a world on the edge of warthick book, trying with an intricate plot and fascinating characters that are woven together to suppress secrets that will endanger its very existencecreate a wonderfully realistic and gritty world in which our heroes must do battle.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356507750</amazonuk>0356514218

{{newreview|author= A K Benedict|title= Class: The Stone House|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary=There's an old stone house near Coal Hill School. Most people hurry past it. They've heard the stories. But, if you stop, and look up, you'll see the face of a girl, pressed up against a window. Screaming. Tanya finds herself drawn Move on to the stone house. There's a mystery there, and she's going to solve it. But the more she investigates, the more she realises that there's a presence in the house. One that wants her. Something is waiting for Tanya in the stone house. Something that has been trapping others in its web over the years. Something that is far worse than any ghost...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785941879</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Daniel Polansky|title=A City Dreaming|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary=A City Dreaming guides us through a year in the life of the restless and enigmatic M as he returns to New York after travelling. A magical adept, well-known to the various non-human beings that frequent the alternative realities of New York City and not without power himself, you'd never guess any of it from his nonchalant hipper-than-thou attitude. He tries to keep out of local politics – opposing camps of magical affiliates in the city – but can be fiercely loyal to his closest associates. Though he reluctantly gets mixed up in various scrapes via his strange bunch of friends and acquaintances, and occasionally has to save the day, all he really wants is to be left alone to enjoy the sex, drugs and good coffee that abound in the city.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473634253</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Karen Maitland|title=The Plague Charmer|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=The people of Porlock Weir have heard the rumours. King Edward III has fled with his family to the New Forest to escape the Plague in London. Will it remain confined to the city? The last time no one was safe and, according to Janveer, the strange woman fishermen rescued from the sea, it'll be the same again. Janveer has a proposition though. She can save Porlock and all it will cost them is one life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472235827</amazonuk>}}[[Newest For Sharing Reviews]]