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[[Category:New Reviews|Fantasy]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreview|title=Manifest Destiny Volume 1Frontpage|author=Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts and Owen GieniA G Slatter|rating=4|genre=Graphic Novels|summarytitle=It's 1804 and some newly-American soldiers are expanding the territory to the west, at the orders of President Jefferson – orders which allude to the pioneering party encountering some very unusual things. And they do – first a huge arc of greenery, putting the modern reader in mind of the Missouri landmark arch as bastardised by something along the lines of the Statue of Liberty in the original 'Planet The Briar Book of the Apes'. But when that site gets attacked the weirdness certainly starts to show itself…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1607069822</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Melanie Rawn|title=Glass Thorns - ThornlostDead|rating=45

|summary=The Touchstone Players are back and now mostly married but the show must go on. Talking of which, it's their playwright Cayden's 21st naming day. HeThere's come a part of age but his aristocratic mother would still rather he went me that wants to court as a courtier than the entertainer that his wizard/elven/fae heritage equips him keep this just to myself forhowever long I can. However Cade has other concerns. HeThis secret magic of my own, the dwarf glisterall mine, Mieka who wields Cade's magic, Rafe (who manipulates at last. I just want to enjoy it) and Jeska the masker (who can literally become anyone) are no longer the court favouritesfor a while. Also, you remember the danger that Cade foresaw for Mieka from Mieka's wife in his elsewhen premonitions? Well, there's more! (There follows some spoilers for the previous novels so read them first before reading on.)|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781166641</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Rebecca Alexander|title=The Secrets of Life and Death|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=A girl covered in magic sigils dies in London watched by Jackdaw (Jack) Hammond. Jack had tried to cure her but Within a remote mountain pass, far away from the girl escaped. Now Jack has another chance to provide the treatment linking them with Elizabethan alchemist/mathematician/royal advisor John Dee. Indeed some would even call Dee world, lies Silverton; a sorcerer. Jack could achieve so much if she does it better town under the next time but protection of the fight won't be easy. SheBriar's not the only one who wants her new subject, although she may be the only one a family of witches who knows how to save her.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091953243</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Hilda and protect the Black Hound|author=Luke Pearson|rating=4.5|genre=Graphic Novels|summary=Hilda town and the Black Hound is wider world from the fourth book in the “Hildafolk” seriesDarklands. Though she has always wished for magic, each of which Ellie Briar is a selfthe first non-contained tale about witch to be born into her family for generations and as such since she was young, her training as a highly inquisitive little girl steward revolved around letters and administration rather than spells and potions. When her adventures. This time Hilda joins grandmother suddenly dies, Ellie's cousin Audra becomes the Sparrow Scouts and befriends a house spirit whilst in the meantime a mysterious beast stalks Briar Witch, the town of Trolberg's leader, and Ellie takes her place beside her.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263184</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tanya Huff|title=The Wild Ways: An Enchantment Emporium Novel (Enchantment Emporium 2)|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=Charlie GaleAs challenges come her way left, right and centre, Ellie uncovers the lass who has magic in rare ability to communicate with the dead, putting her music (literally!), leaves at the rest heart of the family behind to play at a Celtic festival on the Canadian coastmaelstrom of chaos. You can never leave the Gale Reeling from one family behind though even when the problem is an oil company drilling offshore in a seal sanctuary area. This may not be a popular occupation but the oil company has the clout secret to another, Ellie must decide who to trust and determine what to use a little leverage. Charlie pits herself against them with do as the help of a Selkie family but in the process (family link incoming) also pits herself against the formidable Aunt Catherine. Back home Allie is having trouble with JackBriar witches' legacy, the young sorcerer dragon everything they rescued from the underworld last timehave sacrificed to survive, is under threat. Indeed, in the Gale households there's no such thing as peace and quiet anymore!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781169624</amazonuk>1803364548

{{newreview|author=Terry PratchettRosevear, Ian Stewart a remote and Jack Cohen|title=The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (Science of Discworld 4)|rating=4partially forgotten island, survives on luring ships into the rocks and plundering the wrecks.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=The wizards Mira, like her mother before her, is one of the Unseen University are custodians of Roundworldseven who swim out to survey the ruins – rescuing any survivors and any treasure that lies within. It may be different from their own turtle-carried Discworld (itBut when the Council Watch lays a trap to end the wrecking, they capture the island's round for a start!) but theyleader and Mira're still rather fond of its father. HoweverDesperate to save him from death, there's Mira makes a problem: the Church of the Latter Day Omnians have taken bargain with a shine to it too wreck survivor who is as charming as he is secretive and would like with only coordinates to claim it. A court case will decide the winnerguide her, she sets off in search of a court case family secret that will have a guest spectatorlies buried deep in the sea. For Marjorie Daw (yesWith only nine days to unearth what might save her father, like as her journey takes her from the watched streets of foreign islands to the heart of the smuggler's territory, Mira must be determined to stop at nothing to save the future of her home and the nursery rhyme) has arrived from Roundworld just in timeones she holds most dear. What on Earth will happen next?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0091949807</amazonuk>0008664730

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Octavia E ButlerT Kingfisher|title=KindredThornhedge

|summary=Life is a nightmare for black women (and indeed men) back in the southern USA in 1815. For Dana that's just history as she lives over 'You had a century away with her husband in their new LA apartment. However one day everything changes: Dana starts right to feel faint, the edges of her modern life blur and she's back in the era that can take more than her libertyretake your place. She knows her time travel is somehow linked to plantation owner's son Rufus but that doesn't help. In fact its knowledge that could make matters worse.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472214811</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Den Patrick|title=The Boy with the Porcelain Blade|rating=4|genre=Fantasy|summary=Lucien has reached his 18th birthday T Kingfisher's latest novella is a lovely reimagining of a fairytale that is well known and final testingwell beloved. This But whilst there is the important one for Lucien a princess trapped in a tower, sleeping under an eternal enchantment, Thornhedge is Orfano and as such lives for the day when he passes and can be adopted by one of the four housesnot her story. He hopes for the FonteiniInstead, our protagonist is Toadling, the house of fighters who was stolen away by fairies when she was a new-born baby and with it will come an understanding of all secreted away to the mysteries land of Landfall. However there are some mysteries that are secrets even fairie where her childhood was spent being taught how to draw magic from the Orfani her veins and for a very good reasoncast spells.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>057513383X</amazonuk>1803364238

{{newreview|author=Louise Welsh|title=A Lovely Way to Burn (Plague Times Trilogy 1)|rating=4Cast out from Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in which her art can find a home and where her future can thrive rather than stagnate.5|genre=Crime|summary=The summer of But as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the great heat wave is also powerful Accademia, the summer of death. Stevie thought nothing self-proclaimed guardians of the three establishment pillars turned snipers; healing magics that through paintings have the news just didn't registerpower to protect the city and its citizens from plagues and curses. Then the illness came: plagueThe all-like symptoms sweeping across the world. When Stevie's boyfriend dies it's easy to put it down to the pandemic but Stevie male Accademia has a hunch hoarded power over art and architecture for centuries and she won't stop till she's followed guard itabove all else. To them, Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and change – has no matter what happens or who tries to stop herplace amongst them and their society.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848546513</amazonuk>1803362340

{{newreview|title=Night Broken (Mercy Thompson)|author=Patricia Briggs|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=Phew. That's Set in the sound of relief I gave when I found this booknear-distant future, the eighth in this lengthy genre series, was a world on form. As the quality had hardly ever dipped verge of climate collapse, Britain is in the past you might be wondering why I sounded particularly anxious this timegreat peril. Well, book seven was that dip, and this time round things have changed – for the first time the The British market gets Isles desperately needs a hardback. But we've not jumped hero (or several) to save the sharkday and rescue what little remains. If anything, the fantasy side of this series is following on from [[Mercy Thompson: River Marked by Patricia Briggs|book six – River Marked]] and the fae implement What no-one expected was that was so much a feature one of that book is being requested by a dangerously powerful character. But the urban fantasy side Knights of this series is not without its dangerous characters – as Mercy is forced to bring the worried, frantic yet exceedingly manipulative figure of her husband's first wife into Round Table would answer the shelter of their household…call.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>035650154X</amazonuk>0356518523

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Richard FordAmelia Estelle Dellos|title=The Shattered Crown (Steelhaven: Book Two)Delilah Recovered|rating=4.5

|summary=We meet Dee at a point when her life isn''The king is dead… his city is next'' shouts the straplinet going as planned but things might, just might, and it's not wrong!Following on from [[Herald of the Storm by Richard Ford|Herald be about to look up. Out of the Storm]]work, Janessa is the new queen and is quaking; she's young, inexperienced and watching the massed hordes of Amon Tugha approach about to rout the kingdom of Steelhaven. This isn't the only problem lose her fatherflat, Dee is up for an accountant's untimely death has left her with; there's a whole heap of trouble (internal as much as external) and hardly anyone Janessa can trustjob. Little Rag is now in the Guild but But it's not all she dreamt it would to be or as safe as she'd hoped. Meanwhile Merrick Dee is attacked by two men calling themselves witch hunters. She survives the ex-mercenary and Kaira, the former spear maiden are settling into their new job as bodyguards to the Queenattack but not unscathed. Merrick, though, Witch hunters? What on earth has other things that to think about as his past comes back to haunt him. Waylian the witchdo with Dee? She's assistant is still alivejust an ordinary woman, which is goodliving an ordinary life. And Regulus? He just wants to offer his men's swords in defence Slivers of memory of Steelhaven but just didn't realise how difficult things that would are not ordinary at all return to her and things will never be, even before the fighting officially startssame....|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0755394062</amazonuk>B0BKYFDLLV

 {{newreview|title=The Islands of ChaldeaFrontpage|author=Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula JonesHadeer Elsbai|ratingtitle=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Imagine a story – a good old-fashioned adventure with journeys and magic and villains and young people finding their strengths despite the odds, and coming at last to the place they belong. Then imagine another story, a heart-touching one this time, about the writing of that story, and you have the whole The Daughters of this charming book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007542232</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Libriomancer|author=Jim C HinesIzdihar|rating=4.5

|summary=Pulp fantasy may be frowned upon by some Drawing inspiration from Egypt, ''The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the lives of two women who believe that novels should could not be about emotionsmore different, inner journeys yet find themselves fighting for the rights of women and despairweavers – those with magical abilities - in a society pitted against them. Fantasy Nehal, born into the upper class, wishes to attend the Weaving Academy to learn to control her abilities and science fiction can have all these things as wellthen join the military, but they can also be fun, entertaining and laser pistolsinstead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. ‘Libriomancer’ by Jim C Hines is Giorgina on the other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great example. It is a book that follows Isaac Vainiopressure to provide for her family and maintain their reputation, whilst secretly attending meetings of the Daughters of Izdihar – a Libriomancer who has the power group campaigning for women's rights. Giorgina also happens to draw magic from booksbe in love with Nico. He must use this gift to good effect when one day, whilst sitting comfortably cataloguing, he What follows is attacked by three vampires. Does that sound fun to you? If soa story of an unjust society, read on; if notfilled with hypocrisy and cruelty, this may not be the book from which blossoms a group of admirable women fighting for youtheir rights and overcoming their personal obstacles.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0091953456</amazonuk>0356520471

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mur LaffertyHeather Fawcett|title=Ghost Train to New Orleans: Book 2 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of the Shambling GuidesFaeries

|genre=FantasyGeneral Fiction|summary= After delivering [[The Shambling Guide Emily Wilde is an expert academic scholar on faerie lore, and she has travelled extensively, and researched meticulously, to New York City (The Shambling Guides) by Mur Lafferty|The Shambling Guide to New York]]write her life's work, a travel guide for the coterie very first encyclopaedia of the undead, Zoe the inadvertent citytalker goes to New Orleans to research the next onefaeries. She sets off with a feeling of forebodingWhilst she is brilliant at research and speaking to faeries, but perhaps she's being overly pessimistic? is not so good with people. I mean, So when she's travelling with two godsfinds herself far, (one far North in the small village of whom Hrafvsnik, having somehow offended the village matriarch, she is a rather strident ex-Valkyrie)not sure what she has done, a baby dragon, two vampires (one of whom hates nor how to redeem herself and put her) and Arthur, final investigations for her boyfriend book back on the Public Works employeeright track. (YesEnter Wendell Bambleby, Public Works as in the body that polices her dashingly handsome andinsufferable rival who arrives unexpectedly, where necessaryall charm and delight, clears away the coteriemuch to Emily's frustration.) Oh and by the way, Arthur may be turning into a zombie soon. But why is he here? What does he want? The trip will be fine; And what could possibly go wrongexactly is going on with the faerie folk around Hravsnik?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356501914</amazonuk>0356519120

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Anne LeonardChristopher Golden|title=Moth and SparkRoad of Bones

|genre=FantasyHorror|summary=Prince Corin has been bewitched by The Kolyma Highway… the dragons, something he'll forget until Road of Bones'… the time is right for him to free the fire breathers from enslavement to Emperor Hadon of MyceneR504. It doesn't stop there though - thatStretching for over a thousand miles across Siberia, it's not all heone of the world's been bewitched bymost notorious routes. The commoner Tam happens to be attending For months of the summer court at his palace; year it's a house party for unmarried debs to find spread of sheet ice suspended above the husband permafrost surrounding it, while its 'spring' sees it turn into a huge blodge of their parents' dreamsunremitting, apocalyptic-level mud, which dries into rutted, puddly dust. Tam isnI don't actually looking but Corin finds her anywaythink google streetview updates it very often. Built because Stalin wanted so much uranium and other Siberian minerals, and because he wanted to give too many people a lesson, it legendarily cost a life every metre it covers. However their world doesnYou can easily find documentaries about it online, but that's a bit rich, for one of our main characters, Felix 'Teig't run as smoothly as their hearts: war Teigland, is about a film-maker, doing a recce with his cameraman buddy, John Prentiss – who's mostly there to encourage the project to fruition to start, murderous treachery stalks claw back some of the funds he'd invested in the palace and Tam has visions she canpair't explains prior TV projects. Although as time goes on They pick up their purpose becomes cleareroh-so-chatty local guide, gain the company of a local beauty, and fetch up at the guide's childhood village. Tam and Corin realise And that their reason for being together extends beyond love – they've been brought together s where things start to save the world.go awry…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0670015709</amazonuk>1803361476

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Joanne M HarrisAndrew Givler|title=Soul Fraud (The Gospel of LokiDebt Collection Book 1)|rating=54

|summary=Loki is ''Matt has a shape shifter and the most recent addition to the Norse gods in the halls of Asgardterrible life. Seriously—it's awful. He’s there to help It is so bad that Dan the likes of Odin and Thor but sometimes things go wrong or his actions are misunderstood. Loki definitely doesn’t deserve his ‘Trickster’ nickname and will explain why to anyone who will listen. This Demon is Loki's gospel, shocked when Matt turns down his long-overdue side infernal offer: 10 years of the story and it’s all here: how he arranged a mason to rebuild Asgard (shame about the horse), blissful life in exchange for his marriage to Sygni, the problems fathering a werewolf and giving birth to a foal, what Freyja’s gold necklace cost mankind and, of course, that day Thor became a beautiful bridesoul. (An occasion Thor has never spoken of since for some reason!) Indeed, Loki is there to help and facilitate - if anyone tells you differently, don’t believe them!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473202353</amazonuk>}}''

{{newreview|title=A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent|author=Marie Brennan|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=We could all wish for a little of Lady Trent in ourselves. It's obvious what she feels she has inside herPoor Dan! I know, for ever since she was a young girl she ignored society and decorum and was interested in scienceI know, nature, and the discovery of all that was unknown about dragons. She even went on a hunt we shouldn't feel sorry for wolfsoul-drakes, disguised as a male, and that's a species that prefers female preycatching demons. But as renowned he really is a pioneer as she is, she has terrible salesman. He never told anyone in such detail of her life storieshits his targets and, starting with this one – a journey when he fails to get even Matt to sign on the colddotted line, mountainous land of Vystrana, which successfully uncovered a lot of the truth about dragons – but also a lot he's so desperate that was much harder to explain…he simply forges Matt's signature.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1783292393</amazonuk>1958204021

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Unnatural CreaturesOlivie Blake|authortitle=Neil GaimanThe Atlas Six

|genre=TeensFantasy|summary=''I wished I could visit a Museum of Unnatural History, but even so, I was glad there wasn't one... If someone actually caught a werewolf, or a dragon, if they tamed a manticore or stabled a unicorn, put them in bottlesDark, dissected them, then they could be only one thingsharp, and they would no longer live in the shadowy places between the things I knew and the world of the impossible, which was, I was certainhighly inquisitive, the only place that mattered.'' So says Neil Gaiman in the introduction to this anthology of sixteen The Atlas Six''unnatural creatures'' (to capitalise or not to capitalise, that is the question)makes its publishing debut after becoming a Tik-Tok sensation.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408845466</amazonuk>1529095239

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jen WilliamsDaniel Abraham|title=The Copper PromiseAge of Ash

|summary=Former knight Sir Sebastian Caverson and Wydrin We meet Alys under the most northerly of Crosshaven (aka Copper Cat) are swords for hire. On this occasion theyOldgate're hired by Lord Aaron Frith of Blackwood to enter the Citadels four bridges, of which dark legends abound. They don't know what they need to do once she has a knife in there, but her hand and a meeting that doesn't mattershe dreads. The trip unleashes something that would have made them forget Meanwhile the City of Kithamar is at a point in the turning of years when the worlds are at their purpose anyway, not to mention their pay: they awake Y'Ruen, the last godthinnest and all things are possible. In return for It is the alarm call, Y'Ruen breathes death across night between the known world with funeral of a little family assistance but that's not Prince and the worst bitcoronation of his successor. The worst bit (at least for them) For a night the Kithamar is that Sebastian and Wydrin are the only ones who can stop herun-ruled.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1472211111</amazonuk>0356515427

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Tanya HuffAnn Sei Lin|title=The Enchantment Emporium (Enchantment Emporium 1)Rebel Skies|rating=4.5|genre=FantasyTeens|summary=All Kurara has spent her entire life as a servant on the Gale family have powers and there are many Midori, a massive dining hall floating in the clan, mostly women. This is one sky where soldiers of the reasons that 24-year-old Allie (or Alysha Catherine Gale Empire come to the aunties) jumps at the chance of moving drink and make merry between their conquests. However, when a man named Himura arrives to the other side of Canada when her gran leaves tell her that she is a junk shop. OkCrafter like him, it may not be an ordinary junk shop and it could mean that Gran is dead but someone with the fact that power to form paper into whatever she desires – a power sought after all across the love of Empire. He asks her to come with him, to leave the life of dreary servitude that is all she has left her for a man makes her mind upknown. With Well, soon Kurara won't have any say in the help of Joe O'Hallanmatter, because the Midori is destroyed by a tall leprechaun with monstrous paper spirit known as a gift for selling yo-yosshikigami, Allie sorts and she is forced to flee out into the Enchantment Emporium but once there she hasn't escaped all supervisionworld. IndeedShe joins Himura aboard the Orihime, someone a sky-ship whose express purpose is watching her closely; very closely indeed.to hunt down shikigami, and a whole world of adventure awaits her…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781169608</amazonuk>1406399590

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jaye WellsB09Q3P283Y|title=Dirty Magic: Prospero's War: Book OneShadebringer|author=Grayson W Hooper|rating=54

|summary=Gray Wolf is Clyde Robbins signs up for the US Army during the new magic drug in town but itVietnam War. He's not really that invested in the fight against Communism, nor is he particularly interested in a mite more evil than career in the usual sex potions and enchanted uppers and downersmilitary. Gray Wolf ensures that the user becomes a craven devourer of flesh If he's honest - human flesh. Kate Prosperowhich Clyde usually is, cop seconded to the MEA (the government agency charged with clearing the streets of dirtyhimself at least - he hasn't got many choices and this one, at least, illegal magic) has her work cut gets him out. Unfortunately this work includes having to go into the Cauldron, the dangerous underbelly of a town called Babylon. However Kate has a lot to prove, having been born an adept in that very underbelly and now having to face the forces that helped create the tragedy still haunting her. Also, if she didnrut he't have enough to worry about, her ex-lover is implicated s in Gray Wolf. He's manufacture good in training and her kid brother is choosing his own way in life; not quickly put onto a good thing, not a good thing at allnon commissioned officer training course. He's chuffed with himself.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650297X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nora RobertsJennifer Saint|title=Dark Witch (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy)Elektra|rating=3.54|genre=Women's Literary Fiction|summary=American Iona Sheehan moves to Ireland in order to discover her ancestors' roots and oh so much more. Her ancestors were witches and her cousins Branna and Conor OElektra'Dwyer have acquired by Jennifer Saint tells the story of three women who live in the family talentheavily male dominated world of Ancient Greece. Under their care Cassandra, Clytemnestra, and tutelage Iona has her own skills honed as she develops Elektra are all bit players in the magick passed down to her in between her work at story of the local stablesTrojan War. Unfortunately magick isn't Yet Jennifer Saint shows us that often the only thing to silent women have survived the centuries. Cabahn, most compelling stories and the nemesis of Sorcha, the first O'Dwyer dark witch, has unfinished business with the cousins and not in a good waymost extreme furies.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0749958588</amazonuk>1472273915

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Last to RiseDean Koontz|authortitle=Francis KnightQuicksilver|rating=42.5|genre=FantasyThrillers|summary=Rojan has spent his life running from any sort of responsibilityMeet Quinn Quicksilver. He's not had the chance to get to be a mercurial character yet, but itfor he's all catching up with him lived in a nun-run orphanage since he was a three-day old foundling, and now. With the Mishans and Storads both knocking is starting a career on Mahalaa needless magazine's doorstaff. But when this book starts he IS now ''subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind'', for something – call it unearthly intuition, war seems inevitable. The inhabitants call it mind-control, call it a supernatural urge – has demanded of Mahala are starving as trade dries uphim that he go to a derelict diner, find a gold coin worth a fortune, cash the natural resources value of it out of his bank and prepare for going on the city all usedlam. And the paltry amount all this is just in time for two of Glow the few pain mages can generate isnthose typical Men in Black types to turn up and suggest he't enough s of interest to protect them. Helped to escape, he finds his flight is interrupted by other instances of him acting without being in control, the discovery that he is not unique in having some kind of burgeoning power – and a whole lot more besides.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>035650168X</amazonuk>1542019885

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=John R FultzTasha Suri|title=Seven Sorcerers: Books of the Shaper: Volume 3The Jasmine Throne

|summary=Vireon On the Giant-Kingnight of her sacred burning, Emperor Tyro Princess Malini defies her brother and Feathered Serpent/Sorcerer Khama are readying their armies refuses to step on to face the Almighty Zyung, would pyre. She is immediately sent to be conqueror of imprisoned on the Five Cities, Hirana: an ancient temple that was once filled with a Shaper and evil piece community of work. Meanwhile Sharadza (Vireon's sister) and Iardu (people who got powers from the good Shaper, mostly) take on swifter forms to beg assistance from every place and being they can think ofmysterious deathless waters. For But now the time temple is coming when the world's freedom depends on victory against insurmountable oddsnothing more than an overgrown, decaying ruin. Back at the armiesOne day, Dahrima the Axe, giantess and leader Malini witnesses a girl kill someone with magic. Instead of Vireon's spear-maiden body guard, has sworn to die for reporting her king but also has some emotional issues. As for Ianthe and Gammirsuch a gruesome crime, Malini claims that thecauses of much suffering in girl saved her from an attacker and begs for the past, they once again have their girl to become her own agendas that could mean Zyung is the least of anyone's worriespersonal maidservant.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356500837</amazonuk>0356515648

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=World After (Penryn and the End of Days Book 2)Genevieve Gornichec|authortitle=Susan EeThe Witch's Heart

|summary=Penryn successfully (depending on how you look at things) liberated her little sister Paige from the sick experiments A modern and approachable reimagining of the angels now ruling over the worldNorse myths that centres around a witch named Angrboda. Believed to be dead She hides in a forest at the start edge of the storynine worlds, Penryn finds herself remembering nothing of her past life but that fact that she was survived burnt at the control centre of the human resistance movement whose treatment stake three times because of her sister and other victims of angel brutality seems less than humanOdin's wrath. In order Her attempts to protect live in peace, however, are quickly thwarted when Loki shows up with her sister literal heart—the one that was cut from her chest before she feels was tied to the need stake—and refuses to leave the resistance and risk life in the nearly destroyed world amongst predators such as angels and even more horrifying creations spawned by the angelsher alone. All the while Pen clings After an initial period of mistrust, Angrboda begins to fall for Loki's charms, and the hope two start an unusual family made of up a reunion with Raffehalf-dead daughter, a son that's a wolf, the angel responsible for saving her life and true owner of the powerful sword she carries with heranother son that's a snake.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444778536</amazonuk>1789097061

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Girl With All the GiftsHannah Whitten|authortitle=M R CareyFor the Wolf|rating=4.5

|summary=Meet Melanie. Not something thatIn Red's likely to happenfamily, the first daughter becomes queen, but it's and the second daughter becomes a standard introduction and I'll run with itsacrifice. If you do find her, itTo Red's either in a subterranean cellmisfortune, or a classroomshe is the second daughter. Or Sent alone into the woods with nothing but the shower-roomcape on her back, where she and Red knows what to expect: within the other children get disinfectedwoods is a wolf, and get to eat a bowl he is the one who will decide the fate of maggots – the only nutrition they have all weektheir kingdom. All this If she is on not a military base worthy sacrifice, the monsters he keeps contained to the woods will be released, and the fabled kings he keeps hostage will never be returned—or so secure they've only seen a few members of staff – either military or mostly lacklustre teachers – and they've certainly no real hope of seeing sunlightthe stories go. They are there because of But when Red enters the Breakdownwoods, when most of expecting nothing more than to be killed within the world got turned into ravenoushour, mindless ''hungries''. But these children did not turn all she finds that the waylegends are lies. And as unlikely as it The wolf is, as implausible not a monster—he's a heroine as she is, young Melanie might just be the saviour of mankindman.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356502732</amazonuk>0356516369

 {{newreview|title=Rags and Bones|author=Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt (Editors)|rating=4.5|genre=Anthologies|summary=Some of today's top authors have come together to retell classic tales - from fairy stories to Victorian-era fiction. As usual with this kind of anthology, it's a fairly hit-or-miss affair, but the hits here are so strong that they're well worth picking up the book for. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472210522</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jay KristoffJohn Gwynne|title=Kinslayer (Lotus War Trilogy 2)The Shadow Of The Gods

|summary= Spoilers for [[Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff|Stormdancer]] follow soread it first!The Shogun Shadow Of The Gods is deadthe first installment of the Bloodsworn Saga, murdered set in the public square by 16 year old Kage rebelYukiko to avenge her family and era of the Vikings in retribution for the evil hold that he hasover shadow of Ragnarok, when the dystopian land of Shima. He may be dead but Hiro (equally nastyGods have battled and Yukiko's former lover) has a plan their bones lie scattered for all to take power which includes marryingAishasee. This story is the ultimate in High Fantasy, the Shogun's sister and secret Kage sympathiser. Yukiko has John Gwynne certainly does justice to stopthe wedding genre, with the help of Buruumythical creatures, the flying thunder tiger archaic language and Kin, theformer Lotus Guild engineerbattles galore. YesThis is a thick book, the Lotus Guild - the Shogun's lot.Yukiko has problems of her own as well, in with an intricate plot and fascinating characters that her ability are woven together to hear thethoughts of animals create a wonderfully realistic and feel the emotions of anyone and anything is becominga curse. Meanwhile gritty world in Hiro's palace there works No One, below the radar andbeneath contempt, but one daywhich our heroes must do battle.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230759025</amazonuk>0356514218

{{newreview|author=Mark Lingane|title=I Love Lucid|rating=3.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=Lucid is more than a full-immersion role play game; it's THE full-immersion role play game. Its inventor Seth Pascal has ensured that all that needs Move on to be done is to plug in and the player's brain will take them to the virtual world while during sleep, providing perfect lucidity and an alternative life within an avatar. However it's also becoming the game to die for. Yes, literally die for as players are being murdered while they're connected. Detective Evan Waugh is the investigator given the case to prove that he still has what it takes. However there's an added complication for both he and Seth as the investigation continues. Her name is Ellen, the woman for whom Lucid isn't just a way of life, it ''is'' her life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00G0T342Q</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=The Time Traveller's Almanac|author=Anne VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=From H.G Wells to ''Doctor Who'', there is something about a good time-travel story that has the power to ignite the imagination in a way unique to the genre. Perhaps it is due to the fact that when dealing with the subject of time travel, literally ''anything is possible''. Well, almost anything...apart from going back in time and killing your Grandfather, which we know would cause an almighty paradox and probably destroy the universe.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781853908</amazonuk>}}[[Newest For Sharing Reviews]]