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[[Category:New Reviews|Fantasy]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Kristen CiccarelliA G Slatter|title=The Last NamsaraBriar Book of the Dead|rating=4.5

|summary=''Once there was There's a girl who was drawn part of me that wants to wicked thingskeep this just to myself for however long I can. This secret magic of my own, all mine, at last. I just want to enjoy it for a while.''

Within a remote mountain pass, far away from the world, lies Silverton; a town under the protection of the Briar''The Last Namsara'' revolves around Ashas, a fierce young woman family of witches who protect the town and the wider world from the Darklands. Though she has whispered stories always wished for magic, Ellie Briar is the first non-witch to dragons all be born into her family for generations and as such since she was young, her training as a steward revolved around letters and administration rather than spells and potions. When her grandmother suddenly dies, Ellie's cousin Audra becomes the Briar Witch, the town's leader, and Ellie takes her place beside her life. But where once she told them in friendshipAs challenges come her way left, right and centre, now she uses stories Ellie uncovers the rare ability to hunt all those that still plague communicate with the dead, putting her fatherat the heart of a maelstrom of chaos. Reeling from one family secret to another, Ellie must decide who to trust and determine what to do as the Briar witches's fracturing kingdomlegacy, everything they have sacrificed to survive, is under threat.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1406375632</amazonuk>1803364548

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Mark AlderRachel Greenlaw|title= Son of the NightCompass and Blade|rating= 43.5|genre= FantasyTeens|summary=In [[Son ''I can hear the song of the Morning by Mark Alder|Son sea. The call of the Morning]]deep, author Mark Alder plunges the reader into answering beat in my heart.'' Rosevear, a chaoticremote and partially forgotten island, dangerous world, taking them back to survives on luring ships into the turbulent reign of Edward III rocks and plundering the dangers wrecks. Mira, like her mother before her, is one of the Hundred Years Warseven who swim out to survey the ruins – rescuing any survivors and any treasure that lies within. Adding elements of fantasy and theology But when the Council Watch lays a trap to end the mixwrecking, Alder created an intriguing read which is continued in ''Son of they capture the Nightisland's leader and Mira's father. With LuciferDesperate to save him from death, Satan, God, Devils Mira makes a bargain with a wreck survivor who is as charming as he is secretive and Angels interacting with only coordinates to guide her, she sets off in search of a cast family secret that lies buried deep in the sea. With only nine days to unearth what might save her father, as her journey takes her from the watched streets of real and well researched charactersforeign islands to the heart of the smuggler's territory, Alder continues his exploration Mira must be determined to stop at nothing to save the future of her home and the Hundred Years war whilst rather incredibly keeping his readers as educated as they are entertainedones she holds most dear.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0575115203</amazonuk>0008664730

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Keith DevineT Kingfisher|title=Wilderness of IceThornhedge|rating=45

|summary=Hans Schröder was not best pleased ''You had a right to be going to the Nazi party headquarters in Alexanderplatz, Berlinretake your place. It was '' T Kingfisher's latest novella is a snowy night in December 1937 and even then Heinrich Himmler of the SS Protection Squadron had something lovely reimagining of a reputationfairytale that is well known and well beloved. Schröder know that his beliefs were But whilst there is a princess trapped in a tower, sleeping under an eternal enchantment, Thornhedge is not completely in tune with those of the party hierarchyher story. Instead, our protagonist is Toadling, but on this occasion it who was an order which would find him leading an expedition to Tibet in search of the yeti: Hitler stolen away by fairies when she was a new-born baby and Josef Mengele were keen to see if improvements could be made secreted away to the master race and the thought land of a humanoid with amazing capabilities fairie where her childhood was too tempting spent being taught how to dismiss. In January 1938 the expedition was on its way via Transylvaniadraw magic from her veins and cast spells.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1524681857</amazonuk>1803364238

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Tom LloydNicole Jarvis|title= Princess of BloodA Portrait in Shadow|rating= 4.5|genre= FantasyHistorical Fiction|summary= Toil – unpredictable ''I want all of Florence to know my name'' Cast out from Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in which her art can find a home and dangerous even for an assassinwhere her future can thrive rather than stagnate. But as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the powerful Accademia, now wears the Princess self-proclaimed guardians of Blood on her jacket. Mercanery Lynx still has his doubts about her – but a new mission the healing magics that through paintings have the power to escort a dignitary soon throws protect the old team back together. Travelling to an ancient city that conceals a mysterious labyrinth, the situations go and its citizens from bad to worse, with new threats plagues and worse horrors on every cornercurses. The group argue all-male Accademia has hoarded power over art and bicker as they go along architecture for centuries and guard it above all else. To them, Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and change – but will they be too concerned with has no place amongst them and their own disputes to see the far blacker evil that threatens to surround them?society.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473213207</amazonuk>1803362340

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Tim AkersThomas D Lee|title= The Iron HoundPerilous Times|rating= 4.53

|summary=Ruling with an iron hand, ''Hate is the Church has eliminated path of least resistance'' Set in the ancient pagan ways. Yet demonic gheists terrorise near-distant future, in a world on the landverge of climate collapse, hunted by Britain is in great peril. The British Isles desperately needs a hero (or several) to save the Inquisition, while ageday and rescue what little remains. What no-old hatreds rage between one expected was that one of the north and Knights of the south. Three heroes Malcolm and Ian Blakeley and Gwendolyn Adair must end Round Table would answer the bloodshed before chaos is unleashedcall.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1783299509</amazonuk>0356518523

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Jess RichardsAmelia Estelle Dellos|title= City of CirclesDelilah Recovered|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= Danu is We meet Dee at a tightrope walker who is mourning point when her parentslife isn't going as planned but things might, just might, after a disease has ravaged the circus where she grew be about to look up. Her mother has entrusted her with a locket that hides a secret. Over the yearsOut of work, Danu pushes away about to lose her grief and develops elaborate and successful high-wire acts with Morrieflat, a charismatic hunchback who wants to marry herDee is up for an accountant's job. When the circus returns to DanuBut it's birthplace, Matryoshka, Danu not to be. Dee is enchanted attacked by two men calling themselves witch hunters. She survives the temples, spice mists, and pleasure seekers within the intoxicating outer circle districtattack but not unscathed. Here, she finally gains the courage Witch hunters? What on earth has that to open her motherdo with Dee? She's locketjust an ordinary woman, and discovers the name living an ordinary life. Slivers of a stranger who lives behind the locked gate memory of the Inner Circle. Fated things that are not ordinary at all return to remain in Matryoshka, Danu attempts to resolve this mystery. Will she her and Morrie ever be reunited, or things will something far more unexpected never be waiting for her in the mysterious heart of the city?same....|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473656680</amazonuk>B0BKYFDLLV

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ian LivingstoneHadeer Elsbai|title=Fighting Fantasy: The Port Daughters of PerilIzdihar|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy |summary=As I promised I would when I looked back at the beginning of the 35 year history of ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks [[Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone|(here)]], I took to the brand-new-for-2017 volume with my pen, mapping paper, and most importantly, dice. For the first time in a long, long time, I would not read a book for review. I would play it. And so, armed with healthy stamina, reasonable luck but frankly embarrassing skill, I set off. This is the report of that journey – as well as hopefully being the usual useful book review.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407181297</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Anthony Ryan|title=The Legion of Flame: Book Two of the Draconis Memoria|rating=5

|summary=WARNING: There are spoilers for [[Drawing inspiration from Egypt, ''The Waking Fire: Book One Daughters of Draconis Memoria by Anthony Ryan|Book 1]] from Izdihar'' explores the beginning.Lizanne Lethridgelives of two women who could not be more different, Blood-Blessed yet find themselves fighting for the rights of women and secret agent of the Exceptional Initiatives Division has survived another mission, only to be forced to go out again. This time it entails a manweavers – those with magical abilities -hunt in a place from which no one has emerged alivesociety pitted against them. Talking about aliveNehal, Claydon Torcreekborn into the upper class, having escaped several types of death in wishes to attend the jungles now goes Weaving Academy to learn to control her abilities and then join the southern ice military, but instead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Hilemore in their current attempt Nico. Giorgina on the other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to defeat the dragons provide for her family and put maintain their reputation, whilst secretly attending meetings of the world on Daughters of Izdihar – a safe footinggroup campaigning for women's rights. Giorgina also happens to be in love with Nico. What if all that waits for them follows is more dragons a story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and more inventive ways to die? That's cruelty, from which blossoms a thought that's soon banished from his mindgroup of admirable women fighting for their rights and overcoming their personal obstacles. 'This is where we save the world' says Clay… but he's been wrong before!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356506401</amazonuk>0356520471

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ritchie Valentine SmithHeather Fawcett|title=Words Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fury: Volume 2 (Words of Power)Faeries

|genre=FantasyGeneral Fiction|summary=Warning: Spoilers ahead…Emmanuel (Man) KinrossEmily Wilde is an expert academic scholar on faerie lore, Yoshiand she has travelled extensively, Joahand researched meticulously, to write her life's work, the Voice and Dirk Faslane are all fleeing the Lord very first encyclopaedia of the North in a giant floating bubblefaeries. This Whilst she is a delicate conveyance when you consider that the stakes are high brilliant at research andspeaking to faeries, if caught by the evil Lord of the North, the world as they know it will endshe is not so good with people. They just need to get to So when she finds herself far, far North in the Waning small village of Hrafvsnik, having somehow offended the Moonvillage matriarch, she is not sure what she has done, a psychic fortress that spells safety but there's still a long way nor how to go redeem herself and put her final investigations for her book back on the odds are very much against themright track. The Lord of the North has more power than they've seen yet Enter Wendell Bambleby, her dashingly handsome and insufferable rival who arrives unexpectedly, all charm and more devastating ways delight, much to use itEmily'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>1544214839</amazonuk>0356519120

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Vivian ShawChristopher Golden|title= Strange Practice: A Dr Greta Helsing NovelRoad of Bones|rating= 43.5|genre= FantasyHorror|summary=The Kolyma Highway… the 'Road of Bones'I don… the R504. Stretching for over a thousand miles across Siberia, it't suppose its one of the world's worth trying to convince you most notorious routes. For months of the year it's too dangerous?a spread of sheet ice suspended above the permafrost surrounding it, while its 'spring' <br>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 give too many people a lesson, it legendarily cost a life every metre it covers. You can easily find documentaries about it online, but that'Not in the least.s a bit rich, for one of our main characters, Felix 'Teig' <br>Meet Dr Greta HelsingTeigland, is a highly talentedfilm-maker, well respected physician doing a recce with her own specialised medical practicehis cameraman buddy, known and adored throughout London for her great work… well, at least amongst John Prentiss – who's mostly there to encourage the project to fruition to claw back some of the supernatural community. Greta is funds he'd invested in fact a descendent of the vampire hunter Professor Abraham Van Helsing, but relations have improved since then and she now spends her days carrying on her fatherpair's legacy treating vampiresprior TV projects. They pick up their oh-so-chatty local guide, werewolvesgain the company of a local beauty, mummies, ghouls and fetch up at the like. So early morning emergency calls are not uncommon; what is uncommon however, is a vampireguide's stab wound childhood village. And that won't heal.s where things start to go awry…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356508870</amazonuk>1803361476

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Christopher B HusbergAndrew Givler|title=Chaos Queen - Dark Immolation Soul Fraud (Chaos Queen 2The Debt Collection Book 1)|rating=54

|summary=Warning - spoilers ahead for Book 1 which should be read first:Winter is presumed dead by Knot, Jane, Astrid and Cinzia''Matt has a terrible life. To be honest, rotting in the dungeon of Lord Daval she may as well beSeriously—it's awful. Daval himself hasn't been It is so bad that Dan the same since he was possessed by the Lord of Fear and leader Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of the Nine Daemons. He sees it as a positive but there's a high price to be paid blissful life in blood exchange for everyone elsehis soul. Our remaining adventurers return to Jane and Cinzia's home as they continue their search ' Poor Dan! I know, I know, we shouldn't feel sorry for truthsoul-catching demons. Cinzia may still be But he really is a Priestess of Canta but Jane's heretical ideas are making more terrible salesman. He never hits his targets and more sense , when he fails to her. Meanwhile Knot is having severe problems with his multi-occupancy body but there are worse problems get even Matt to sign on the horizon. The Nine Daemons are out and doing what Daemons do best: dragging a worlddotted line, he's so desperate that he simply forges Matt's population towards a particularly evil form of destructionsignature.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1783299177</amazonuk>1958204021

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Callie BatesOlivie Blake|title= The Waking LandAtlas Six|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary=''They need something to believe inDark, sharp, something beyond crowns and kingdoms. They need to believe in the old stories. In the power of the land.highly inquisitive, '' It was fourteen years ago that Elanna's life changed completely. Fourteen years ago that her father's plans of revolution fell through, and at the tender age of five, King Antoine held a pistol to her head and took her hostage. Raised by the King, Elanna grows into adulthood suppressing her magic and resenting the parents she once loved. Now twenty, Elanna prepares for either study or marriage, until King Antoine dies and sheThe Atlas Six's condemned to death for treason. On the run, Elanna encounters her father's men, and finds herself moving from one imprisonment to another. Her father it seems, wants to carry out the revolution that failed fourteen years ago, he wants to unite the people in creating makes its publishing debut after becoming a fair kingdom and he wants Elanna to be the face of the rebellionTik-Tok sensation. He wants her to be the Steward of the Land capable of powerful magic to make the very Earth move. Elanna must to decide which side she'll align with and how she will shape her destiny. Can she deny her people the help they desperately need to build a new world?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473638720</amazonuk>1529095239

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=G S DenningDaniel Abraham|title=Warlock Holmes - The Hell-Hound Age of the BaskervillesAsh

|genre=ParanormalFantasy|summary=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a lot We meet Alys under the most northerly of Sherlock Holmes storiesOldgate's four bridges, but not that many novels. Holmes adventures were mostly kept to she has a short story length that allowed knife in her hand and a quick build up and reveal meeting that would fit into an episodic tellingshe dreads. The best known novel Meanwhile the City of Kithamar is ''The Hound at a point in the turning of years when the Baskervilles'' worlds are at their thinnest and anyone who parodies all things are possible. It is the great detective would eventually need to cover night between the tale funeral of the cursed Baskerville family. They don't come more parodic than Warlock Holmes a Prince and although he may have died at the end of the last book, this won't stop him investigating one coronation of his greatest casessuccessor.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783299738</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Christina Henry |title= Lost Boy|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= Everybody has their own story to tell, and more often than not people only see things from one perspective. In For a night the original Peter Pan Captain Hook Kithamar is an angry, perhaps slightly jealous, tyrant. But why is he this way? Christina Henry weaves a terrifying narrative together in response to such a question, a response that has the potential to alter the reader's perception of the original work foreverun-ruled. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178565568X</amazonuk>0356515427

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= V E SchwabAnn Sei Lin|title= Our Dark DuetRebel Skies

|genre= FantasyTeens|summary=''Monsters, mayhem, revenge'' Six months after Kurara has spent her entire life as a servant on the final events of ''This Savage Song''Midori, Verity is a massive dining hall floating in chaos. All-out war has broken out and the city is now divided into two – with monsters gaining more and more territory in sky where soldiers of the North Empire come to drink and humans battling for survival in the Southmake merry between their conquests. At the centre of the action However, when a man named Himura arrives to tell her that she is August Flynna Crafter like him, someone with the power to form paper into whatever she desires – a monster of incredible power who once longed to be humansought after all across the Empire. He will now stop at nothing asks her to fight and play come with him, to leave the part he believes he mustlife of dreary servitude that is all she has known. No matter what Well, soon Kurara won't have any say in the cost, no matter how much of himself he loses. Meanwhile, Kate Harker, V City escapee and kick-ass monster hunter, has been busy in Prosperity. But with because the arrival of Midori is destroyed by a monstrous paper spirit known as a new monster leaving devastation in its wake shikigami, and heading straight for Verity, Kate knows she must is forced to returnflee out into the world. She must fight for humanity's survival and play her part just like August. Alliances will be tested; old enemies will rise from joins Himura aboard the dead and past mistakes will come Orihime, a sky-ship whose express purpose is to haunt both August hunt down shikigami, and Kate at every turn.Will they be enough to save the city? And will they each be enough to save themselves from the darkest places within?a whole world of adventure awaits her…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785652761</amazonuk>1406399590

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= R J BarkerB09Q3P283Y|title= Age of Assassins|rating= 3|genre= Fantasy|summary= Age of Assassins is a very ordinary fantasy novel, which at the same time manages to slip in the occasional surprise. The central protagonists are a pair of assassins, Girton Club-Foot and his master, Merela Karn, also known as Death’s Jester. They find themselves hired by a Queen to protect her son, an obnoxious prince, and to find out who is behind the threats on his life. In doing so they discover a host of plots and problems, leaving no part of life in the castle untouched. Plots and Machiavellian figures are evident at every turn as noble families fight over the throne of a dying king. In the meantime between sorcerers in the stables, bitter rivalries between the young men who vie to be heir to the throne, and the moves of great families, there is no lack of suspects. As such the novel is as much a mystery as it is a fantasy and as much as coming of age story as it is either of those.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356508544</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewShadebringer|author= Tom Holt|title= The Management Style of the Supreme Beings|rating= 5|genre= Fantasy|summary= Imagine, if you will, that the local deity and his well-beloved son Jay decide to retire from the god business and go fishing instead. After all, they've been working on, and for, the planet for millennia, and it is really is time they took a break. And the Venturi brothers, who already manage several other planets, have made them a very generous bid for the franchise.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650669X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Benedict Jacka|title=Bound: An Alex Verus NovelGrayson W Hooper|rating=54

|summary=Warning: From Clyde Robbins signs up for the US Army during the beginning this contains spoilers for past booksVietnam War.Alex Verus, seer, mage and former owner of a now incinerated London magic shopHe's not really that invested in the fight against Communism, nor is no longer under he particularly interested in a death warrant but that doesncareer in the military. If he't mean that people dons honest - which Clyde usually is, with himself at least - he hasn't want got many choices and this one, at least, gets him dead. His only chance out of survival isn't promising either: the rut he's gone back to the place of nightmaresin. He and Anne are now working for his old apprentice master, Richard Drakh. Richard's reasons are never straightforward so it's good in training and is quickly put onto a mystery as to why henon commissioned officer training course. He's made Alex an offer he'd be killed to refuse. Unsurprisingly, Alex isn't the only one who wants to the answer eitherchuffed with himself. Oh and remember Rachel? She's back and… well… shall we say she has issues?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650719X</amazonuk>

{{newreview <!-- remove 5/6 -->Frontpage|author=Mark LinganeJennifer Saint|title=BL!NK (Hadron Damnation Book 1)Elektra

|genre=FantasyLiterary Fiction|summary=iYe is a smasher: a child who is capable of sending back pictures of the future 'Elektra' by travelling out to where Jennifer Saint tells the past and future meet. Smashers don't usually story of three women who live to see their teens as in the information generally returns without themheavily male dominated world of Ancient Greece. However iYe's motherCassandra, Captain Trix RaidenClytemnestra, is determined he'll be different and, indeed he is, Elektra are all bit players in many ways. Not only does iYe survive, he is a chip off the same block as Cally, story of the planetary heroTrojan War. However there is a darker side: iYe carries a message Yet Jennifer Saint shows us that Earth doesn't want to hear. The planet is used to dealing with often the silent women have the most compelling stories and the aliens that Cally originally fought but worse is on its way. ''We are coming to kill youmost extreme furies.''|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0994616457</amazonuk>1472273915

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= James AbbottDean Koontz|title= The Never KingQuicksilver|rating= 42.5|genre= FantasyThrillers|summary= The land of Stravimon is in chaosMeet Quinn Quicksilver. Cedius He's not had the Wise died leaving the traitorous Mardonius chance to ascend get to the throne. In far off Hellbe a mercurial character yet, for he's Keep (the most deadly and remote prison lived in the Kingdom; a place no prisoner has ever returned from alive) Xavir Argentum nun-run orphanage since he was a three-day old foundling, and now is contacted by Cediusstarting a career on a needless magazine's staff. But when this book starts he IS now ''subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind'' former Spy Master, Landril. Betrayalfor something – call it unearthly intuition, call it mind-control, call it a supernatural urge – has demanded of him that he go to a derelict diner, intriguefind a gold coin worth a fortune, violence cash the value of it out of his bank and magic follow as we travel across prepare for going on the lam. And all this strange but familiar land on a quest is just in time for vengeancetwo of those typical Men in Black types to turn up and suggest he's of interest to them. Helped to escape, he finds his flight is interrupted by other instances of him acting without being in control, justice the discovery that he is not unique in having some kind of burgeoning power – and freedoma whole lot more besides.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1509803114</amazonuk>1542019885

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Laura LamTasha Suri|title=Masquerade (Micah Grey Trilogy)The Jasmine Throne

|summary= The Darker Shade of Magic trilogy concludes by continuing with On the story night of Lila Bardher sacred burning, finding Princess Malini defies her way through brother and refuses to step on to the pyre. She is immediately sent to be imprisoned on the different Londons', one Hirana: an ancient temple that was once filled with magica community of people who got powers from the mysterious deathless waters. But now the temple is nothing more than an overgrown, one without magicdecaying ruin. One day, Malini witnesses a London where girl kill someone with magic has near enough destroyed their world . Instead of reporting her for such a gruesome crime, Malini claims that the girl saved her from an attacker and begs for the last London, which balances precariously on the edge of obliviongirl to become her own personal maidservant.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0765387468</amazonuk>0356515648

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Claire NorthGenevieve Gornichec|title= The End of the DayWitch's Heart|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) |rating=54

|summary=Ebora is dying along with its tree-like god Ysegril 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 past life but Hestillion is doing all she can to keep him alive. In that fact that she'll go to any lengths to save him… any lengths was survived burnt at all. Hest's brother Tormalin can't sit around and wait for the end so hestake three times because of Odin's engaged by Lady Vincenza (Vintage) de Grazon wrath. Her attempts to be live in peace, however, are quickly thwarted when Loki shows up with her factotum and hired sword during literal heart—the one that was cut from her quest for knowledge. It's turning into more of an adventure than they'd planned even chest before Fell witch and fugitive Noon joins them. Now the trio must work together, putting prejudices and passions aside (others' as well as their own). The Ninth Rain is coming and more than Ebora is in danger.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472235177</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Andrezej Sapkowski|title= The Lady of the Lake|rating=3|genre= Fantasy |summary= This book she was quite captivating in tied to the beginningstake—and refuses to leave her alone. The idea that the truths After an initial period of ancient history mistrust, Angrboda begins to fall for Loki's charms, and mythology can be unearthed by exploring them in the dreams two start an unusual family made of up a talented sleeper is rather enchanting. Ithalf-dead daughter, a son that's an interesting ideaa wolf, one and another son that merges history and fantasy creating an almost dream like feel within the writing's a snake. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>147321159X</amazonuk>1789097061

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Stefan MohamedHannah Whitten|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 For 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 EmpireWolf

|summary=The fantasy genre is home to some of the best books that I have ever readIn Red's family, but also some of the worst. The very nature of epic stories that span generations means that few fantasy books rock up under 400 pages and many are part of long running series or trilogies. When done badlyfirst daughter becomes queen, fantasy books are bloated and boring affairs that rattle of every cliché the genre has had to offer since Bilbo exited Bag End, but done well they can be brilliantsecond daughter becomes a sacrifice. They can be To Red''Sins of Empire'' by Brian McClellans misfortune, she is the second daughter.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650929X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Marisa Silver|title= Little Nothing|rating= 5|genre= Literary Fiction |summary=In an unnamed country at Sent alone into the beginning of woods with nothing but the last centurycape on her back, Red knows what to expect: within the woods is a peasant couple longs for wolf, and he is the one who will decide the fate of their kingdom. If she is not a child. In despair they turn worthy sacrifice, the monsters he keeps contained to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptionsthe woods will be released, and one cold wintery night, the couple's wish comes truefabled kings he keeps hostage will never be returned—or so the stories go. But when Red enters the woods, expecting nothing more than to be killed within the silence hour, she finds that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to comelegends are lies. Strangers look on askance and fall speechless in the childThe wolf is not a monster—he's presence, and villagers protectively hush their children as they pass on narrow market lanes. Pavla is no ordinary child, but then this is no ordinary talea man.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1786071274</amazonuk>0356516369

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Marissa MeyerJohn Gwynne|title= Heartless|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= How did the Queen of Hearts become the monster we know from Alice's story? Welcome to Meyer's Wonderland and the peaceful kingdom of Hearts, where a young Lady called Catherine's heart's desire is to be … the best baker in all of Hearts. But while her mother tolerates her hobby, Catherine knows she will never consider it as a serious path for her daughter, unless Catherine can convince her. However, Catherine's dreams start to get that much more complicated once a mysterious stranger appears, a royal suitor materialises and deadly beast starts stalking the once safe Kingdom. What is Cath's destiny? To be the dreadful queen we all know or to be a dedicated bakery owner? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509814132</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Amanda Hocking|title= Freeks|rating= 3.5|genre= Science Fiction|summary= In the spring of 1987, the carnival comes to small-town Caudry, Louisiana. Then events take a dangerous turn. For Mara Beznik, the carnival is home. It's also a place of secrets, hidden powers and a buried past - making it hard to connect with outsiders. However, sparks fly when she meets local boy Gabe Alvarado. As they become inseparable, Mara realizes Gabe is hiding his own secrets. And his family legacy could destroy Mara's world. They find the word 'freeks' sprayed on trailers, as carnival employees start disappearing. Then workers wind up dead, killed in disturbing ways by someone or something. Mara is determined to unlock the mystery, with Gabe's help. But can they really halt this campaign of fear?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509807659</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Stephanie Garber|title=CaravalThe Shadow Of The Gods

|summary=Scarlett Dragna has had one desire all her life: to visit a Caraval. These interactive events put on by magician and entrepreneur Legend are world famous but very exclusive. It's therefore a huge surprise The Shadow Of The Gods is the first installment of the Bloodsworn Saga, set in the era of the Vikings in the shadow of Ragnarok, when Scarlett the Gods have battled and her sister Tella receive tickets. These will take them away from their sadistic father and prison-like island home bones lie scattered for the first timeall to see. Caraval This story is never what one expects though the ultimate in High Fantasy, and John Gwynne certainly does justice to the genre, with mythical creatures, archaic language and when Tella battles galore. This is kidnappeda thick book, Scarlett experiences the sinister side of with an intricate plot and fascinating characters that are woven together to create a game wonderfully realistic and gritty world in which nothing is what it seemsour heroes must do battle.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473629144</amazonuk>0356514218