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Book Review: Stranger Back Home (Fantastic Stranger) by E.L. Haines

Stranger Back Home Series: Fantastic Stranger, #1 Author: E.L. Haines Genre: Fantasy Comedy Book Description: One day, your father is a renowned diplomat. The next day, he's an infamous terrorist. When Sparrow is summoned to the reading of his father's last will and testament, the most he hoped for was a minor bequest. Instead, he …

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Book Review: Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and The Broken) by Ryan Cahill

Of Blood and Fire Series: The Bound and The Broken, #1 Author: Ryan Cahill Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Born in fire. Tempered in blood. Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, …

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Book Review: Magic’s Promise (The Last Herald-Mage) by Mercedes Lackey

Magic's Promise Series: The Last Herald-Mage, #2 Author: Mercedes Lackey Genre: Fantasy Book Description: The wild magic is taking its toll on the land. Many Heralds and Herald-Mages have died fighting to preserve the peace. Even Vanyel, the most powerful of the Herald-Mages is almost at the end of his strength, in need of a …

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Book Review: We Hunt the Flame (The Sands of Arawiya) by Hafsah Faizal

We Hunt the Flame Series: The Sands of Arawiya, #1 Author: Hafsah Faizal Genre: Fantasy Book Description: People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, …

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Book Review: The Wild Court (The Coming of Áed) by E.G. Radcliff

The Wild Court Series: The Coming of Áed, #3 Author: E.G. Radcliff Genre: Fantasy Book Description: What perils await on the other side of the veil? In the seventh year of Áed's reign, night descends on the autumn festival. But a time of revelry turns into one of fiery destruction—as fae pour across the veil …

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Book Review: Brightling (Sovereigns of Bright and Shadow) by C.E. Page

Brightling Series: Sovereigns of Bright and Shadow, #2 Author: C.E. Page Genre: Fantasy Book Description: The hunt for a cure led them right into the heart of the Between, but what price will they have to pay to secure it? Caught in a deadly trap made of their own memories, Nea and Garret must find …

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Book Review: A Drowned Kingdom (The Drowned Kingdom Saga) by P.L. Stuart

A Drowned Kingdom Series: The Drowned Kingdom Saga, #1 Author: P.L. Stuart Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. …

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Book Review: The Treekeepers by Susan McGree Britton

The Treekeepers Series: Standalone Author: Susan McGee Britton Genre: Fantasy Book Description: When a baby in her village falls gravely ill, only Bird, a tough, streetwise urchin, has the presence of mind to rush for a special kind of help. The baby survives after her forehead is rubbed with a mysterious liquid … and Bird's …

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Book Review: Let Loose the Fallen (Children of the Nexus) by S. Kaeth

Let Loose the Fallen Series: Children of the Nexus, #2 Author: S. Kaeth Genre: Fantasy Book Description: The priestess searches for her faith. The fire-wielder wrestles with her past. The psion dreams of peace. And the hero is torn between his heart and his duty. While grief scatters the four protectors to the winds, outside …

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Book Review: Empire’s Legacy (Empire’s Daughter, Empire’s Hostage, Empire’s Exile) by Marian L Thorpe

Empire's Legacy (Empire's Daughter, Empire's Hostage, Empire's Exile) Series: Omnibus Edition Author: Marian L Thorpe Genre: Historical Fantasy Book Description: A country on the brink of defeat. A woman who answers a call to arms. A man to challenge an Empire. For centuries, women used weapons to kill for food, men to kill in war. …

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