Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. (2023). (The Empyrean; #1) **5 out of 5 stars** 20-year-old Violet was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. But the commanding general - her mother - has ordered her to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre:… Continue reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. (2023).
Category: Fantasy
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. (2015).
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. (2015). (The Invisible Library; #1) **4 out of 5 stars** Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. Along with her new enigmatic assistant Kai, she posted to an alternate London. Their mission is to retrieve a dangerous book. But it's already… Continue reading The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. (2015).
Never A Hero by Vanessa Len. (2023).
Never A Hero by Vanessa Len. (2023). (Monsters; #2). *Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** Despite the odds, Joan achieved the impossible by resetting the timeline and saving her family by destroying the hero, Nick. But it all comes at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened and knows that there is a… Continue reading Never A Hero by Vanessa Len. (2023).
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black. (2023).(The Stolen Heir Duology; #1)
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black. (2023).(The Stolen Heir Duology; #1) *Young Adult* **4.5 out of 5 stars** Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth is using an ancient relic to exact her revenge on everyone. Suren, tortured child queen of the Court of Teeth and the one person with power over her mother, fled… Continue reading The Stolen Heir by Holly Black. (2023).(The Stolen Heir Duology; #1)
Book of Night by Holly Black. (2022).
Book of Night by Holly Black. (2022). **4 out of 5 stars** Charlie has spent half her life working for gloamists - magicians who manipulate shadows to do sometimes bad things. Gloamists guard their secrets and rob each other, for which they need Charlie. She's trying to distance herself from past mistakes but is still… Continue reading Book of Night by Holly Black. (2022).
Only A Monster by Vanessa Len. (2022).
Only A Monster by Vanessa Len. (2022). (Monsters ; #1) *Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** Every family has its secrets, but the summer Joan Chang-Hunt goes to stay with her gran in London, she learns hers is big: the Hunts are one of twelve families in London with hidden powers. Joan is half-monster.… Continue reading Only A Monster by Vanessa Len. (2022).
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. (2022).
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. (2022). **4 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review; published 2 March 2022** 1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empire, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her… Continue reading The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. (2022).
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. (2019).
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. (2019). (The Folk of the Air ; #3) *Young Adult* **4.5 out of 5 stars** Power is much easier to acquire than hold on to; Jude learnt this when she released her control on the wicked king Cardan in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal… Continue reading The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. (2019).
The Wicked King by Holly Black. (2019).
The Wicked King by Holly Black. (2019). (The Folk of the Air ; #2). *Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her. Meanwhile, a… Continue reading The Wicked King by Holly Black. (2019).
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (2018).
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (2018).(The Folk of the Air; #1)*Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered. The fearsome assassin abducts all three girls to the Faerie court, where Jude soon realises that to survive, she needs to be as cunning and deceitful… Continue reading The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (2018).
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