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Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Feb 3, 2021 | 3 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Even as one of the lesser royals of the Iskat Empire, Kiem knows his duty. With an important treaty on the line, a marriage alliance must be made between Iskat and Thea, one of its vassal...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: arranged marriage, domestic abuse, Everina Maxwell, royalty, Tor Books, widower

Review: The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

Jul 16, 2020 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel When Dr. JH Doyle returns from military service in Afghanistan, he finds himself at a loss. By rights, he shouldn’t even be alive after his run in with a member of the Fallen. Now, he has a...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Fantasy, Historical, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: angel, asexual, Katherine Addison, private investigator, Tor Books, veteran

Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Mar 17, 2020 | 4 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Linus Baker works for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY), charged with investigating orphanages where magical children live to make sure they are up to par. Linus takes his job...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Fantasy, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: kids, magic, T.J. Klune, Tor Books

Review: Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly

Mar 23, 2017 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Following an undercover case gone wrong, the Foxhole sets Cyril up as the Master of the Hounds. The government may have given him a glorified desk job, but he still has to keep up to snuff on the...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Alternate World, Camille's Reviews, Historical
TAGGED: dystopian, Lara Elena Donnelly, spy, theater, thriller, Tor Books, wealthy hero