Tag: Fantasy

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Review: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore

by The Lit Bitch12 Comments on Review: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore

Some people are just born with a little something extra. Sometimes that something special is obvious, other times it’s not. But when you are a Graceling, there is no hiding what you are. Special. Different. Dangerous.

Katsa’s mismatched eyes mark her as a Graceling. Being a Graceling means you have different powers. Some graces are useless, like predicting the weather, while others have more useful graces like reading minds. For Katsa, her grace is killing.

But is being a Graceling the same as being a monster?

As soon as her uncle, King Randa, realizes what her grace is, he uses her as a hired thug, punishing other realms for their insults toward him.

Katsa has been isolated most of her life and feared. She doesn’t know how to love or how to make friends. She is afraid of her grace and her uncle. King Randa has turned her into a monster. She doesn’t know anything else.  Continue reading “Review: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore” →

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Review: Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo

by The Lit Bitch6 Comments on Review: Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Sinister monsters lurk in the endless darkness of the Shadow Fold….a condemned fragment within the land of Ravka. On the Fold, Alina Starkov and her army regiment (which includes her best friend, Mal) are attacked by these evil beasts.

In the face of certain death and desperation, Alina reveals an ancient power that has been dormant inside her, which saves Mal’s life.

But once she reveals what she is, others conspire to steal her power but one intends to foster it–the Darkling.

The Darkling takes Alina under his wing, seducing her with promises of power and peace. Alina is captivated by him, like calls to like.

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Review: Shades of Milk and Honey (Shades of Milk and Honey #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal

by The Lit Bitch3 Comments on Review: Shades of Milk and Honey (Shades of Milk and Honey #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal

Woven intricately out of the ether, Mary Robinette Kowal creates and exhilarating new world of enchantment that will please Jane Austen fans and illusionist fiction fans alike.

In the Regency era, Dorchester countryside, Jane and Melody Ellsworth are as opposite as any two sisters can be.

While Melody is beautiful and charming, Jane is plain and lacks the feminine charms to secure a husband.

Almost a confirmed spinster, Jane possesses other talents that might make her appealing to the right man…..she is a glamourist.

Well accomplished in the art of glamour, Jane captures the imagination of all that she meets….wow people with her skills, but it is Melody the eligible bachelors are fixated on. Continue reading “Review: Shades of Milk and Honey (Shades of Milk and Honey #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal” →

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Review: Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth #1) by Terry Goodkind

by The Lit Bitch3 Comments on Review: Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth #1) by Terry Goodkind

Wizard’s first rule: people are stupid.

Richard Cypher is brooding over the murder of his father in the woods surrounding his house when he glimpses a woman blazing quite the trail behind her.

Intrigued, Richard starts following her. What he finds is an unexpected ambush meant to catch the lovely women, Kahlan, unaware.

On instinct Richard feels it is his duty to save her from the ambush and protect her.

There is no denying the confidence radiating from Kahlan. Though she is beautiful, Richard recognizes she is much more than just that. He is drawn to her strength…she is mesmerizing. He would love nothing move than to save her and ride off into the sunset somewhere with her….but she is clearly a woman on a mission.

Kahlan has been send through the Boundary back to Westland in search of an exiled wizard rumored to be hiding in Westland. After rescuing her, Richard agrees to help her find the wizard and take her back safely through the Boundary but they are going to need help….the only person Richard trusts to protect Kahlan would be his life long friend and mentor Zedd. Continue reading “Review: Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth #1) by Terry Goodkind” →

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Review: Crushed Seraphim by Debra Anastasia

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The Devil made me read it!

The Devil, AKA: Satan Jack, guards the gates of hell, admitting all the evil this world has to give. While Satan Jack sucks down cigarettes and souls, Seraph Emma is being tossed out of Heaven.

Emma is sent as a Christmas Angel to the lost, self-loathing vampire, Jason, in hopes of redeeming his soul. The task seems impossible but soon the vampire begins to come around and have faith.

In Heaven, a rogue angel (Everett) partners with the Devil to trap God in Hell leaving himself in charge of Heaven. With God trapped, Everett begins tossing al the seraphim out of Heaven and unleashing unthinkable evils on Earth.

For Emma, Everett’s evil is personal. There is a history between the two that spreads throughout their human lives into Heaven. Emma refuses to let Everett win and to give up on Jason…..even if that means she must travel through Hell (literally) to rescue God. Continue reading “Review: Crushed Seraphim by Debra Anastasia” →