fantasy
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It had taken weeks, and the first time she had Changed, it had been so blindingly painful that she’d vomited and passed out. Book 1 in The Infernal Devices series. Tessa moves from New York to London to join her brother Nathaniel, but instead finds herself plunged into a mysterious world of Shadowhunters, demons, vampires,…
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For Stacking The Shelves hosted by Reading Reality I’m posting the books I’ve added to my digital library this week, and the blurbs that made me download them in the first place. I’ve read The Retirees by Leah Orr and really enjoyed it, my review is posted here on my blog. The rest of these I…
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The very idea of an animal that can mimic a human is both captivating and terrifying. The Fox Wife is a novel with a simple premise turned into a complicated, dazzling, mystical story. Based on Chinese myths of fox spirits who can turn into beautiful, beguiling human figures, The Fox Wife tells the story of…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Del Rey, Random House Worlds, Inklore and NetGalley for this ARC which releases today, Aug 4, 2026. Book 3 in the Shadow of the Leviathan series. Doesn’t everyone wish for change? But that’s the nature of the Empire, isn’t it. It’s so big and has so much momentum. Very difficult for…
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Halla of Rutger’s Howe had just inherited a great deal of money and was therefore spending her evening trying to figure out how to kill herself. Book 1 in the Swordheart series. Halla is a woman with a big inheritance and a greedy family. Sarkis is a man who is bound to a sword and…
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It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are – who knows? Book 8 in the Discworld universe, book 1 in the City Watch subseries. This is the story…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Parkerville Press and NetGalley for this ebook. Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series. Diamonds or cream tea? Miss Elinor Avely contemplated this difficult choice in the abstract as she stood in her new sitting room, holding two invitations in her hands. Miss Elinor Avely is a jewel diviner who can…
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Have you read any Discworld novels? I have, but it’s been ages by now, so I’ve decided it’s time to dive back in. I’m going to read the books by subseries rather than chronologically, starting with the City Watch series. There are 41 Discworld books. If I read one per month, it will take me…
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Illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Book 2 in the Fighting Fantasy series. Each book in this series works as a standalone. More than just a story, The Citadel of Chaos is a Dungeons and Dragons inspired adventure game with multiple endings and various decisions for you, the reader, to make. It is a game in a…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Cleo Frost for this ebook. This debut novel in the Wardwell Witch Cozy Mystery series is absolutely adorable. Fun, delightful and the perfect literary getaway to a wonderful, cozy and magical world full of charm, humour and a town with a long history of witchcraft of the most endearing kind. Marigold,…
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