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The Book Of M by Peng Shepherd One afternoon at an outdoor market in India, a man’s shadow disappears—an occurrence science cannot explain. He is only the first. The phenomenon spreads like a plague, and while those afflicted gain a strange new power, it comes at a horrible price: the loss of all their memories.… Continue reading Review: The Book Of M by Peng Shepherd
City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trades she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, and a mysterious gift for healing—are all tricks, both… Continue reading Review: City Of Brass by S A Chakraborty
Blackwing by Ed McDonald Hope, reason, humanity: the Misery breaks them all. Under its cracked and wailing sky, the Misery is a vast and blighted expanse, the arcane remnant of a devastating war with the immortals known as the Deep Kings. The war ended nearly a century ago, and the enemy is kept at bay… Continue reading Review: Blackwing by Ed McDonald
Allie over at Hexen Librarian has started a fun blogging prompt called Micro Brew. What is it? Well, here's the information direct from Hexen Librarian's website: This was created by my friend Melanie / The Library of Mars. We would do this on Tumblr, back when that was my only reviewing platform. I’ve been wanting to do something… Continue reading Micro Brew: Favourite Urban Fantasy
Not So Much, Said The Cat by Michael Swanwick Amazon Michael Swanwick takes us on a whirlwind journey across the globe and across time and space, where magic and science exist in possibilities that are not of this world. These tales are intimate in their telling, galactic in their scope, and delightfully sesquipedalian in their… Continue reading Review: Not So Much, Said The Cat by Michael Swanwick
I'm not sure how we're already in October, but we are! And that means the party season is soon upon us - Halloween parties, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year parties (and somewhere in the middle a birthday party, for me)! This season I'm loving earthy, muted colours but also pops of colour with patterns that… Continue reading Party Season: Fall Fashions