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Review: The Serpent Sea, Martha Wells

Title: The Serpent Sea (Goodreads) Author:  Martha Wells (website) Rating: Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he’s found a tribe […]
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Posted on February 25, 2013
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Excerpt: Between Dark and Light, DA Adams

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s stop on Between Dark and Light Blog Tour! This post includes an excerpt from Between Dark and Light, book four in the Brotherhood of Dwarves series. You can find links to the other blogs participating on the tour page at Seventh Star Press. Title: Between Dark and Light (Goodreads) Author:  D. […]
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Posted on February 22, 2013
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Review: The Cypher, Julian Rosado-Machain

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s stop on The Guardians Inc. blog tour! Here’s my review and an excerpt from The Cypher, as well as the opportunity to win a $75 Amazon gift card! You can find the giveaway form plus links to the other blogs participating at the bottom of the post. The Cypher e-book is […]
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Posted on February 18, 2013
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Review: Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth

Title: Bitter Greens (Goodreads) Author:  Kate Forsyth (website) Rating: Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from court by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted by an old nun, Sœur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by […]
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Posted on February 11, 2013
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Review: Of Poseidon, Anna Banks

Title: Of Poseidon (Goodreads) Author:  Anna Banks (website) (twitter) Rating: Galen is strong, protective and gorgeous, with striking violet eyes and a body to make you shiver – and that’s just when he’s in human form. He’s from the House of Triton, god of the sea, and he’s searching for a girl with the gift of Poseidon […]
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Posted on February 7, 2013
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Review: The Water Witch, Carol Goodman

Title: Water Witch (Goodreads) Author:  Carol Goodman (or her pseudonym, Juliet Dark) Rating: “You have only to call my name to bring me back”, he whispered, his breath hot in my ear. “You have only to love me to make me human”. Callie McFay is the guardian of the last gateway between the world of Faerie and […]
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Posted on February 4, 2013
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Review: Besieged, Rowena Cory Daniells

Title: Besieged (Goodreads) Author:  Rowena Cory Daniells (website) (twitter) Rating: Sorne, the estranged son of a King on the verge of madness, is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father is planning to lay siege to the Celestial City, the home of the T En, whose wyrd […]
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Posted on February 2, 2013
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Review: The Gathering Dark, Leigh Bardugo

Title: The Gathering Dark (Goodreads) or Shadow and Bone in USA Author:  Leigh Bardugo (website) (twitter) Rating: The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina, a pale, lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish […]
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Posted on January 29, 2013
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Review: The Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fforde

Title: The Last Dragonslayer (Goodreads) Author:  Jasper Fforde (website) Rating: In the good old days, magic was indispensable—it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged drain. But now magic is fading: drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and magic carpets are used for pizza delivery. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency […]
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Posted on January 24, 2013
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Review: Graceling, Kristin Cashore

Title: Graceling (Goodreads) Author:  Kristin Cashore (website) Rating: In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are both feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. Feared by the court and shunned by those her own age, the darkness of her Grace […]
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Posted on January 23, 2013
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