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Review: Touch of Power, Maria V Snyder

Title: Touch of Power (Goodreads) Author:  Maria V Snyder Rating: Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a […]
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Posted on December 13, 2012
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Review: A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness

Title: A Discovery of Witches (Goodreads) Author:  Deborah Harkness (@DebHarkness) Rating: Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and […]
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Posted on September 3, 2012
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Review and Giveaway: The White Thread, K.B. Hoyle

Title: The White Thread (Goodreads) Author:  K.B. Hoyle (@kbhoyle_author) Rating: Darcy’s return to Cedar Cove Family Camp is marked by a mysterious disappearance, and in Alitheia a new message from the Oracle adds to the riddles that must be deciphered if they are to expel the dark evil that hovers over the land. The six friends and the […]
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Posted on August 18, 2012
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Review: Legends of Australian Fantasy

Title: Legends of Australian Fantasy (Goodreads) Editors:  Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan Rating: Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices … extraordinary worlds. Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician′s Guild or get caught up […]
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Posted on August 8, 2012
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Review: Throne of Glass, Sarah J Maas

Title: Throne of Glass (Goodreads) Author:  Sarah J Maas (@sjmaas) Rating: In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake: she got caught. Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in […]
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Posted on August 2, 2012
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Review: A Shadow on the Glass, Ian Irvine

This post is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway!  Title: A Shadow on the Glass (Goodreads) Author:  Ian Irvine (@ianirvineauthor) Rating: Once there were three worlds, each with their own human species. Then, fleeing out […]
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Posted on July 28, 2012
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Review: Mister Monday, Garth Nix

This post is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway!  Title: Mister Monday (Goodreads) Author:  Garth Nix (@garthnix) Rating: Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an […]
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Posted on July 27, 2012
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Review: Memory’s Wake, Selina Fenech

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway! Title: Memory’s Wake (Goodreads) Author:  Selina Fenech (@SelinaFenech) Rating: Lost in a world full of monstrous fairies, a troubled sixteen year old has to find out […]
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Posted on July 14, 2012
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Review: Dragonclaw, Kate Forsyth

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can visit the Aussie Fantasy page for more information and to enter the giveaway while you’re here! Title: Dragonclaw (Goodreads) – Also titled The Witches of Eileanan Author:  Kate Forsyth (@KateForsyth) Rating: Since the Day of Reckoning witches and magic have […]
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Posted on July 9, 2012
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Review: Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta

This review is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running during July on The Oaken Bookcase. You can visit the Aussie Fantasy page for more information and to enter the giveaway while you’re here! Title: Finnikin of the Rock (Goodreads) Author:  Melina Marchetta (@MMarchetta1) Rating: At the age of nine, Finnikin is warned by the […]
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Posted on July 4, 2012
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