Tag: Duology
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Book Review: Mortal Queens
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis They vanish without a trace, disappear into the night . . . Each year on the center island, one girl is chosen to be the next Mortal Queen of the idolized fae. The mortals praise these lucky girls, but their daughters are never seen again. The fae realm is eternal…
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Book Review: Blood Secrets
by Morgan L. Busse publisher’s synopsis Not everyone wants to see the world saved . . . Time is running out. Cities are being engulfed in the Mist and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Theo believes he has found a way to stop mankind from Turning, but he doesn’t know how to alter…
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Book Review: The Mermaid’s Tale
by L. E. Richmond publisher’s synopsis A Tail Could Tell a Tale Locklyn Adair has never fit in. The legs she inherited as a result of her great-great-grandmother’s curse make it impossible for her to belong under the sea. When her niece is also born without a tail, Locklyn is determined to save her from…
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Book Review: The Eternity Gate
by Katherine Briggs publisher’s synopsis Destroy the key. Save her people and herself. The Eternity Gate is found, and kings and monsters battle over its legends of treasure. But rumors whisper that someone stole the gate’s ancient key. Seyo, handmaiden to the princess, keeps three secrets. First, she’s gifted in fire, not light, and may…
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Book Review: The Looking-Glass Illusion
by Sara Ella publisher’s synopsis Step through the looking glass. Slay the Jabberwock. Seek the King. Alice is not prepared to face what awaits beyond the Tulgey Wood. When she and the rest of Team Heart enter the fourth and final Wonderland Trial, it’s up to her to lead them to victory. But this Trial…
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Book Review: Spellbreaker
by Charlie N. Holmberg publisher’s synopsis The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime.…
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Book Review: The Dragon’s Promise
by Elizabeth Lim publisher’s synopsis Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon’s pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for…
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Book Review: Six Crimson Cranes
by Elizabeth Lim publisher’s synopsis Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also…
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Book Review: Rise of the Vicious Princess
by C.J. Redwine publisher’s synopsis: Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera. Raised to be ruthless and cunning, her only goal is to hold her war-torn kingdom together long enough to find a path toward peace with their ancient foe, Montevallo, even if the cost is her own heart. When violence erupts in…
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Book Review: Shadow
by Kara Swanson Peter Pan and Claire have made it to Neverland–but it’s not the island they were expecting. After arriving with Captain Hook, Claire finds herself a prisoner upon his pirate ship, forced to watch a shattered Neverland from afar and wonder where her brother is. When Claire manages to escape and find Connor,…
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