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Fantasy

LADY MIDNIGHT AND LORD OF SHADOWS REVIEW

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LADY MIDNIGHT AND LORD OF SHADOWS REVIEW

Lady Midnight and Lord of Shadows are the first two books in Cassandra Clare’s The Dark Artifices series, which is the third series in The Shadowhunter Chronicles. We first meet the characters that we follow in this series in City of Heavenly Fire, the sixth book in The Mortal Instruments, however Lady Midnight takes place a few years after when the characters are slightly older. With the release of the third Dark Artifices book, Queen of Air and Darkness, soon approaching, I thought that I would post a joint review for the first two books in anticipation for the next.   Continue reading “LADY MIDNIGHT AND LORD OF SHADOWS REVIEW” →

Fantasy

TRUTHWITCH REVIEW

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TRUTHWITCH REVIEW

Truthwitch is the first novel in Susan Dennard’s fantasy series, The Witchlands, which follows best friends Safiya and Iseult. Safiya is a Truthwitch, meaning she can determine what’s true and what’s false. This is an extremely powerful magic that people are willing to kill for in order to be able to use it to their advantage – particularly the nobility as Safiya could be used as a political pawn. Iseult is a Threadwitch, and this means that she can physically see the bonds between people, but people fear her and where she comes from. Dilemmas arise for both characters which force them to flee separately, and the story follows these characters throughout their journey of stumbling into more trouble.

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THE RAVEN BOYS REVIEW

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THE RAVEN BOYS REVIEW

“A host of co-dependent teens with a battery of psychological issues comb rural Virginia for a dead Welsh king with dubious magical powers. Trees talk; hitmen put down roots; dead people live; living people die. Cars are described in loving detail. Fuckweasel. A house full of psychics tells everybody the future and drinks a lot on-page considering it’s a young adult series. Nobody kisses anybody, which is weird because everybody loves everybody. There’s rich boys! Poor boys! Sad boys! Angry boys! Raven boys! Collect them all!”

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