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Days of Shattered Faith

by Isabella Zhou

Geopolitical and magical intrigue entangle in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s intricate fantasy novel "Days of Shattered Faith". As a new aide to Gil, Pallesand’s diplomat in Usmai, Loret seconds her superior in a duel with Lor’s diplomat.... Read More

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Sour Cherry

by Isabella Zhou

In Natalia Theodoridou’s haunting novel "Sour Cherry", women are entrapped by the gluttonous monstrosities of their sons and husbands. To elucidate her husband’s abuse, a mother tells her child a story about a cursed lord. She begins... Read More

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The Hymn to Dionysus

by Violet Glenn

Natasha Pulley’s novel "The Hymn to Dionysus" explores a classical struggle between order and chaos through a slow-burn romance that bridges ideologies. After failing to protect a godly passenger on his legion’s ship, Phaidros, a... Read More

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Knights Unite

by Austin Mitchell

Activist children at an environmentalist school face challenges to their developing ideals in the busy adventure novel "Knights Unite". In Laurel Colless’s splashy mystery novel "Knights Unite", precocious children fight to protect the... Read More

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Breathings of the Moon

by Katherine Woods

"Breathings of the Moon" features fraught family dynamics, magical abilities, and those lost to history. A wayward daughter works to uncover the truth about her family in Byrd Nash’s steady novel "Breathings of the Moon". Zoe heads... Read More

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Bellosio

by Jennifer Maveety

A fight for power and scientific enlightenment plagues a planet’s inhabitants in the intricate fantasy novel "Bellosio". A civilization is on the brink of revolution in John F. Shekleton’s epic fantasy novel "Bellosio". Set during a... Read More

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The Gift

by Austin Mitchell

A talented woman works to understand the strange new world she’s entered—and solve the mystery of her mother’s death—in the paranormal novel "The Gift". In Evette Davis’s paranormal thriller "The Gift", a woman works to... Read More

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