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Cover of The Dragon’s Keeper by M.L. Burns
October 27, 2024 · Book Review

The Dragon’s Keeper

by M.L. Burns

5 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) The Dragon’s Keeper follows Azahara through a stormy stretch of her story, still bound up in trauma and in power she does not fully control. Her past is full…

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Cover of The Hourglass Keeper by M.L. Burns
October 21, 2024 · Book Review

The Hourglass Keeper

by M.L. Burns

5 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) The Hourglass Keeper opens the series with a story of survival at any cost. Azahara has to cross a world overrun by dark forces, and she does it with…

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Cover of Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
January 5, 2024 · Book Review

Haunting Adeline

by H.D. Carlton

5 / 5

Overview Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton is book one of the Cat and Mouse Duet, self-published in its second edition in August 2021, with Hunting Adeline finishing the story. It runs…

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Cover of Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux
January 1, 2024 · Book Review

Her Soul to Take

by Harley Laroux

5 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) Her Soul to Take follows Rae, a woman whose past the book keeps deliberately shadowed, into a dangerous entanglement with Leon, a demon with ember-bright eyes who has been…

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Cover of Of Thorns and Curses by Jesikah Sundin
January 1, 2024 · Book Review

Of Thorns and Curses

by Jesikah Sundin

4 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) Rhoslyn Gautier grew up believing she was a poor merchant’s daughter from Factory Row, and refuses to accept the fate she was actually born to: an elven princess in…

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Cover of The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks
January 1, 2024 · Book Review

The Witch Collector

by Charissa Weaks

4 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) The Witch Collector is set in a world of magic where the Frost King, an immortal, rules the northern lands from his domain of Winterhold. Every year a witch…

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Cover of The Bone Thief’s Tale by Heleen Davies
January 1, 2024 · Book Review

The Bone Thief’s Tale

by Heleen Davies

4 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) The Bone Thief’s Tale is a dark reimagining of The Little Mermaid crossed with Hades and Persephone, and it strays from the traditional plot in exciting, morally knotty ways.…

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Cover of The Wickedest of Things by Russel Barrie
January 1, 2024 · Book Review

The Wickedest of Things

by Russel Barrie

4 / 5

Plot Summary (spoiler-free) The Wickedest of Things is a science-fiction thriller set in a near future where advanced technology, from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, is part of everyday life. Reid Sheraton…

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