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Sea of Silver Light: An exciting but too-long finale

Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams Sea of Silver Light (2001) finally concludes Tad Williams’ imaginative and very long OTHERLAND quartet. You must read the previous three books, City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, and Mountain of Black Glass first. There will be spoilers for those books in this review. If you’ve […]

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The Mirror of Fate: Solid but superfluous

The Mirror of Fate by T.A. Barron The Mirror of Fate is the fourth book in T.A. Barron’s THE LOST YEARS OF MERLIN saga, chronicling the adventures and experiences of Merlin as a young man, long before Arthur’s birth and Camelot’s creation. Having discovered his true parentage and voyaged to his birthplace, the magical island of […]

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A Feast For Crows: Feels like an interruption

A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin After years of plotting and poisoning at court, Cersei Lannister is finally sitting the Iron Throne of Westeros. It’s worth noting that her manipulations led to the War of the Five Kings, which has killed so many in the Riverlands and the North that all that remains […]

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A Conspiracy of Kings: Weighty YA

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner Eugenides is now the respected, if not loved, King of Attolia. When his childhood friend improbably becomes King of Sounis, Attolia’s neighboring country and historical adversary, Eugenides has to choose between loyalty to his new country, his queen, his homeland and his friend. Is there any way […]

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Victor’s Quest: Intelligent story for new readers

Victor’s Quest by Pamela Freeman In the third and final book of the Floramunde trilogy, we were briefly introduced to a character called Victor (who sadly failed in the attempt to win Princess Betony’s hand due to his unfortunate stupidity). But Victor wasn’t a total pushover. He may not be very clever, but he’s brave […]

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