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It’s been years since young Asha led the notorious dragon Kozu to her city. In the aftermath, almost everything was burned, including most of her body. As a way to regain her city’s trust, she has committed herself to be the most fierce dragon hunter, and her father has promised her hand in marriage to Jarek, who lost his entire family during the fire. Days before her wedding, Asha is met with a proposition by her father: hunt and kill Kozu and and her upcoming marriage will be dispersed. However, Asha brother, Dax, has his own plans for the city that Asha accidentally plays in by freeing a slave from Jarek’s hands. Now, she has to hide a slave and kill Kozu, all behind Jarek’s back. The days are counting down, and Asha is realizing more and more that there are power plays behind every move. I originally had no idea The Last Namsara even existed until one of my friends who actually knows Kristen Ciccarelli (the author) recommended it to me. This book is one of many that came out o...

*Lord of Shadows is the sequel to Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare It’s been only weeks since Emma killed Malcolm Fade, the high warlock of Los Angeles. While that should’ve been the end of Malcolm's game, it doesn’t look like it is. His body is still somewhere in the ocean, and it’s woken up sea demons throughout the coast. To try to combat this problem, the Ceturions arrive to the Los Angeles Institute, a highly skilled group of Shadowhunters. However, it seems that the Centurions have a different motive for being there, and that’s not the only thing that going on at the institute. Kit, who just discovered he was a Shadowhunter, is not settling in well is dragging Ty down with him. At the same time, Julian is trying to deal with the complications of his parabitai bond with Emma and Mark’s faerie past is catching up with him. The problems are adding up, and soon the structure of the Los Angeles Institute is going to collapse. Lord of Shadows is a seriously daunting book. I...

Clary’s life is ordinary in every sense. She’s shares her life with three people: her mom, her mom’s best friend, Luke, and her best friend Simon. The summer days consist of debating names for Simon’s band, drawing, and going to parties. Except, at the end of the summer, things become out of the ordinary. At a night at the Pandemonium Club, she starts seeing things. Things like three teenagers murdering a fourth in the back of the club. It’s no mistake that she can see them, but a mistake that she hasn’t been able to see them her whole life. These teenagers, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle, are Shadowhunters, sworn to protect humanity from the evils of the world. In the course of a night, it’s discovered that Clary’s mom is a Shadowhunter as well and that she’s wrapped her and Clary up in a deadly problem. It’s all new to her, but Clary must trust Jace, Alec, and Isabelle if she wants to survive in this new world. I originally read City of Bones over five years ago and have read it three...

Sisters Scarlett and Tella live in constant fear of their father, who is the governor of the island they live on. From emotional trauma to physical abuse, Scarlett and Tella has lived it all. Now, Scarlett thinks she finally has the solution to get herself and Tella off the island: by marrying the secretive duke that’s been sending her love letters. However, a week before her wedding, she gets the most mysterious letter and it’s not from her fiance. It’s from Legend, the leader of Caraval, a moving city that is accessible by invitation only. For years, Scarlett and Tella have been asking for an invitation and now they have one. Caraval has always been rumored for its magical qualities, but to what extent, no one knows. When Scarlett and Tella enter Caraval, the unknowingly become part of a tricky game and the must win because the consequence could be deadly.   Ever since its release in January, Caraval by Stephanie Garber has been everywhere in the book community. Recently, I’...

In Henrietta, Virginia, magic is brewing. For Blue, this is no surprise. Blue lives in a house full of psychics. Some can predict times of events and some can predict things as a grave as the way someone will die. Blue’s only ability is to amplify other’s. Oh, and the fact that if she kisses her true love, they will die. For Gansey, the magic of Henrietta holds the key to the future. For a year and a half, he’s been searching Henrietta for the ley line that supposedly has the power to awaken a historical Welsh king that, when awakened, is able to grant powerful wishes. Enlisted in his search are his friends Ronan, Adam, and Noah. And now Blue. In a psychic reading gone wrong, the boys and Blue are put together, now all on the hunt for the ley line. There’s only one thing Blue isn’t telling them: she’s predicted to have a role Gansey’s death. Gansey, who’s alive right now. As they get closer to the ley line, it becomes clear that they’re not the only ones after the king and the conseq...

Kell is one of two people in the world who can jump through the Londons. There’s Gray London, Red London, White London, and the untouchable Black London. Spread across the Londons are various degrees of magic leaving his home world of Red London with a pulse of magic in the air. Because of his power, he works for the kingdom of Red London, giving and receiving messages between the other kingdoms on their behalf. On his own time, he illegally transports items across worlds for individuals desperate for different tastes of magic. When a trade goes wrong, Kell ends up with a piece of powerful magic that could potentially change the balance 0f magic between the worlds forever. Even worse, in a robbery gone wrong, Lila, resident of Gray London, ends up with this very special piece of magic. Lila is hungry for an adventure and hopes that this magic can give it to her. Unwilling to let go of the magic, Kell must work with Lila to get the magic back where it came from before it lands in the w...

Mina’s past was out of her control, ruled by her tyrant magician father, feared by the locals. Now, she will choose. She will climb up the social and royalty latter to be queen and she will succeed. With marrying the king comes Lynet, his daughter, a stunning image of the previous queen. Sixteen years later, Lynet is a fierce, but childish, princess. She fears becoming queen one day and is in no rush to attain the position. So, when her father dies out of the blue she is rushed with confusion and fright. Mina is too, but for different reasons. She could lose her throne and everything she’s worked toward to Lynet. Soon, their grief turns into competition because only one can control the throne. Thank you to Netgalley, who provided me an ARC of Girls Made of Snow and Glass in return for honest feedback. I have been excited about this book ever since it was announced and even more excited when it was marketed as a “feminist retelling of Snow White.” For me, Snow White is one of my lea...

It’s been five years since the end of the Dark War the took place in Cassandra Clare’s previous series, The Mortal Instruments. Since then, Julian and Emma, who were last seen at age twelve are now both seventeen and Julian basically runs the Los Angeles Institute. Now, the two of them are parabatai, sworn to serve and protect each other. Even though it’s been awhile since the Dark War, Emma and Julian are still reaping the consequences of it. Julian now is the head of his family and Emma is on a mission to figure out who killed her parents. When bodies start showing up in a similar fashion to Emma’s parents, Emma is given another strand of hope. Julian wants to be supportive but he has his own battle: he’s in love with Emma, something forbidden under parabatai codes. Regardless of his feelings, he has to help Emma because it seems that his family are involved in the murders, which is a puzzle to all. A round of applause to me, who got through this massive, 700 page book in a reaso...

In Meira’s world there are eight kingdoms: four dominated by the seasons and four dominated by the rhythms. Each have a piece of magic that’s supposed to be used for good. With Spring, a hungry power tyrant took advantage of their magic, overthrew the Winter kingdom, and put anybody that was left of Winter in work camps. Meira was one of the twenty five that escaped, keeping the fight for Winter to once again rule alive. After discovering a crucial piece to retaining their kingdom, Meira and her pack go to a rhythm kingdom for assistance. Of course, assistance comes with a price and Meira must decide if it’s worth the risk. This summer, I got the rare chance to walk into a bookstore and pick out whatever I wanted. First I chose Passenger by Alexandra Braken but I had enough money to get one other book. When I saw Snow Like Ashes , instantly my eyes caught. The cover is beautiful to say the least and the description sounded like nothing I’ve ever read before. Even though the reviews...

* Crooked Kingdom is the sequel to Six of Crows and contains spoilers from the first book It hasn’t even been a week since the Dregs’ successful break into the Ice Court ended in peril and now they’re out to make it right, starting with getting Inej back. But even if they do, there’s still the matter of getting back the millions they’re owed from Jan Van Eck and it’s going to be a very nasty fight to get it back, especially since Van Eck is after the one thing they have: jurda parem. While it be almost impossible for others, with Kaz involved almost nothing seems impossible, even if Van Eck has enlisted the Dregs’ rival gang for assistance. Now all they have to do is put their plan in place. It took some nerve to read Crooked Kingdom with the size of the book being so daunting (over 500 pages). However, I simply had to get back into the Grisha universe after reading Six of Crows about a month and a half ago. I really loved that one and now, everytime I read a Leigh Bardugo b...