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==Fantasy==
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{{newreview
|author=Jackson Pearce
|title=Sweetly
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=This book is the second in a series of fairy tale retellings (the first being [[Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce|Sisters Red]]) which, without being closely connected, share common elements. They both deal with the paranormal, including the Fenris, which are about as far from the glamorous and sexy werewolves of recent books and films as you can get. They stalk. They kill. They eat. End of story. The two books also look at the aftermath of an attack, and how it changes the lives of those who survive.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444900595</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|summary=Devin is in pieces. His pregnant wife has been raped and murdered and revenge is all he can think about. He listens to the advice of his worried father-in-law - who counsels against doing anything rash - but listening is not the same as hearing. And Devin doesn't truly hear his father-in-law's wise words at all. Instead, he focuses on the angry voice in his head, which tells him such an evil murderer has no right to live.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452018170</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Celine Kiernan
|title=Moorehawke Trilogy: The Rebel Prince
|rating=5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=After spending the entire of [[Moorehawke Trilogy: The Crowded Shadows by Celine Kiernan|The Crowded Shadows]], the excellent second book in this series, looking for it, the Protector Lady Wynter Moorehawke has finally discovered the hidden
camp of her childhood friend Prince Alberon. Can she, along with her travelling companions Razi Kingsson - Alberon's brother - and Christopher Garron, persuade the Rebel Prince to make peace with his father, or is their quest to end in bloodshed and failure?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841498238</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kate Elliott
|title=Spiritwalker: Cold Magic
|rating=4
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=In an alternate version of our world in the 19th century, where magic exists but technology is moving forward in the shape of massive airships, 19 year old cousins Cat and Bee Hassi Barahal live normal lives. But without warning, the girls' world is thrown upside down as a cold mage, the arrogant Andevai arrives to collect Cat as his bride - as a result of a bargain which was made many years ago without her
knowledge. Taken away from her beloved family, Cat is brought into a society she knows little about where danger seems to lurk in every corner... But Cat isn't as helpless as everyone else assumes her to be; unknown to anybody, she can see the chains that magic forms, while she quickly picks up allies in some unusual places.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841498815</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Janet Evanovich
|title=Wicked Appetite
|rating=3.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Take one rather ditzy girl. Add a funny, extrovert friend, and another, more sensible one. Stir in two seriously attractive men, an unhinged pet or two, a slapstick plot and an unending series of cars. What have you got? A Janet Evanovich novel! This has been the formula for the winning 'Stephanie Plum' series for years, about a hopelessly incompetent bounty hunter who never quite manages to choose between the two hunks in her life, and it has given much pleasure and amusement. But even the best formulas get stale, so this year Ms Evanovich has branched out into something new. Well, almost.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755352769</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gail Carriger
|title=Blameless: The Parasol Protectorate
|rating=4
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=''Blameless'' opens with Alexia back in the family home. She hopes that this is a temporary situation. Not to put too fine a point on it, she has absolutely nothing in common with her parents or her silly half-sisters. Her mother is outraged. Why? Well, because no married woman in proper Victorian society leaves her husband. It's simply not done. Alexia's just done it and would probably say to her mama that she couldn't give a rat's arse either - except her mother would no doubt have a fainting fit. But scandal is looming. And Alexia is forced at some point to re-assess her situation. Underneath all those ridiculous ruffles and lace she is a little put-out and concerned - especially in her present condition.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841499730</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gail Carriger
|title=Changeless: The Parasol Protectorate
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=I recently read (and reviewed) the first book [[Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger|Soulless]] in this trilogy and thoroughly enjoyed it. Therefore I had high hopes for this book. But will it be as good? I crossed my fingers and started reading ... The feisty and fiery Alexia had left a bit of a lasting impression on me. I had no problem in picking up where I had left off. Carriger chooses not to share with her readers details of the wedding but I can picture the scene in my mind's eye, all the same.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841499749</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Celine Kiernan
|title=Moorehawke Trilogy: The Crowded Shadows
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=At the end of [[The Poison Throne (Moorehawke Trilogy) by Celine Kiernan|the first book]] of the Moorehawke Trilogy, The Poison Throne, Wynter Moorhawke, her childhood friend Razi, and her romantic interest Christopher were all desperately
trying to find Razi's half-brother Alberon, whose father Jonathon appeared to be driven insane. I thought I knew exactly what to expect from this second novel in the sequence, but was thrown sideways by the massive detour taken.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184149822X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Brent Weeks
|title=Lightbringer: The Black Prism
|rating=5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Gavin Guile is the Prism, the only person able to split light into its entire spectrum of colours, which makes him the most powerful man in the world. Peace between the seven Satrapies relies on his power, his charm and wit. And a fragile peace has been maintained for the past sixteen years, since the False Prism War that devastated the world.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184149903X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gail Carriger
|title=Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Miss Tarabotti fairly bounces (in a ladylike fashion, of course) onto the page. Her forthright character is refreshingly at odds with the rather snivelling wallflowers of the era. I just knew that Alexia was going to be bags of fun - and she was. She did not disappoint.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841499722</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nicole Peeler
|title=Tempest Rising
|rating=3.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Since the death of her boyfriend, Jason, Jane True has been something of a social outcast in Rockabill. Hated by most of the general populace, who think she had something to do with Jason's death, Jane has lived her life on pause for eight years. Only Jane's clandestine nightly swim make her feel alive, at peace, normal – which is odd, because swimming in the treacherous and freezing sea waters is about as far from normal as a girl can get. But Jane's always had an affinity for the ocean.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841499668</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Susan Hill
|title=The Small Hand
|rating=4
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Adam Snow, an antiquarian book dealer, accidentally finds himself within the grounds of a derelict house hidden away in the countryside. As he is walking around the lost garden he feels an invisible hand creep into his own. Drawn into investigating the history of the house, and whose hand it might be, he finds himself suffering from panic attacks as well as feeling the small hand again, in different locations, each time pulling him closer and closer to danger.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846682363</amazonuk>
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