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The Ninth Sorceress

Feb 12, 2020
3 min

The Ninth Sorceress

5/5 STARS Publisher: Talem Press Release Date: February 13th 2020 RRP: $32 AUD Print & $7.99 AUD e-Book Amazon In the blackest dungeon of the Clockwork City, a prisoner lies bound in silver shackles. Who is she? And why are the wizards so afraid of her? Seventeen-year-old Gwyn has no family and no past. Apprenticed to a half-mad herbalist, she travels the snow-blasted High Country, hawking potions in a peddler’s wagon. Her guardian hides her from the world like a dark secret,

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The Harp of Kings

Juliet Marillier

Sep 2, 2019
3 min

The Harp of Kings

4/5 STARS Publisher: Macmillan Australia Release Date: 27th August 2019 RRP: $29.99 AUD Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest heart, and a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan's burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band on Swan Island. She and her brother train there to compete for places, and find themselves joining a mission while still candidates. Their unusual blend of skills makes

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Vengeful

Jan 16, 2019
3 min

Vengeful

5/5 STARS Pub Date: 25/09/2018 RRP: $18.99 Publisher: Titan Publishing Group – Distributed by NewSouth Books Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Great partnerships, now soured on the vine. But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she's finally gained the control she's always sought--and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She'll do whatever it takes,

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Furyborn

Jun 12, 2018
3 min

Furyborn

4.5/5 STARS Publication Date: May 2018 Publisher: Sourcefire Books RRP $17.99 AUD When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing her ability to perform all seven kinds of elemental magic. The only people who should possess this extraordinary power are a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light and salvation and a queen of blood and destruction. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven trials to

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Legendary

Stephanie Garber

May 28, 2018
3 min

Legendary

Publication Date: 29/05/2018 Publisher: Hachette Australia RRP: $19.99 5/5 STARS A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver:

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The Beast's Heart

Leife Shallcross

May 15, 2018
3 min

The Beast's Heart

4/5 STARS Publication Date: May 2018 Publisher: Hachette Australia RRP: $19.99 AUD I am neither monster nor man—yet I am both. I am the Beast. The day I was cursed to this wretched existence was the day I was saved—although it did not feel so at the time. My redemption sprung from contemptible roots; I am not proud of what I did the day her father happened upon my crumbling, isolated chateau. But if loneliness breeds desperation then I was desperate indeed, and I did what I f

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To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo

May 6, 2018
3 min

To Kill a Kingdom

Publication: May 2018 Allen&Unwin $19.99 5/5 STARS Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human

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Ash Princess

Laura Sebastian

May 1, 2018
3 min

Ash Princess

4/5 STARS Publication Date: 24/04/2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan RRP: $16.99 AUD Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her eyes. On that day, the Kaiser took Theodosia's family, her land, and her name. Theo was crowned Ash Princess--a title of shame to bear in her new life as a prisoner. For ten years Theo has been a captive in her own palace. She's endured the relentless abuse and ridicule of the Kaiser and his cour

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Children of Blood and Bone

Mar 13, 2018
3 min

Children of Blood and Bone

Publication Date: 13th March 2018 Pan Macmillan Australia RRP: 16.99 4.5/5 STARS Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now, Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike

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Shadowsong

Feb 5, 2018
3 min

Shadowsong

5/5 STARS • Publication Date; 6th of February 2018 • St. Martin’s Press Six months after the end of Wintersong, Liesl is working toward furthering both her brother’s and her own musical careers. Although she is determined to look forward and not behind, life in the world above is not as easy as Liesl had hoped. Her younger brother Josef is cold, distant, and withdrawn, while Liesl can’t forget the austere young man she left beneath the earth, and the music he inspired

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Devils & Thieves

Jan 31, 2018
3 min

Devils & Thieves

5/5 STARS Power corrupts. Magic kills. Eighteen-year-old Jemmie Carmichael is surrounded by magic in the quiet town of Hawthorne, New York. In her world, magic users are called “kindled,” and Jemmie would count herself among them if only she could cast a simple spell without completely falling apart. It doesn't help that she was also recently snubbed by Crowe—the dangerous and enigmatic leader of Hawthorne’s kindled motorcycle gang, the Devils’ League. When the entire kindled

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The Cruel Prince

Jan 1, 2018
3 min

The Cruel Prince

5/5 STARS Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more tha

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Everless

Dec 20, 2017
3 min

Everless

5/5 STARS Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire - a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen. In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything - even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the poor bleed themselves dry. Jules and her father are behind on their rent and low on hours. To stop him from draining himself to cle

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Godsgrave

Sep 12, 2017
4 min

Godsgrave

5/5 STARS - SPOILERS Assassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo, or avenging her familia. And after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia begins to suspect the motives of the Red Church itself. When it’s announced that Scaeva and Duomo will be

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