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Fantasy and Science Fiction February 2025 |
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Five Broken Blades
by Mai Corland
The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the God King Joon. He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined - or sold. And now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness-from the hired hitman seeking atonement, a lovely assassin who seeks freedom, or even the prince banished for his cruel crimes.
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The Honey Witch
by Sydney J. Shields
On the tiny isle of Innisfree, 21-year-old Honey Witch Marigold Claude, who is cursed never to find true love, is determined to prove to Lottie, a notorious skeptic, that magic is real but soon begins to care for her in unexpected ways, placing her home, her magic and her heart in danger.
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The Parliament
by Aimee Pokwatka
When chemist Madigan Purdy agreed to lead a STEM program for tweens at her local library, she did not expect to be confronted with a murderous swarm of owls. As Madigan and her students shelter in place, she reads to them from The Silent Queen, the book that once got her through a difficult situation and may help them all survive. This gripping novel by the author of Self-Portrait with Nothing "tucks a Maurice Sendak fairy tale into a nature-attacks horror novel" (Library Journal).
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| The Starlight Heir by Amalie HowardSuraya Saab may be a gifted bladesmith, but an invitation to the court of King Zarek still catches her off guard. What awaits for her in the capital city of Kaldari is not a simple adventure: while catching both the eye and ire of the prince's half-brother Roshan, Suraya is caught between a rebellious uprising and a quest for a girl rumored to have magic in her blood. Fans of this "exciting and romantic tale with high stakes and intricately detailed mythology" (Kirkus) will enjoy other romantasy titles such as Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole. |
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Sanctuary of the Shadow
by Aurora Ascher
Hidden within an unusual circus run by a centuries-old Enchanter, Harrow, keeping her true identity and magical ability a secret, finds her destiny in an elemental with no recollection of who he is, forcing her to reveal the secrets from her own dark past to save this dangerous creature.
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A House Like An Accordian
by Audrey Burges
When tech billionaire Keryth’s hand disappears one morning while she is brushing her teeth, it’s not a complete surprise. She has a secret. Whatever she draws in her sketchbook becomes manifested in real life, a power inherited from her father, who warned Keryth never to use it. But she has been . . . The power got her out of foster care after her father's unexplained disappearance and into a dazzlingly successful life with a soulmate husband and two teenage daughters. Her father, Keryth realizes, must be alive and drawing in his own sketchbook. She has to find him before she completely fades away.
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Onyx Storm
by Rebecca Yarros
After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail must seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre, and she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
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Out of the Drowning Deep
by A.C. Wise
Scribe IV, an obsolete automaton living in an isolated monastery on the far reaches of space, must solve the murder of a visiting Pope with the help of a private investigator struggling with addiction and a curious angel. If they don't find the killer, the entire monastery will be punished by the elusive Sisters of the Drowned Deep. For fans of: unconventional sci-fi with intricate plots such as Becky Chambers' Wayfarers and Monk & Robot series, and The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
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