Sequel to The Wee Free Men.
Tiffany Aching, now 11, becomes a trainee witch. But an ancient evil, the hiver, has noticed her and possesses her. Her Nac Mac Feegle friends, the diminutive and indomitable blue pictsies, come to her aid.
She may only be eleven, but she's as tough as nails.
Recommended.
In the year Eighteen-Six, it has been two hundred years since last a practical magician walked in England, when Mr. Norrell shews himself after many years of study. In time, he is joined by a student Jonathan Strange who later distinguishes himself in the Peninsular War against the tyrant Bonaparte. But their most dangerous adversary is the capricious gentleman with the thistle-down hair from Faerie.
Susanna Clarke's debut novel is a startling take on fantasy, evoking the work of Austen and Dickens, pitting madness against reason, exploring magic and …continue.
In an alternate world where the Laws of Magic have been codified, a master sorcerer has been murdered in a locked room at a convention of sorcerers. Lord Darcy must resolve the mystery.
The puzzle is first-rate, well constructed, yet plausible on its own terms. The characters, alas, are perfunctory.
Princep's Fury is the fifth book in Jim Butcher's fantasy series, Codex Alera, and the sequel to Captain's Fury.
Tavi, now recognized as the princeps (heir apparent to the Crown), has been sent on a diplomatic mission to the distant Canim homeland. There he finds that they have been overrun by the Vord hivemind. Back at home in Alera, the Vord have returned too, killing and enslaving huge numbers of humans. Desperate rearguard actions follow.
Butcher knows how to spin a yarn that moves quickly from one cliffhanger to the next. Grim in …continue.
Paige is a modern young witch. Her boyfriend, Lucas, despite being the heir apparent to the Cortez Cabal of sorcerers, wants nothing to do with the family business. But they get sucked in when the teenaged children of the various cabals are being murdered.
An entertaining urban fantasy that's ridiculously fast-paced.