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Bloodline by Will Wight

Brief synopsis (no spoilers) A Dreadgod is heading to Sacred Valley and Lindon is determined to save everyone and everything. Even people that treat him like garbage or that don't want to be saved. Category Fantasy, maybe Sci-Fi Why I chose this book Next in series My personal opinion (the review) This is a great continuation of the series. I love how none of the books in this series ends in a cliffhanger. There's definitely more action to come, but nothing is left unresolved. Thank you, Will, for putting yet another high-quality, clean action book into the world! I recommend this book (and series) to anyone. Warnings Language: None Violence: Frequent fighting "Adult" situations: Romantic love, but no detail Death: Yes, including major character(s) Movie rating equivalent PG-13 Protagonist description Lindon is finally strong, Yerin is finally vulnerable Point of view of story Third person, mostly focused on Lindon, but occasionally on Yerin Book length Medium Story f

The Snow Gypsy by Lindsay Jane Ashford

Brief synopsis (no spoilers): Rose's brother disappeared in an unknown location in Spain, so she decides to travel to a gypsy festival and try to find information about him. Lola's gypsy family is from a war-ravaged area of Spain, so she moves to a nearby city and travels to the festival to showcase her dancing ability (Flamenco). Category : Historical fiction Why I chose this book : Amazon First My personal opinion : No thanks. The intimate scene killed it for me. It was a compelling story, for the first thirty percent of the book (I did not finish reading it). I was genuinely intrigued to find out what happened to Rose's brother. I do not recommend this book for anyone. Warnings Language: none that I recall Violence: war references "Adult" situations: an explicit scene Death: referenced Movie rating equivalent : R, for the love scene Protagonist description : Rose is a friend of the gypsies and is sincere Point of view of story : Third person, focused alternatel

Siege and Sacrifice by Charlie Holmberg

Brief synopsis (no spoilers): Sandis now has to face Kolosos in addition to Kazen. But she has a small army of vessels and another handler with her, so it's not hopeless. Rone comes back to help. There's much more to his story and history. His ancient artifact gives them a clue about how to beat Kolosos. Category : YA fiction Why I chose this book : I'm a big fan of the author My personal opinion : Very good final book to the trilogy, I enjoyed it and recommend it. Warnings Language: minor Violence: nothing graphic "Adult" situations: many references to physical attraction, one racy scene Death: some, including major character(s) Movie rating equivalent : PG-13 Protagonist description : Sandis Point of view of story : Third person, focused alternately on Sandis and Rone Book length : Medium Story flow : Excellent Grammar and spelling issues : None Character connection (no spoilers): I'd like more back story on Rone For series : Independent or integral : Integr

Myths and Mortals by Charlie Holmberg

Brief synopsis (no spoilers): Rone betrays Sandis, in order to save his mother. Sandis is back in the hands of the evil Kazen, and is naturally afraid for her life. Her connection to her Numen is broken. Category : YA fiction Why I chose this book : I'm a big fan of the author My personal opinion : The story is compelling, I like the magical aspect, and the characters are realistic. I recommend this book to anyone. Warnings Language: minor Violence: nothing graphic "Adult" situations: nothing worse than strong attraction, references to being naked (due to the use of magic) Death: referenced Movie rating equivalent : PG-13 Protagonist description : Sandis Point of view of story : Third person, focused mostly on Sandis Book length : Medium Story flow : Excellent Grammar and spelling issues : None Character connection (no spoilers): I'd like more back story on Rone For series : Independent or integral : Integral so far Series review as a whole : Pretty good. It's not

Smoke and Summons by Charlie Holmberg

Brief synopsis (no spoilers): Sandis is a human vessel for an ancient spirit, but the practice of being such a host is illegal, so her controller keeps her in the underworld. She escapes and is helped by a thief named Rone. He has an ancient artifact that gives him one minute of invincibility, which he uses in his "career". Sandis' handler, Kazen, will do anything to get her back under his control. Category : YA fiction Why I chose this book : I'm a big fan of the author My personal opinion : I like the use of magic/tapping into another world. I am happy about the clean language. It's a genuinely interesting story, and I do recommend it. Warnings Language: minor Violence: nothing graphic "Adult" situations: nothing worse than attraction Death: referenced Movie rating equivalent : PG-13 Protagonist description : Sandis Point of view of story : Third person, focused mostly on Sandis Book length : Medium Story flow : Excellent Grammar and spelling issues