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  Book Review: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Release Date: March 04, 2014  Genre: Fantasy Age Range: Adult Series: The Stormlight Archive Proceeded By: The Way of Kings   Goodreads  Avg. Rating: 4.76 stars For a series that gave so much detail and depth in the first novel what could we even discuss here? In the second book, Sanderson upped the scale showing us that we only barely learned about this world. I loved this book for how we got to look into Shallan's past and the growth we could see in her. She is such a strong smart character that this book allowed her to show that. Then there are the major revelations (mostly at the end) about the old magics and the Knights Radiant. The second book in the Stormlight Archive continues to follow Kaladin Stormblessed on his journey as he seeks to save his men. With political plots and assassins looming large finding the honorable path becomes less clear. Then there is Shallan Davar who seeks to continue her scholarship in finding a

    New Books Publishing Week of 26 August 2024 Welcome to this week's new book releases. Our last week of the month brings out some anticipated releases. Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan Subjects :  Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comic Fantasy, Fantasy Romance Series :  Time of Iron Description : When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series. She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.   So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villai

  New Books Publishing Week of 19 August 2024 Welcome to this week's new book releases. Entering the middle of the month a few anticipated releases are coming out. A Darkness Returns by Raymond E Feist Subjects :  Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction Series :  The Dragonwar Saga Description : As worlds collide . . . Hatushaly, last scion of the Firemane dynasty; his beloved Hava, and their dubious friend Donte have been transported across space and time from their war-torn world of Garn to the relative peace of Midkemia. There, on Sorcerer’s Isle, under the guidance of the great magician Magnus and his reincarnated father Pug, Hatu will explore and expand his unique magical abilities: for if Garn is to be saved, they will be needed. With the evil Pride Lords defeated, the Church of the One has risen to bring death and destruction to Hatu’s home world. The kingdom of Ilcomen has fallen, and now the Church is sending forces to Marquensas, where Daylon Dumarch