Note: This is an honest spoiler-free review for ARC provided by Netgalley & Harper Voyager. The Empire of Gold will be released on June 30th 2020 and is available for pre-order here. The review does have spoilers for The City of Brass and The Empire of Copper, so don’t read ahead if you plan to get to those books. Instead read this to know why these books are so awesome. The Empire of Gold is…
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8 reasons why you must read The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
by VipulaI know what you are thinking, “Yet another mediocre fantasy-fiction trilogy? Do we really need more magical worlds?”! No, we don’t need more mediocre trilogies (this is anything but that). And yes, we always need more magical worlds! The City of Brass was one of my top reads in 2018. The 2019 sequel The Kingdom of Copper cemented my love for The Daevabad Trilogy. And I can’t wait for the third book – Empire of…
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An inspired variation of the famous Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, Spinning Silver is a tale about a young, poor girl who learn to spin silver into gold and all the trouble of the world that brings her. There are fire demons and winter lords, not one but three strong female leads, dodgy romances and enough plot points to keep you interested.
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After having read the entire series of LOTR and Harry Potter, and never taking a liking to Terry Pratchett, I naively believed that I had read all there was to be read in fantasy fiction. In the end, there are only so many underdog heroes, dark lords, and imaginary worlds that you can take. But the beauty of fantasy fiction has always been in the power of magic and the belief that such a world…
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Twilight is a book for the young adult segment, a demographic I am not hence probably not qualified to review it. However, I have read it, I have an opinion and I want to say it out loud. Twilight is one of those rare books appearing to be much better than they actually are. The plot, in short, is the love story of Isabella, a young teenage girl, and Edward, a vegetarian vampire. Quite enticing,…