Fantasy - Mosman Readers2024-03-28T09:49:40Zhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/forum/categories/fantasy-1/listForCategory?categoryId=2517344%3ACategory%3A82&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sandersontag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2017-02-14:2517344:Topic:542622017-02-14T04:14:47.092ZRead, Review & Winhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/moslib
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2866499160?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2866499160?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="150"></img></a> As with all of Brandon Sanderson's books, "The Emperor's Soul" is an entertaining page-turner. The world he has created is filled with an interesting magic whose practitioners are seen as performing an abomination, as they are able to re-write a person's soul. This ability allows them to become great warriors, artists, or intellectuals, but only for a small time. One such…</p>
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<p>This novel is the first in a new steampunk series(Her Majesty's Psychic Service) by P.N.Elrod who is better known for her Vampire novels. If you love the Parasol Protectorate and Custard Protocol series by Gail Carriger you would enjoy this. Just the right amount of humour, mystery action and lots of tea…</p>
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<p>This novel is the first in a new steampunk series(Her Majesty's Psychic Service) by P.N.Elrod who is better known for her Vampire novels. If you love the Parasol Protectorate and Custard Protocol series by Gail Carriger you would enjoy this. Just the right amount of humour, mystery action and lots of tea drinking!</p> The Twelfth Enchantment by David Lisstag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2013-02-13:2517344:Topic:325862013-02-13T05:36:25.592ZRead, Review & Winhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/moslib
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<p>David Liss won the Edgar Award for best first novel, "A Conspiracy of Paper". This is his seventh book,</p>
<p>and the first of his I've read. I found it to be a cross between Harry Potter and Georgette Heyer, ie. the</p>
<p> regency world mixed with a lot of magic. Well written but not to my…</p>
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<p>David Liss won the Edgar Award for best first novel, "A Conspiracy of Paper". This is his seventh book,</p>
<p>and the first of his I've read. I found it to be a cross between Harry Potter and Georgette Heyer, ie. the</p>
<p> regency world mixed with a lot of magic. Well written but not to my taste.</p> Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrencetag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2012-04-30:2517344:Topic:304362012-04-30T02:40:21.003ZJacquihttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/Jacqui
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<p>Book 1 in a new series called The Broken Empire starts with the novel The Prince of Thorns. It is a dark and brutal story but an intriguing revenge based fantasy novel at the same time. It was refreshing to have the main character be portrayed as a immoral/evil man and for the author to manage to make you feel sympathetic towards him and his plight. It was a quick read…</p>
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<p>Book 1 in a new series called The Broken Empire starts with the novel The Prince of Thorns. It is a dark and brutal story but an intriguing revenge based fantasy novel at the same time. It was refreshing to have the main character be portrayed as a immoral/evil man and for the author to manage to make you feel sympathetic towards him and his plight. It was a quick read but a fascinating one and I can't wait to see what happens in the next books!</p> Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylortag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-10-31:2517344:Topic:256442011-10-31T06:11:24.933ZAlycia Baileyhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/AlyciaBailey
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<p>One day a stranger catches sight of her in a middle-eastern marketplace as she haggles with a graverobber and suddenly she has the answers to all her questions at her fingertips.</p>
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<p>I couldn't put this book down, and found myself almost missing several buses and bus stops. I finally finished it in my hotel room while on holidays, blankly refusing to go outside and see the sights or to sleep, until I'd finished my book.</p>
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<p><em>Daughter of Smoke and Bone</em> is a brilliant concept that brings in some major mythology and tries to challenge your ideas of good and evil as well as beauty and war.</p>
<p>The images of the city of Prague made me want to visit. And the rest of the prose is magical and heartfelt:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-style: italic;"><em>"This</em>, she thought, <em>isn’t just for today. It’s for everything.</em> For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it struck, fresh as new, at unpredictable moments; for the smiling lies and the mental images she couldn’t shake; for the shame of having been so naive.</span></p>
<p>For the way loneliness is worse when you return to if after a reprieve – like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable."</p>
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<p>The UK website has some pretty neat videos, so if you want to know more, go there. <a href="http://www.daughterofsmokeandbone.co.uk/">http://www.daughterofsmokeandbone.co.uk/</a></p> The Innocent Mage by Karen Millertag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-05-03:2517344:Topic:159422011-05-03T06:31:20.992ZAmandaShttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/AmandaS
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<p>The Kira Chronicles is a great epic fantasy trilogy. Full of strong characters that are trying to find their way these books have classic healing vs the sword themes. The history and magic woven throughout this story are intriguing, and there is a…</p>
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<p>The Kira Chronicles is a great epic fantasy trilogy. Full of strong characters that are trying to find their way these books have classic healing vs the sword themes. The history and magic woven throughout this story are intriguing, and there is a prophecy type folklore woven throughout the novels. Each different race has their own versions of the past, but one clan remains hidden and the others do not know they exist.</p>
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<p>The Tremen community in the forest setting of Allorgrenia are a long forgotten race, but a neighbouring clan have begun invading their land in the hopes to fulfill a prophecy of their own. Kira, the head of the peaceful healing community must leave all she knows and loves to find aid for her people. She must go against everything she believes in and journey to the far side of the land to seek help from the race they have long shunned.</p>
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<p>These were very easy to read and fast paced, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Anyone who loves epic fantasy with magic and healing and adventure read these!</p> Yelena Zaltana Series by Maria V. Snydertag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-04-05:2517344:Topic:139492011-04-05T07:31:01.413ZAmandaShttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/AmandaS
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<p><span class="font-size-2">This is a trilogy, Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study. There is also another trilogy following on from it about another character, Opal Cowan.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><font face="Arial" size="2">I found this series a little too romance-y, but the…</font></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2">This is a trilogy, Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study. There is also another trilogy following on from it about another character, Opal Cowan.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><font size="2" face="Arial">I found this series a little too romance-y, but the magic aspects and characters were so appealing that I decided to stick it through to the end. I enjoyed them with all the twists and turns, but it seemed as though the author had not expected people to have read the first two novels and the writing became a little repetitive in the third book. The world and magic laws that Snyder have created for her series are exciting and Snyder does a fantastic job of getting the reader to associate with Yelena in her struggle to live. They are about a girl called Yelena who is to be executed, until given a choice – to be the commanders food taster, or be executed. Obvious choice really. So we follow her life as she discovers she has magic in a land where magic is forbidden among many other things that try to stop her from living.</font></span></p> The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfusstag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-03-24:2517344:Topic:131422011-03-24T01:42:05.306ZJacquihttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/Jacqui
<p><a href="http://www.galaxybooks.com.au/images/products/978/075/640/9780756404079.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://www.galaxybooks.com.au/images/products/978/075/640/9780756404079.jpg"></img></a> <span style="color: #000000;">I've been waiting for the right time to read this book and finally when I was holidays I started and couldn't put it down! A beautifully written and lyrical fantasy book about Kvothe who runs an inn and then some strange things begin to happen which only he is able to fix with magic. As the book develops it goes back into his history and the…</span></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.galaxybooks.com.au/images/products/978/075/640/9780756404079.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://www.galaxybooks.com.au/images/products/978/075/640/9780756404079.jpg"/></a><span style="color: #000000;">I've been waiting for the right time to read this book and finally when I was holidays I started and couldn't put it down! A beautifully written and lyrical fantasy book about Kvothe who runs an inn and then some strange things begin to happen which only he is able to fix with magic. As the book develops it goes back into his history and the amazing life he has lead so far. I can't wait for book 2 to continue with Kvothe's story...</span></p> The Last Free Cat - Jon Blaketag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-03-10:2517344:Topic:107632011-03-10T04:16:53.546ZJane Bhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LibrarylandLady
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<p><span class="readable reviewText"><span>This YA book tells the story of a world where a deadly virus has wiped out most of the cat population. Cats are scarce and only the rich can afford them so when Feela walks into Jade's garden, Jade is determined to keep her. Jade and her…</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="readable reviewText"><span>This YA book tells the story of a world where a deadly virus has wiped out most of the cat population. Cats are scarce and only the rich can afford them so when Feela walks into Jade's garden, Jade is determined to keep her. Jade and her mum manage to entice Feela into their house and keep her presence quiet for a while...but it wouldn't be a story unless the authorities eventually find out and that's when the adventure begins.</span></span></p>