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Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott

Unconquerable Sun

You can bet when I saw the words “gender-swapped Alexander the Great in space” used to describe a book, my immediate reaction was PUT IT IN MY EYEBALLS. Plus, it’s written by Kate Elliot, who wrote the totally amazing and ass-kicking Spiritwalker fantasy trilogy. I figured Unconquerable Sun was a guaranteed winner. Folks, it is a winner–eventually. After a stuttering start, it is jam-packed with incredibly cool and interesting sci-fi world-building and nonstop twisty politics … Continue reading Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott

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Servant Mage

Servant Mage

Kate Elliott’s Servant Mage is a fun secondary world fantasy from one of the best writers working in the genre. They choose their laws to secure their power. Fellion is a Lamplighter, able to provide illumination through magic. A group of rebel Monarchists free her from indentured servitude and take her on a journey to rescue trapped compatriots from an underground complex of mines. Along the way they get caught up in a conspiracy to kill the … Continue reading Servant Mage

The Rec League: Supportive Brothers

The Rec League - heart shaped chocolate resting on the edge of a very old book

This latest Rec League is inspired by a discussion I had during one of my romance book club meetings. I can’t remember what book we read, though I think it was a historical romance. But in a lot of cases, in books where there is a brother/sister sibling relationship, the brother is usually an asshole or even the bad guy. They’re judgmental about their sister’s dating life, is ruining her financially, or is somehow impeding … Continue reading The Rec League: Supportive Brothers

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Court of Fives

Court of Fives

In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott begins a new trilogy with her debut young adult novel, weaving an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege. Jessamy’s life is a balance between acting like an upper class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But at night she can be whomever … Continue reading Court of Fives

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A Passage of Stars

A Passage of Stars

In the crackling first book of Kate Elliott’s Highroad trilogy, strong-spirited Lily Ransome leaves her home planet—and the life she’s always known—to rescue an abducted friend Willful as well as physically brave, Lily Ransome is dissatisfied by the options available to her on Unruli: She can either join her family’s lucrative mining business or begin procreating. When Heredes, her beloved martial arts instructor, tutor, and father figure, is kidnapped by alien bounty hunters, Lily spurns … Continue reading A Passage of Stars

Books On Sale

Books on Sale: Jill Shalvis, Lisa Renee Jones, and Joan Swan - plus a Cookbook of Temptation

Books on Sale: Jill Shalvis, Lisa Renee Jones, and Joan Swan - plus a Cookbook of Temptation

RECOMMENDED: Simply Irresistible is the first book in Jill Shalvis' Lucky Harbor series, and it's currently $2.99. Book 3, Head Over Heels, is still $1.99, so I'm reposting that below so you can grab both for yourself if you're so inclined. Maddie Moore's whole life needs a makeover. In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so not her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato … Continue reading Books on Sale: Jill Shalvis, Lisa Renee Jones, and Joan Swan - plus a Cookbook of Temptation