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Crown of Wishes, A

Be Careful What You Dream Author: Roshani Chokshi While A Crown of Wishes is ostensibly the sequel to The Star-Touched Queen, it is truly a separate tale. Maya and Amar and their deadly kingdom with its interwoven threads of fate; its sardonic, flesh-eating horses; and its tree of deception, are a backdrop, and their roles here are minimal. Instead, this is Maya’s sister’s, Gauri’s, story about her hard-won journey to freedom. While Maya’s prophecy leads her into the underworld, Gauri’s story takes her from princess to prisoner, awaiting her death sentence. Like her sister, though, Gauri has a certain toughness. When [...]

Relics

An Urban Story of a Dark Collection Author: Tim Lebbon When Angela’s boyfriend, Vince, suddenly leaves without a word, his farewell a cryptic letter, she refuses to believe that he willingly abandoned her. As her investigation into his seemingly normal life starts to unravel an unwholesome trail, leading straight to a famous and violent crime lord, she also refuses to stop believing in Vince’s ultimate goodness. He may have lied to her about who he was and what he did, but somehow, she knows that his love was no lie. And so Angela searches and encounters a world she never knew [...]