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Changeling, The

"A great fairy tale tells the truth.” Author: Victor Lavalle Apollo is determined to be the father he never had. He dotes on his son, Brian, carrying him everywhere, uploading hundreds of pictures to social media, boring well-meaning friends. It seems that life is perfect, but soon Apollo’s wife (and Brian’s mother), Emma, starts to act strange. She asks weird questions about the baby. She claims she is getting pictures of Apollo ignoring him – pictures that immediately disappear from her phone. She says that the baby isn’t there’s – isn’t even a baby – and that her real son is [...]

2025-11-09T15:26:49-07:00November 9th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |

Enemy Within, The

Ravenloft's Take on Jekyll and Hyde Author: Christie Golden In a true case of wrong time / wrong place, Sir Tristan Hiregaard, a nobleman and ruler of Nova Vaasa, does the right thing and yet is blamed for a terrible crime he did not commit. Ravenloft’s forever formidable Vistani clear him of the crime through mystical means, but a rouge in their order, Rozalia, is sure that he remains guilty. Already dabbling in the blackest of magics, Rozalia cooks up a curse even she cannot quite handle, and a new dark lord is born. Soon, a mysterious figure named Malken [...]

2025-11-08T15:34:18-07:00November 8th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , |

What the River Knows

“In Egypt? We’re all looking for something.” Author: Isabel Ibañez A plucky young heroine, willing to risk life and reputation for answers. An embittered man with a shady past and the capability to fight crocodiles in the Nile. A mysterious, underground artifact stealing ring. Pyramids and magic and Cleopatra. Secrets and betrayal. Forbidden love and broken families. Death, disaster, and hope. It’s all here. I first encountered Isabel Ibanez in Woven in Moonlight, another YA novel where she blends magical realism with fairy-tale like worlds, plucky heroines, danger, and betrayal. I fell in love, so when my beloved Book of the [...]

2025-11-06T12:58:40-07:00November 6th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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