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TITLE: A Shade of Vampire

AUTHOR: Bella Forrest

SERIES: A Shade of Vampire (#1)

RELEASES: December 17, 2012 by Nightlight Press

GENRE: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

AGE RANGE: Teen

Rating: 1 out 5

SYNOPSIS: On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.

A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.

She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine.
An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.

Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince.

Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night.

Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?

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BY: Simon R. Green
SERIES: Nightside (#1)
RATING: 2 out 5
RELEASES: May 27, 2003 by Ace
GENRE: Urban fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary fantasy
AGE RANGE: Adult
SYNOPSIS: John Taylor is not a private detective per se, but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London where fantasy and reality share renting space and the sun never shines.

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BY: Tracy Wolff
SERIES: Crave (#2)
RATING: 1 out 5
RELEASES: September 29, 2020 by Entangled: Teen
GENRE: Fantasy Fiction, Paranormal fiction
AGE RANGE: Teen
SYNOPSIS: Everything feels off—especially me. I’ve returned to Katmere Academy, but I’m haunted by fragments of days I have no recollection of living and struggling to understand who, or what, I really am.

Just when I start to feel safe again, Hudson is back with a vengeance. He insists there are secrets I don’t know about, threatening to drive a wedge between Jaxon and me forever. But far worse enemies are at our doorstep.

The Circle is caught in a power play and the Vampire Court is trying to drag me out of my world and into theirs. The only thing Hudson and Jaxon agree on is that leaving Katmere would mean my certain death.

And not only am I fighting for my life, but now everyone else’s is at stake—unless we can defeat an unspeakable evil. All I know is that saving the people I love is going to require sacrifice.

Maybe more than I’m able to give.

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BY: Tracy Wolff
SERIES: Crave (#1)
RATING: 1 out 5
RELEASES: April 7, 2020 by Entangled: Teen
GENRE: Fantasy Fiction, Paranormal fiction
AGE RANGE: Teen
SYNOPSIS: My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods… or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.

Then there’s Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn’t felt anything for a hundred years. But there’s something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what’s broken in me.

Which could spell death for us all.

Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I’m wondering if I was brought here intentionally—as the bait.

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BY: Karen Miller
SERIES: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker (#1)
RATING: 1 out 5
RELEASES: September 1, 2007 by Orbit
GENRE: Fantasy, Speculative fiction, High Fantasy
AGE RANGE: Adult
SYNOPSIS: Enter the kingdom of Lur, where to use magic unlawfully means death.

The Doranen have ruled Lur with magic since arriving as refugees centuries ago. Theirs was a desperate flight to escape the wrath of a powerful mage who started a bitter war in their homeland. To keep Lur safe, the native Olken inhabitants agreed to abandon their own magic. Magic is now forbidden them, and any who break this law are executed.

Asher left his coastal village to make his fortune. Employed in the royal stables, he soon finds himself befriended by Prince Gar and given more money and power than he'd ever dreamed possible. But the Olken have a secret; a prophecy. The Innocent Mage will save Lur from destruction and members of The Circle have dedicated themselves to preserving Olken magic until this day arrives. Unbeknownst to Asher, he has been watched closely. As the Final Days approach, his life takes a new and unexpected turn ...
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BY: Itaru Kinoshita (Story & Art), Shin-ichi Fujiwara (Research Consultant), John Neal (Translator)
SERIES: ディノサン [Dinosan] (#3)
RELEASES: September 5, 2023 by Seven Seas
GENRE: Science Fiction, Slice of Life
AGE RANGE: Teen
RATING: 4 out 5
SYNOPSIS: THE NEWBIE LOOKS FOR HER DINO HOME.

Suma Suzume, the newest keeper at struggling Enoshima Dinoland, has reached the end of her three-month orientation period. It’s time for a new challenge: working alongside each of the department heads to find her permanent place on the staff! First on the list is Igarashi Keisuke, and Suzume will learn what makes him tick as they care for the park’s pachycephalosaurs and stegosaurs.

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Current Mood: calm

BY: Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illustrator )
RELEASES: April 24, 2012 by HarperCollins
GENRE: Dark Fantasy
AGE RANGE: Children's
RATING: 4 out 5
SYNOPSIS: When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.

But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.

Celebrating ten years of Neil Gaiman's first modern classic for young readers, this edition is enriched with a brand-new foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more.

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Current Mood: accomplished

BY: Mitsu Izumi
SERIES: 圕の大魔術師 [Toshokan no Daimajutsushi] (#1)
RELEASES: July 9, 2019 by Kodansha Comics
GENRE: Adventure, Fantasy
AGE RANGE: Teen
RATING: 3 out 5
SYNOPSIS: A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages! The Magic of the Written Word In the small village of Amun lives a poor boy named Theo. Theo adores books, but because of his pointed ears and impoverished life, he isn’t allowed to use the village library. As he endures the prejudice and hatred of the village, he dreams of going where such things don’t exist: Aftzaak, City of Books. But one day, Theo chances to meet a Kafna–a librarian who works for the great library of Aftzaak–and his life changes forever…

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Current Mood: contemplative

BY: Itaru Kinoshita (Story & Art), Shin-ichi Fujiwara (Research Consultant), John Neal (Translator)
SERIES: ディノサン [Dinosan] (#2)
RELEASES: March 14, 2023 by Seven Seas
GENRE: Science Fiction, Slice of Life
AGE RANGE: Teen
RATING: 3 out 5
SYNOPSIS: A SMALL MISTAKE... CHANGES EVERYTHING FOR DINOSAURS

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED…

When dinosaurs were found to have survived to modern times, people were enthralled–until a catastrophic incident drove dino-mania to extinction. When Kaidou, who was there to witness it, opens up about what happened, the rookie keeper Suma Suzume learns more about the disaster–and her coworker–than she ever expected. But that’s far from the only thing on her mind. Whether it’s raising a baby Troodon or throwing a birthday party for a geriatric T. rex, there’s always plenty for Suzume to do at Dinoland!

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Current Mood: creative

BY: Ameko Kaerudo, Yorifuji (illustrator)
SERIES: The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch (#1)
RELEASES: December 31, 2024 by Titan Manga
GENRE: Fantasy
AGE RANGE: Teen
RATING: 2 out 5
SYNOPSIS:Come and read a manga that’s a cosy and comforting as a nice warm cup of tea! At the royal court, the weakest mage is the tea witch, who uses their powers to make tea for the noble lords and ladies… but Remy has some incredible powers that will result in all kinds of courtly intrigue! The first volume in a heart-warming and cosy ongoing series, The Elegant Courtly Life of a Tea Witch tells the tale of Remy, a lowly tea witch using her magic to brew the finest cuppa for the noble lords and ladies. All she really wants is a quiet life creating gorgeous displays for shop windows… but she’s slowly drawn into a world of intrigue as her incredible powers of transformation make her the gossip of the court… and the object of affection for a naïve princess!

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Current Mood: indifferent

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Entries tagged with genre: fantasy

[Book Review] A Shade of Vampire

[Book Review] Something from the Nightside

[Book Review] Crush

[Book Review] Crave

[Book Review] The Innocent Mage

[Manga Review] Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 3

[Book Review] Coraline

[Manga Review] Magus of the Library, Vol. 1

[Manga Review] Dinosaur Sanctuary, Vol. 2

[Manga Review] The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch Vol. 1

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