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Nicole
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Blog: https://ofworldsforgotten.com/
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So I'm trying to figure out how I'll ever recover from this book. 😭
It's perfect. Full review of V.E Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is up on my blog!

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
“The night is a hand on the back of her neck, heavy, unwelcome, and she feels dizzy, unmoored, the world gone soft under her feet, her senses knocked off-kilter- like taking a nap in the afte…
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June 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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My review of the gorgeously stunning novella, The River Has Roots, by @amalelmohtar.com is now up on my blog!

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The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
“The first time Esther met Rin, they were a storm. While walking in the Modal Lands she was caught in a howling gale, and took shelter beneath one of the granite outcroppings that littered th…
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June 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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My review of @glendalarke.bsky.social's novel Stormlord Rising is now up on my blog!!

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Stormlord Rising by Glenda Larke
“The journey was a nightmare, yet a nightmare painted on a background that stirred Terelle’s soul. The wide skies, the strange orange light of dawn, the burning white sun of midday and …
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June 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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My review of the gorgeous romantasy The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig is now up on my blog!!

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The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
“But what is a Diviner, really? A foundling?” He looked me up and down. “The abbess strips you of name, face, clothes, distinction- cloisters you to the cathedral grounds, where y…
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May 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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My review of the first two books in Veronica Roth's Curse Bearer series is now up on my blog!
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Curse Bearer Series by Veronica Roth
“That kind of sacrifice creates a debt, and there’s nothing magic likes better than the great hollow of a debt. And so magic nestled here, heedless of what the adherents of this particular re…
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May 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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My review of Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski is now up on my blog!
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Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
“You can’t stop a soldier from being frightened but you can give him motivation to help him overcome that fear. I have no such motivation. I can’t have. I’m a witcher: an ar…
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May 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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My review of My Ex, The Antichrist by Craig DiLouie is now up on my blog! Thank you @orbitbooks.bsky.social for sending this my way!

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May 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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My review of Single Player by @taratai.com is now up on my blog!
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Single Player by Tara Tai
“The night rushes past us, cool sheets of wind wending their way through the gaps in our clothing. As we leave the city behind and pick up speed, buildings fall away and spotlights grow spars…
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May 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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My review of T. Kingfisher's The Saint of Steel series is now up on my blog!!

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The Saint of Steel Series by T. Kingfisher
“If we limited loving to just the sane, undamaged people, the next generation would have about three people in it and presumably humanity would die out shortly afterward.”-Paladin&#8217…
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May 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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My review of Mira Grant's newest novel, Overgrowth, is now up on my blog!
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Overgrowth by Mira Grant
“This was a forest made for dreams, or nightmares. Made for a world where the balance of oxygen in the air was different, where things felt less constrained to growing low and close to their …
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May 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My review of @rowennam.bsky.social's gorgeous novel The Palace of Illusions is now up on my blog. Releasing in June 2025, you don't want to miss this one!

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The Palace of Illusions by Rowenna Miller
“The light unfurled toward the center of the glass again, softly warming like the horizon before the sunrise- a dramatic change from darkness, but not painful to look at. It drew tight toward…
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May 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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My review of The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin is now up on my blog!

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The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin
“We fight neither to inflict pain nor to prolong suffering. We fight neither to mollify anger nor to satisfy vendetta. We fight neither to accumulate wealth nor to promote social standing. We…
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April 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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My review of @cynthiatimoti.bsky.social's Salty, Spiced, and A Little Bit Nice is now up on my blog. This delightfully fun romance releases in May!

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Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice by Cynthia Timoti
“The minute I got home, I stalked to the kitchen and pulled out my mixer, some bowls, and a cupcake pan. Then I dumped the bag of low-carb flour, cocoa, baking powder and the carton of eggs o…
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April 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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A review of Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry is now up on my blog!!

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Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry
“The fantastic and the imaginative aren’t escapism . . . Good stories introduce the marvelous. The whole story, paradoxically, strengthens our relish for real life. This excursion sends…
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April 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Here’s my March reading wrap up and the Hive’s Top Picks!

My top pick this month is Once was Willem by M R Carey!
March 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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My review of The Lost Queen by Signe Pike is now up on my blog!
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The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
“Do not deny yourself what little happiness you might find. For there are bound to be days in every lifetime dark enough to drown what little light we might gather.”The Lost Queen by Si…
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March 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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My review of Weyward by @emiliahart.bsky.social is now up on my blog!
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Weyward by Emilia Hart
“Weyward, they called us, when we would not submit, would not bend to their will. But we learned to wear the name with pride.”-Weyward by Emilia Hart This is a gorgeously moving, emotio…
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March 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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My review of @jojomoyes.bsky.social's novel, We All Live Here is now up on my blog! One of my favorite books 💛
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We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
“Neither of them had discussed when he was going to move home. It wasn’t as though having him there got in the way of Lila’s life (what life?), and Bill’s gentle presence ga…
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March 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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My review of A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall is now up on my blog! @sylviecathrall.bsky.social, @orbitbooks.bsky.social
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A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall
“Yesterday, I sat by my window, watching glimmers of sunset from the surface dye the drop-off waters a stately purple. I do this sometimes when I feel most at odds with my Brain, you see, and find …
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February 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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My review of A Far Better Thing by @authorhgparry.bsky.social is now up on my blog! This releases June 2025 and is not one you want to miss!!
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A Far Better Thing By H.G. Parry
“I felt it before I saw it. My nerves twitched, and my flesh tingled as if at an enroaching storm. I was looking at myself. A far better version of me, of course: all changelings are more bea…
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February 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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My review of Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans is up on my blog!
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Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans
“Between the planes was the void, and the void was perfect; it flashed by in a fraction of a blink, and Siyon was through.It was like stepping into an open oven, snatched up in the Empyreal plane’s…
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February 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM