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Cypess, Leah
4 Reviews
(3)
YA
Seventeen-year-old sorceress Ileni finds her morals and her magic abilities tested as she goes undercover in the Imperial Academy of Sorcery, ready to signal assassins to attack. When Arxis, another assassin spy, also infiltrates the Academy, Ileni doesn't know whom to trust. This second volume extends the first's compelling magical world–building; political intrigue, double-crosses, and romantic tension round out the novel.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
(3)
YA
As seventeen-year-old Ileni's magic begins to fade, she's sent to the Black Mountain to tutor assassins in sorcery. With the help of Sorin, her student and assigned protector, she must discover who killed her predecessors before someone kills her. Ileni proves a compelling protagonist, and the blend of romance, assassins, magic, and murder-mystery consistently raises the stakes.
Reviewer: Susan Graham
(3)
YA
This tale of courtly intrigue stars both living and dead players, each with his or her own schemes, driven by love, guilt, and power-lust. In Ghostland, murder victims linger to avenge their own deaths. Darri's sister was trapped there--but she may not want to be saved. This solid companion to Mistwood fills its intriguing and eerie world with tightly woven relationships.
Reviewer: Bethany Templeton Klem
(3)
YA
Isabel has no memories, but she knows she is a shape-shifter with an innate talent for manipulating people and an irrevocable duty to protect the king. She must unravel her own murky history before political chaos destroys the kingdom. The careful, deliberate development of characters and intrigues in this suspenseful fantasy steadily builds to Isabel's staggering revelation.
Reviewer: Bethany Templeton Klem
4 reviews
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