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My primary issue with Blood Scion revolves around its strong focus on outlining the protagonist's dire circumstances right from the first page....
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The story moves along at a much slower pace than the preceding instalments, switching from plot-based to character-based. ...
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Even When Your Voice Shakes by Ruby Yayra Goka
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The novel follows Alan, an American salesman who is sent to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to close a deal, a deal that his future likely depends on....
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The Will of the Many locks you in a vice-like grip and forces you to focus on the story at the cost of your life until the very end...
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It tells of what happens when mortals put their fates in the hands of immortals, allowing themselves to be unquestioningly led on in the name of faith...
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From the first page, we're not just introduced but smacked upside the head with highly detailed prose that makes the reading flow smoother than butter....
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Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu
With the bad blood already in place in Legend, it would be interesting to see how it develops further in the next book....
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Empire of Silence (Sun Eater #1) by Christopher Ruocchio
Empire of Silence tells of the travails of one Hadrian Marlowe as he grows up the son of an archon in his home world, Delos, and escapes life laid out for him by his...
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The story delves into deeper facets of the human condition, unearthing layers of hypocrisy, greed, and jealousy within its diverse characters....
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The Prophet of Edan (The Edan Trilogy #2) by Philip Chase
The character development was wonderful, and there was no overnight transformation, with only steady, stable transitions throughout the book....
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Books like this are what we need to have us reflect on our lives and also adjust wherever we may be lagging. ...
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Despite the many descriptions, fantasy fiction is more systematic nowadays than imagined. There is a form to the chaos and various categories for each shade of sanity and madness....
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Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
This book gave off the feeling of an old English movie even as the characters came alive in my subconscious as I read. ...
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With several pages devoted to world-building and action, The Prophet of Edan exceeds its prequel in both scope and depth. ...
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What we think is a simple war between two empires turns out to be a massive crusade involving several realms and gods....
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