Author: Stuart Hill
ISBN: 0-439-68626-1
Words: 136,500
Basically, in The Cry of the Icemark the thirteen-year-old princess Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield has to fight back the forces of the Polypontian Empire to defend her home. And there are a lot of different battles to be fought and potential allies to be courted, such as werewolves, the vampire king, [...]
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The Cry of the Icemark
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Eclipse
Author: Stephenie Meyer
ISBN: 978-0316160209
Pages (hardcover): 640
Breaking Dawn is due out on August 2nd, so it’s time to finish up my reviews of the series so far.
Let’s see. What I said about the writing style in my Twilight review is certainly true here as well. It did seem like there is a slightly increased usage [...]
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Sabriel
Author: Garth Nix
ISBN: 0-06-447183-7
Words: 87,400
I like this book quite a lot. I’ve read it twice, and seeing it sitting on my bookshelf, I’m tempted to read it again, even though there are dozens of unread books next to it.
The plot seemed one-dimensional for a lot of the book - it’s like the author is throwing [...]
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Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 0-375-82668-8
Pages: 544 (hardcover)
Well, Brisingr’s coming out in September so I thought I might as well do a quick review of Eragon.
Anyone who’s read some of my previous posts will know that I’m not particularly fond of this book, but I did have fun reading it when I bought a copy several years [...]
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