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REVIEW of The Zheninghai Chronicles (SERIES) by Anastasis Blythe

This series follows the story of the empire of Zheninghai where an Academy of magic-wielders are trained to fight monsters, brigands, and archvillains in the service of the Emperor. The overarching plot line of the whole series made it impossible to stop at the end of each book, even though there are distinct shifts in…
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REVIEW of The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky in the Deep) by Adrienne Young

Washed ashore in a half-burned boat, Tova was adopted (enslaved?) into the Svell tribe as a young child. She knows next to nothing about her birth tribe, the Kyrr, or the mysterious black symbols tattooed across her white skin. What she does know, however, is that she has the gift of casting the stones, and…