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Moonshadow (Moonshadow #1) Thea Harrison Published: Dec. 13, 2016 (Teddy Harrison LLC) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Sophie Ross is on leave from her job as a magical consultant for the LAPD while she recovers from a shooting. So when she’s offered a chance to spend three... 
Unquiet Land (Elemental Blessings #4) Sharon Shinn Published: Nov. 1, 2016 (Ace) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Leah Frothen has been away from home for five years. In a surge of not knowing what she wanted out of her life, she fled her home country of Welce leaving her newborn... 
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) Sarah J. Maas Published: Sept. 6, 2016 (Bloomsbury) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Throne of Glass. The last we saw of Aelin she was... 
When Yasmine Galenorn’s Autumn Thorns released last year, we loved seeing her bring Celtic mythology into the book in new ways. (We’ve got a thing for books with The Morrigan!) So we’re excited that the next novel in the series is just around the corner. Shadow Silence, the second Whisper Hollow book, releases on Sept. 27. We want you to get to be excited, too. We’re good sharers like that. So, we’ve... 
Once Broken Faith (October Daye #10) Seanan McGuire Published: Sept. 6, 2016 (DAW) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it may make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1,... 
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1) Jay Kristoff Published: Aug. 9, 2016 (Thomas Dunne Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Imagine a place like Venice—only it has three suns and only has full darkness every two years. It also has magic and creatures from the worst nightmares. In that place lives a teenage girl who watched... 
Unraveled (Elemental Assassin #15) Jennifer Estep Published: Aug. 30, 2016 (Pocket Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference events from the previous book. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review... 
VBC is thrilled to welcome back Faith Hunter to the blog. We love the Jane Yellowrock series and are eagerly awaiting the release of Faith’s new series with the Blood of the Earth on August 2 (pre-order it!). In the meantime, though, we have this exclusive short and a giveaway (read to the end for your chance to win). This story, titled “Off the Grid,” takes place just before Broken Soul. In it, you’ll... 
Unwanted (Elemental Assassin #14.5) Jennifer Estep Published: July 18, 2016 (Pocket Books) Purchase: Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Spider’s Bite. I love when... 
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) Sarah J. Maas Published: May 3, 2016 (Bloomsbury USA Children’s) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free (sort of, see below), it will make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of... 
