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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

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Adult, Science Fiction "The only future they have is one apart and together. they lived for so log without knowing one another, warring through time. They were separate, they did not speak, but each shaped the other, even as they were shaped in turn."

Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (w/ Spoilers)

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Young Adult, Space Opera Squad 312 is back in the much awaited sequel to Aurora Rising . Our daring crew are racing against the clock to find the Weapon left behind by an ancient foe to defeat an alien race bent on conquering the galaxy. "They're not going down without a fight. We hope."

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (w/ Spoilers)

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Young Adult, Space Opera A crew of misfits. A girl with mysterious powers. A galaxy at stake. "They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic."

Vicious by V.E. Schwab (w/ Spoilers)

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Adult, Science Fiction, Supervillains V.E. Schwab sweeps us into a world rife with extraordinary people, high-stakes and a confrontation ten years in the making.  Vicious   is villains story filled with morally grey characters, intersecting paths and a non-linear timeline that will keep you turning the page until the end. 

Quarterly Favourites (January-March 2020)

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The first quarter of 2020 flew by and it wasn't necessarily all sunshine and rainbows. With the epidemic plunging the world into a global crisis, why not make the time in quarantine a little bit better with some great reads. My favourite genres are science fiction and fantasy so it's no surprise that my top books of the quarter are either fantasy or sci-fi. I absolutely devoured these books in the past few months and hopefully one of this will immerse you whole new worlds.  I'll be going through the books in the order I've read them so feel free to jump to the review you're interested in:  The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon  Starsight by (Skyward #2) Brandon Sanderson Strange the Dreamer  by Laini Taylor The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers Adult, Science Fiction The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet  is a quiet story following the divers...