Review of ‘Magic for Liars’

Magic for Liars is a new take on the mystery thriller genre combining magic, mean girls, suspense and noir fiction. Continue reading Review of ‘Magic for Liars’

A Slow yet Interesting Read | Review of ‘The Tropic of Serpents’ (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #2)

By Cynthia Ayala

The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
Tor Books
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Isabella’s second memoir recounts her adventures in a war-torn land where dragons roam. And as always, everything that can go wrong does. Abandoning her son with her estranged family, Isabella continues to march to the beat of her own drum, going against the oppressive nature of her social standing and fighting to make a name for herself as a woman and a scholar.

Published February 17, 2015 by Tor Books, The Tropic of Serpents is the second novel in Marie Brennan‘s historical fiction/fantasy memoir-style book about a woman and her study of dragons.
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An Imaginative & Captivating Memoir | Review of ‘A Natural History of Dragons’ (Memoir by Lady Trent, #1)

By: Cynthia Ayala

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Tor Books

Before she was Lady Trent she was just a young woman who wanted to explore her passion for dragons, but with the society standards keeping woman at a lower station, Isabella had to keep her passions bottled up in a shed. That is until her husband, her equal took her on a pioneering adventure. This is her true story, in her own words about her very first adventure with dragons.

A Natural History of Dragons indeed. Published February 5, 2013 by Tor Books, A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan recreates history is this this historical fiction/fantasy novel. An alternate history of the world that makes the imagination buzz with excitement.
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