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2 weeks ago | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! In the Empire of Orrun the people devote themselves to one of eight gods that watch over Orrun: the Fox, the Raven, the Tiger, the Ox, the Bear, the Monkey, the Hound, and the Dragon. Their choice is largely influenced by their personalities, and in turn largely influences how their future will play out. Neema has devoted herself to the Raven and is now Emperor’s High Scholar.
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2 months ago | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour ended with Lasher finally breaking through to the mortal world. In a dramatic climax, he hijacks Rowan and Michael’s baby’s body, kidnaps Rowan, and leaves Michael for dead. Now in Lasher, the Mayfair family is in disarray. No one can find Rowan. Many of them are sure that Lasher isn’t real. Michael is alive but in a fog. Then the Mayfair women start to mysteriously die.
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2 months ago | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Heather Fawcett |Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Emily Wilde is back in an all-new tale from Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales! In the third book of the series, Wendell’s Faerie realm is quickly dying and Emily may be the only one who can figure out how to save it. But is the cure worse than the sickness this time? [Note: While I am reviewing this novel independently and honestly, it should be noted that it has been provided to me by Del Ray for the purpose of this review.
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2 months ago | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Nate’s life is a mess. He’s been estranged from his family for a decade, and he just torpedoed his career as a Washington DC reporter after some unethical choices. Then he gets the call from his brother that his parents are dead, and they left him the family cabin and an old truck. Nate decides there’s nothing holding him to DC anymore so puts his stuff in storage, gets the truck, and takes off to the cabin to try and figure out his life.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Kids with superpowers, check. A shadowy government group trying to capture them, check. A hero with amnesia who isn’t sure who he can trust, including himself, check. Bloodshot has all the components of an exciting spy thriller. Add in some engaging characters and an easy-going writing style and Fred Van Lente delivers an exhilarating, fast-paced novel that’s sure to entertain.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Jessica Jones is sinking fast. Wallowing in pity and self-doubt, she’s turned from a hero to a drunk who can’t even keep up with basic hygiene. But then she gets a wake-up call and a new case, and that starts to turn her around. A mother of twin teenagers shares a strange story with Jessica. Her kids spent the summer in England with their father and when they came back, something was off. They were, well, perfect.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Lucius Galloway is flying high. He has finally written a hit book, he’s won a prestigious award for it, and now he’s been offered a research position at Harvard for the summer. For anyone, this would be an amazing set of achievements, but for a gay black man in the 1920s, it feels like Lucius has won the lottery. But things aren’t quite as perfect as they seem. Every night, Lucius dreams of an ancient city lost deep underwater.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! In Zilvaren life is hard. The city bakes under two harsh suns that never sleep. And the people buckle under the rule of their Undying Queen. Water is scarce, and Saeris will do whatever it takes to make sure that she and her brother have enough; even steal from the queen herself. When she gets caught, Saeris thinks it’s all over. But it turns out that death is just the beginning.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Luna Gauthier
Share this with a friend! Motherhood is crazy. It is a wonderful, magical time in a woman’s life. But when a woman is reduced to a machine that just cooks, cleans, and watches after her children without any time for herself or anything to call her own, it can turn her into a real bitch. This happens quite literally in Rachel Yoder’s modern day fairy tale, Nightbitch. A young mother gives up everything to raise her baby, but after a few years she’s feeling lost, lonely, and angry.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
thecosmiccircus.com | Ibi Zoboi |Luna Gauthier
Share this: We all know Storm, controller of the weather and one of the most powerful of the X-Men ever. But who was she before she was Storm? In Tiffany D. Jackson’s newest novel, Storm: Dawn of a Goddess, we get to find out. Turns out, she wasn’t always a powerful, butt-kicking superhero. She started off as a bullied little girl, orphaned on the streets of Cairo. Her journey from a scared child to a confident woman is outstanding.
