Elise Kova. Keymaster, $23.99 (380p) ISBN 978-1-61984-441-4
Kova (the Air Awakens series) crafts a fascinating divided world and a more threadbare plot for her Loom epic fantasy series launch. Arianna is a young woman out for vengeance. Her people, the Fenthri, have been subjugated by the magic users called...
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Elise Kova. Keymaster, $23.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-61984-553-4
In this muted second book in the Loom trilogy (following The Alchemists of Loom), Kova’s steampunk-edged fantasy lags into dreary repetition. Above the world of Loom float the Islands of Nova, home of the dragons that rule over the earthbound humans
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Elise Kova. Del Rey, $32.99 (576p) ISBN 978-0-593-72634-1
Simmering romance, broody dark academia aesthetics, and an inventive magic system combine in YA author Kova’s fascinating traditionally published debut (after A Deal with the Elf King). Petty criminal Clara Graysword has been trapped in Halazar...
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Elise Kova. Mayhem, $22.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-64937-783-8
After a lethal scourge and the reemergence of dragons decimates most of humankind, the remaining population lives in fear of the resulting magical curse, which gradually transforms those afflicted into dragons. In the city of Vinguard, the last...
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Elise Kova. Del Rey, $20 trade paper (400p) ISBN 979-8-21-70930-4-5
For generations, in the world of this fun if familiar arranged-marriage romantasy from Kova (A Dance with the Fae Prince), one human queen has been chosen from among the young women in the town of Capton and sent to the elven lands to ensure the...
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