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The Lost Sisters by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air book 1.5) is a short story set in the series, showing us more about Taryn, and so goes over events from the first book, but tells us more about what happened such as how Taryn and Locke happen.

I found this helped to make Taryn a more understandable character and about why she acts the way she does.

The Lost Sisters was published on 2nd October 2018 and is available from Amazon.

You can read my review of the first book in this series, The Cruel Prince.

You can follow Holly Black on Twitter, Instagram and her website.

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The Wicked King is the second book in the series, and Jude had gotten Cardan on the throne, and is protecting her little brother.  

There is plotting, as you would expect from a court of the fae, and as the power behind the throne, who is going to protect Jude?  

I’ve been enjoying this series – there’s is sexual tension between Jude and Cardan, and I’ve been enjoying the fae politics.  I’ve been cheering on both Jude and Cardan, even when they’re being cruel to each other.  I’m looking forward to what happens next, which I haven’t been able to predict in this book!

The Wicked King was published on 8th January 2019, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can read my review of the other books in this series:

The Cruel Prince (book 1)

The Lost Sisters (book 1.5)

You can follow Holly Black on Twitter, Instagram and her website.

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Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi asks the question of what if gingerbread was more than just a delicious thing to eat?

Harriet and her daughter Perdita have a knack with gingerbread that seems to make people do what they want.  

This is a mix of fantasy and fairytales, along with some family drama.

I liked the mix with fantasy and personal discovery, with the jump between the past and present.

Gingerbread was published on 5th March 2020, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

I’m afraid I couldn’t find any links for you to follow Helen Oyeyemi!

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Pan Macmillan.

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In The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake every 10 years, 6 of the world’s most uniquely talented magicans are chosen to try for the Alexandrian Society initation.  These 6 have to spend a year together, and only 5 of them will be initiated.  Atlas Blakely is the one who contacts them, and is the one they have the most dealing with, but they don’t feel he’s telling them everything.

There is manipulation, deception, powers being used, and all that you would expect of a group of young people trying to fight for a place.

It’s not a school of magic book as it’s about graduates, but there are some of the tropes, like clichs.  

I enjoyed the story, and I’m looking forward to the next book in the series!

The Atlas Six was published on 3rd March 2022 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Olivie Blake on Twitter, Instagram and her website.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Pan Macmillan.