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“We’ll drag this country into fairness and justice”

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Stormsong by C.L. Polk

Soulstar by C.L. Polk

May 7, 2023 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

  Long time, no reviews. Time to tackle the backlog! I came about this series in a very arse backwards manner. I was given a copy of the book Soulstar sometime last year and I got about a quarter of the way through before I gave into the feeling that something wasn’t right… The funny thing about ebooks is that looking for the blurb is not as simple as with a hardback. So I had missed it—and because of that, also missed the fact that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, c.l. polk, CBR15Passport, Kingston Cycle, new author, political fantasy, Romance, Soulstar, Stormsong, witchmark

LittlePlat's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, c.l. polk, CBR15Passport, Kingston Cycle, new author, political fantasy, Romance, Soulstar, Stormsong, witchmark ·
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How to balance social justice, politics, lost love, and maybe more

Soulstar by C. L. Polk

September 26, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 23: They She He I have to admit, I think I saw C.L. Polk saying on social media she/they (both pronouns are noted in the bio at the back of the book) was either non-binary or bisexual, or maybe both? Thing is, I’m not sure, but it turns out it didn’t matter and I can use Soulstar for this square anyways, as one of the main new characters is most certainly non-binary. Soulstar is the final of the Kingston Cycle trilogy, each of which […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, c.l. polk, cbr13bingo, Kingston Cycle, LGBTQ, Soulstar

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, c.l. polk, cbr13bingo, Kingston Cycle, LGBTQ, Soulstar ·
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The Girls Get their Turn

Stormsong by C. L. Polk

July 14, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 3 Comments

Bingo review 4: Violet Stormsong is the second of what is planned to be a trilogy, and the covers are apparently going to reflect the bisexual pride flag; book 1 was blue (Witchmark), book 2 is purple (aka violet), and the to-be-released-Feb ‘21 book 3 (Soulstar) will be pink. Stormsong is the second of what is planned to be a trilogy, and the covers are apparently going to reflect the bisexual flag; book 1 was blue (Witchmark), book 2 is purple (aka violet), and the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate Victorian, c.l. polk, cbr12bingo, Kingston Cycle, Kingston trilogy, LGBTQ, LGBTQ romance, steampunk, Stormsong

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:61 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, alternate Victorian, c.l. polk, cbr12bingo, Kingston Cycle, Kingston trilogy, LGBTQ, LGBTQ romance, steampunk, Stormsong ·
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