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This ending made me love the series more.

The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance, #3) by Naomi Novik

December 30, 2022 by narfna 5 Comments

This was such a great series, and this book a great ending to it. I feel like I was waiting for sure to say that until I finished this book, and now I can say with certainty that The Scholomance is worth reading. It all just comes together SO WELL. I was happy with the story on the surface, I was happy with the characters and their arcs, and I was happy with what is going on underneath. This one picks up exactly where we […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Naomi novik, narfna, The Golden Enclaves, the scholomance, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:249 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Naomi novik, narfna, The Golden Enclaves, the scholomance, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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Grouping two more re-reads together, with no thematic connection

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase

December 30, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Re-read, October 2022: I cannot fully explain why I had the need to re-read this novel, the start of a promising but eventually disappointing series of alt-history books that asked the question, what if Napoleonic wars but also dragons? A decent part was this intense desire to re-read the part of the novel where Laurence realizes that a number of dragons that the UK relies upon for its aerial might insist on having female captains, and is forced to reconcile that fact with his posh […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Loretta Chase, Naomi novik, re-reads, Scoundrels, Temeraire

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:143 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Loretta Chase, Naomi novik, re-reads, Scoundrels, Temeraire ·
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Re-reads in anticipation of the last–Scholomance delivers

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

December 30, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Re-re-read in advance of The Golden Enclaves, September 2022 Knowing now what I know about how this book is actually a semi-subversive (and by which I mean not at all subversive, was I just under a rock this whole while?) pushback on JKR’s Wizarding World(TM), it’s doubly fascinating to re-re-enter the world of the Scholomance through the eyes of El, our crotchety crocheting evil enchantress in the making. I had read once that Novik wrote Scholomance in a response to the logical inconsistencies of the Potterverse, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Naomi novik, the scholomance

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:135 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Naomi novik, the scholomance ·
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Beauty and the Beast with no Stockholm syndrome and more magic

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

December 18, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

In 2020 I read Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver, which I found to be an excellent reimaging of Rumpelstiltskin.  I finished the review with,  “Uprooted is going on my “wish list”.  Between then and now I got Uprooted in a Cannonball fundraiser but it has sat on the shelf.  I had this slated for the “Bird” square in Cannonball Bingo because of the bird on the cover.  However, I ran out of time and used Transmetropolitan volume 2: Lust for Life instead. I’ve long been a fan of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: beauty and the beast, cbr14, Dome'Loki, fairytale adaptation, magic, Naomi novik

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: beauty and the beast, cbr14, Dome'Loki, fairytale adaptation, magic, Naomi novik ·
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Harry Potter in the upside down

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

December 7, 2022 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

I really wanted to love this but ended this more meh. It’s definitely trying to channel later instalment Harry Potter, but with more diversity and less heartwarming-ness. Our protagonist is El, short for Galadriel, who is in her next to last year school at the Scholomance, an international wizard high school. Unlike Hogwarts, the Scholomance is self- taught (no Dumbledores or Snapes) and brimming with danger day to day, mostly in the form of magical monsters (Mals, short for maleficaria). In this world, the surges […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a deadly education, Naomi novik

Wanderlustful's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a deadly education, Naomi novik ·
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The book, "The Golden Enclaves" by Naomi Novik standing next to a book bingo card mostly filled out.

“Personally I felt I’d had far too many feelings lately and would have liked to repress a lot of them”. Bingo #5!

The Golden Enclaves: Lesson Three of the Scholomance by Naomi Novik

November 9, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “New” – The Golden Enclaves is the new book in the Scholomance trilogy. This is a spoiler free review.  What started in A Deadly Education, and continued in The Last Graduate, is now concluded in The Golden Enclaves.  This series immediately grabbed me from the get go.  Cantankerous El quickly found a place in my heart, along with her companions.  Their harrowing adventures had me constantly engaged.  I found the world setting and magic system fascinating.  Novik kept me continuously curious about the workings […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, Naomi novik, scholomance

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, Naomi novik, scholomance ·
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