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Series Review: The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk

Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. This episode discusses The Kingston Cycle by C. L. Polk.  Full Audio Here    In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use their unique magical gifts to control the fates of nations, while one young man seeks only to live a life of his own. Magic marked Miles Singer for suffering the day he was born, doomed either to be enslaved to his family's interest or to be committed to a witches' asylum. He went to war to escape his destiny and came home a different man, but he couldn’t leave his past behind. The war between Aeland and Laneer leaves men changed, strangers to their friends and family, but even after...

Animorphs Book 20: The Discovery by K. A. Applegate

The Discovery is part 1 of 3 of the David sequence. I like this approach to telling a longer story by connecting three books more tightly than the rest of the continuity. The Animorphs have to deal with more exposure while protecting world leaders.

Knowing what's to come, by comparison this is pretty light. The rest of this sequence is going to be very dark and deal with some very heavy stuff, but for now there's a new element and he doesn't work well with Marco.

A boy (Marco) turns into a cobra

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