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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...
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Animorphs Book 44: The Unexpected by K. A. Applegate

Cassie tries to save a life and ends up on the other side of the world, saving a different one. This one continues the wave of books which work out some long-running personal struggle for individual Animorphs.‬

I’m anticipating that this book has indeed helped her settler her internal struggle, but at the very least some advice she received will help her have a heuristic that works for her (if she internalizes it). I really like how each Animorph is getting some epiphany or resolution that helps with their conflict, not someone else’s. They’re all very different people and what helps settle or guide one of them just won’t work perfectly for the others.

A girl (Cassie) turns into a kangaroo

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