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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...

Tales of Mundane Magic: Volume Three by Shaina Krevat

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (Alchemical Journeys, #1)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

Prophecy: Child of Earth by Elizabeth Haydon (Symphony of Ages, #2)

All or None by Aurora Lee Thornton (Star Stories, #1)

Power Surge by Sara Codair (Evanstar Chronicles, #1)

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (War Girls, #1)

Life Minus Me by Sara Codair (Evanstar Chronicles, #0.5)

Peter Darling by S. A. Chant

The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco (The Bone Witch, #2)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke (Scapegracers, #1)