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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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Clear Your Shit: More Teeth for the Tooth Club! (Most Expensive)

After the bartender's lengthy and mostly useless fairytale and finishing the rest of my anthology in a single go, we realize how late it's gotten and figure this town is as good a place as any to spend the night. Sure beats sleeping on the ground again. We barely manage to get a room with what little money we still have and the next morning we decide to barter again. Everything is so expensive with this falling book calamity happening so I offer Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, my most expensive book and it seems we have a bit of luck! The shop keep is excited to trade for such a prize and we manage to get more very tasty jerky, a waterskin each, and some additional teeth to fortify my club. Not going to ask why he had those.

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