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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...

The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

A Thousand Steps Into Night by Traci Chee

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard (An Unkindness of Magicians #1)

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

BTB - Mid July Reviews (2022)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot #1)

Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler (The Runebinder Chronicles #1)

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White (Camelot Rising #1)

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (Hell's Library #1)

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (The Sandsea Trilogy #1)

Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire (Alchemical Journeys #2)

BTB - Late June Reviews (2022)

The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan

Reflections on “Singularity” by William Sleator