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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...

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (An Ember in the Ashes #2)

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao (Rise of the Empress #1)

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows (The Tithenai Chronicles #1)

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell (Winter's Orbit #2)

Mid October Reviews (2022)

The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (An Ember in the Ashes #1)

The Final Six by Alexandra Monir (The Final Six #1)

Sassinak by Elizabeth Moon and Anne McCaffrey (Planet Pirates #1)

Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #10)

City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman (Stravaganza #4)

City of Flowers by Mary Hoffman (Stravaganza #3)

Early October Reviews (2022)

Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews (The Iron Covenant #1)