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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 Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

Mirage by Somaiya Daud (Mirage #1)

Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel #4)

Early January Reviews (2024)

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong (Flesh and False Gods #1)

The Language of Roses by Heather Rose Jones (Queen of Swords Press Minis #3)

The Voice Upstairs by Laura E. Weymouth

All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows (The Tithenai Chronicles #2)

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna (The Celestial Trilogy #1)

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske (The Last Binding #3)

Late December Reviews (2023)

A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #1)

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig (The Wode #1)