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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...

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall (Winner Bakes All #2)

The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies (The Cruel Gods #1)

Mid June Reviews (2024)

Pansies by Alexis Hall (Spires Universe #4)

For Real by Alexis Hall (Spires Universe #3)

Dreams of the Dying by Nicolas Lietzau (Enderal #1)

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (Winner Bakes All #1)

Translation State by Ann Leckie

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall (Material World #1)

Early June Reviews (2024)

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall (The Mortal Follies #1)

Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall (Spires Universe #2)

Husband Material by Alexis Hall (London Calling #2)

The Rise and Fall of Snow: Why the Hunger Games prequel is good, actually