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Cold Magic
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September 2, 2010

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♥ Unaeve ♥
Apr 28, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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My new favorite series!
Actually ,my new favorite author!
Oh how i longed to find someone like Kate Elliott !
I have few favorite authors and have read everything they have written so i found my self in an empty void,looking around for more good books and writers but found nothing really spectacular lately..
I just couldn't sniff out any more authors like Anne McCaffrey,Robin Hobb,Trudi Canavan.. until now:)

I just ended the second part of the trilogy and considering that the third and the last part:
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Mashara
Jul 19, 2020 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy
I finally managed to finish this book!

Kate Elliot, as per usual writes the most vivid complex worlds, and fills them with so much rich culture as to make them come alive.
The problem I usually have with her books is that they are very long and the drag a bit at some points.
I believe I gave up on the Crown of Stars at book 5, and it would take me less than 2 minutes to tell you all that have actually happened plot wise.
This is a usual gripe I have with epic fantasy, the epic gets on the way of the
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Sarah
Jun 12, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Delightful. A mash up of epic fantasy and steam punk. Very enjoyable and unpredictable a fresh voice in fantasy.
KarenF
Jul 01, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: kindle, fantasy
I really enjoyed the world building here, set in an interesting Alt-Europe. I'd be kidding if I didn't say that what prompted me to read it was a recent blurb that mentioned dinosaur lawyers. And they're here. And they're delightful. I also enjoyed that while there is a bit of a romance, the main driving relationship is the friendship between Cat and Bee. It did start a bit slow for me but once I got into it, I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the next one. ...more
Beerchen
Oct 10, 2010 marked it as to-read
cc
Oct 26, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: steampunk
Bianca
Feb 03, 2011 marked it as to-read
Daffodil
Feb 17, 2011 marked it as to-read
~♥*Marianna*♥~
Mar 15, 2011 marked it as might-read
Vered
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Katarina Pisarova
Sep 06, 2011 rated it really liked it
Steph
Oct 29, 2011 marked it as old-tbr
Rachel
Nov 25, 2011 marked it as series-to-consider
Amanda
Dec 02, 2011 marked it as to-read
AH
Dec 05, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Haessly
Dec 12, 2011 marked it as to-read
harlequin {Stephanie}
Jan 15, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: gorgeous-covers
Courtney
Jul 29, 2012 marked it as to-read
Naevehsa
Nov 08, 2012 marked it as to-read
Cherish
Jul 18, 2013 marked it as to-read
Nichole  ~~The Grey Lady~~
Aug 01, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-2013
Karen
Oct 12, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: box-2-gr
Bips
Nov 21, 2013 marked it as to-read
S H A R O N
Jan 29, 2014 marked it as to-read
Lisa
Jan 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
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