DDBook Reviews

  Kaimo de Morté is a trained optometrist but living in a small town he has to work in the mines in order to save money for his own optical emporium. Living under an Emperor who is seen as a god there are insurgents who fight for political freedom. When Kaimo and the insurgents’ paths cross and Kaimo rescues a girl from an imperial cargo train, his world changes. He and the girl embark on a quest to find a scholar who can tell her more about the aether in her veins that Lord Cazar wants her for. In their travels, they encounter countless dangers and suffer betrayal and trauma. However, once they reach the Insurgents and discover that they themselves have become rebels there is no turning back. Together with a very Brittishly witty automaton, Kaimo, and Zylpha have to face dangers and losses and celebrations of life, all against the backdrop of a steampunk industrial world filled with automatons and mechanical works of wonder, such as the traveling City Mystwalker and the steam-powered

  Hot Magic by Black Cat Antiquities Book 1 (Cat's Paw Cove Series Book 5) by Catherine Kean tells the story of Lucian Lord, a 12th Century Knight A sorceress cursed him with her dying breath. He and his squire (who is now a cat) are cursed to be reincarnated for eternity. Lucian is bound to an organization, the Experts, that monitors and controls magic. This has led to the demise of any relationships he has started. While Lucian looks after his Grandfather’s antique shop in Cat’s Paw cove, he observes a spike of dark magic which he has to investigate. His investigation brings danger and destruction to the antique shop, and what he uncovers brings back an old nemesis Lucien thought was long gone. After Molly’s mother died, she has to go through the contents of the house to judge what can be sold or what needs to be kept. She meets Lucian at the antique shop, and the two have an instant connection. As she cleans, she finds an old wooden box that contains a unique necklace. However,