The Pliley Review

  Published:    November 7th, 2023. Genre: Fantasy, Romantic fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Romance novel, High fantasy Rating:   R - violence, torture, sexual content Synopsis:   Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves. *** I’m so happy I was able to jump right into book 2 as it continues pretty much right where it left off from the first.  That being said I was a little nervous that early on (no spoilers) they decided to head back to the school and I got huge Harry Potter ‘let’s get going back to the school at the start of the ...

  Published:    May 2nd, 2023 Genre: Fantasy, Romantic fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Romance novel, High fantasy Rating:   R - violence, sexual content Synopsis:  A young scribe is thrust into an elite war college for dragon riders where the only rule is graduate or perish. *** I went into reading this book with very little knowledge about it, except it was a huge hit. As Stephen King once said, “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot” And I’m a sucker for a story about dragons.  Slight heads up I rated this as R for my review simply for the action scenes towards the end, grab something to catch your tears, and the sexual content as I think most will consider this a young adult book by mistake. Unless you are comfortable with it, I would avoid giving this book to anyone under the age of 16 at the earliest.  Honestly, I was pulled into the story very quickly and wanted to root for the main character, ...