Friday, December 16, 2022

Young Adult Fantasy Book Review: Armadas in the Mist by Christian Klaver

This week, I am sharing reviews from the young adult fantasy Empire of the House of Thorns series by Christian Klaver!  Today, I am reviewing the third book, Armadas in the Mist!  Learn about the series, read my thoughts on the book, learn about the author and be sure to enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post.

​Book Title:  Armadas in the Mist (Empire of the House of Thorns series - Book Three) by Christian Klaver
Category:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17),  332 pages
GenreYA Fantasy 
Publisher:  CamCat Books 
Release date:  November 2022
Content Rating: PG. It's very clean.
 
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About the Book


The Black Shuck’s forces gather just beyond the mist . . .

Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war has scattered and wounded her siblings and transformed her parents beyond recognition. After narrowly escaping yet another dangerous clash, fifteen-year-old Justice has had enough. She’s determined to defeat the Black Shuck, the mysterious leader controlling the Faerie invasion of London, but if Justice hopes to stand a chance at victory, she’ll have to do the impossible: reunite her family and lead them against the looming Faerie Armada.

​With her mother and brother at the helm of the enemy fleet, and the prophesized Seven Virtues slipping out of reach, Justice more than has her work cut out for her. Even if she can save England, the cost may be higher than she’s willing to pay.
 
My Review

Armadas in the Mist Continues the Fantasy Series. The author continues this series by giving readers some recap early on in the book & then continuing the fairy war adventures with Justice and her cast of crew and family. Readers will find some new twists and turns and some new elements in Justice's science fiction/fantasy world. I always feel that a series is best read in order--but if you have missed the second book in this series--you could probably read this third book without feeling lost in the flow.

 

Armadas in the Mist is Well Paced Once the Storyline Advances. It took me a bit to feel that the story was moving into place--but, once I settled in, I liked the action-packed pace and the unusual twists and turns the author tossed in. 

 

Would I Recommend Armadas in the Mist by Christian Klaver? I enjoy Justice as a character and the unique setting and adventures the author created for her journey. There could certainly be future adventures with Justice--and I would add them to my reading list. If you enjoy clean, fun, save-the-world fantasy adventures with brave female leads--this is a great series for your teen's reading list.


 

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Enjoy Books One and Three in the Empire in the House of Thorns series:

Book Title:  Justice at Sea (Empire of the House of Thorns series - Book Two) by Christian Klaver
Category:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17),  416 pages
GenreYA Fantasy 
Publisher:  CamCat Books 
Release date:  December 2021
Content Rating: PG. It's very clean.
 
About the Book

The tides of the Faerie War are turning, but at how high a cost for the Kasric family?

Justice Kasric, her siblings, and her parents are locked in combat on both sides of the Human-Faerie War. At fifteen, Justice may be the youngest ever Admiral to command her own ship and lead a resistance, but she has the magic and the will to do it. If only nearly every other member of her family weren’t either in immediate danger of dying—or attempting to kill her!

​Forced to make dangerous pacts with more than one unpredictable ally, only Justice can decide how far she’ll go to save London. Is it worth sacrificing even a member of her own family.
 

​Book Title:  Shadows Over London (Empire of the House of Thorns series - Book One) by Christian Klaver
Category:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17),  320 pages
GenreYA Fantasy 
Publisher:  CamCat Books 
Release date:  May 2021
Content Rating: PG. It's very clean.
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About the Book


The Faerie have come to take London, and only one girl stands in their way.

​Justice isn’t your average fifteen-year-old girl. She’s an irrepressible scoundrel, and she always has a plan. But her world falls apart when her father forcibly bundles the entire family into carriages in the middle of the night and carts them off to a strange mansion on the outskirts of Victorian London. The Faerie are invading, but the Kasric siblings can’t stay neutral in the ensuing war when they find their parents on opposing sides. Justice has no choice but to embrace her burgeoning magical powers to fight against the Faerie and save her family.

Meet the Author

Christian Klaver has been writing for over twenty years, with a number of magazine publications, including Escape Pod, Dark Wisdom Anthology, and Anti-Matter. He’s the author of The Supernatural Case Files of Sherlock Holmes series, but has written over a dozen novels, both fantasy and sci-fi, often with a Noir bent. He's worked as book-seller, bartender and a martial-arts instructor before settling into a career in internet security. He lives just outside the sprawling decay of Detroit, Michigan, with his wife, Kimberly, his daughter, Kathryn, and a group of animals he refers to as The Menagerie. He’s also a part of the Untitled Writer’s Group based in Ann Arbor for the past decade or so with a bunch of equally starry-eyed dreamers and social misanthropes.

connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ goodreads

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