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Charlie N. Holmberg

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Fantasy, Romance, History

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Hayao Miyazaki, Brandon Sanderson

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Charlie N. Holmberg is a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of fantasy and romance fiction, including the Paper Magician series, the Spellbreaker series, and the Whimbrel House series, and writes contemporary romance under C. N. Holmberg. She is published in over twenty languages and is a Goodreads Choice Award, ALA, and RITA finalist. Born in Salt Lake City, Charlie was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters who also have boy names. A BYU alumna, she discovered in her thirties that she’s actually a cat person. She lives with her family in Utah. Visit her at www.charlienholmberg.com.

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	The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 89,759 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 55,528 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 49,468 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Magician (The Paper Magician, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 40,802 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 36,616 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 21,697 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 19,787 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plastic Magician (The Paper Magician, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 18,824 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hanging City 3.95 avg rating — 15,199 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smoke & Summons (Numina, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 15,004 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Faith is a very personal thing, really. Just because you don’t meet with a group of people once a week who believe everything exactly the way you do doesn’t mean you don’t believe in something.”
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“Everyone has a dark side! But it’s their choice whether or not they cultivate it.”
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“But she still had time. Surely she still had time. Stories like this one weren’t meant to end badly.”
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1st Quarter 2021 - Fantasy #1

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, 288p

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Or What You Will by Jo Walton, 320p

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Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg, 300p

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Deeplight by Frances Hardinge, 416p

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Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews, 375p

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A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice, 346p

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Finna by Nino Cipri, 144p

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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, 500p

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The Binding by Bridget Collins, 437p

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Engine Summer by John Crowley, 209p

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“Cadoc sighed. “Someday, chief, I’ll avenge your sense of humor. I don’t know who murdered it, but it died before its time.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Shadow of Flame

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“The world still has rules, we’ve just been playing with an incomplete set.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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“Wake her up,” she commanded Ashem.

The dark man folded his arms across his chest. “Politeness is the sinew that holds the wing together.”

Exasperated, Kai bared her teeth. “That is especially rich, coming from you. What is it, some kind of dragon proverb?”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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“We don’t have that kind of magic anymore. This world—your world—you could call it our post-apocalypse.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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“Talking to Rhys was nothing like talking to Cadoc. With Cadoc, everything was a game. He smoldered because he meant to smolder. There was nothing calculated or put on about Rhys, and that made him more mesmerizing than Cadoc could ever hope be.”
― Caitlyn McFarland, Soul of Smoke

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