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Unbroken Chain (Forgotten Realms) (Young Adult Fantasy)	80⁽¹⁾
Published by Wizards of the Coast on July 06, 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 80
Unbroken Chain is great storytelling, full of vibrant detail, bloody battle, and invigorating characters. Full Review Link

Stories: All-New Tales (Fantasy)	60⁽²⁾
Published by Headline Review on February 07, 2008

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 60
Though each story in the anthology is really good, the combination of them all being fantastic writers, and that most of them seem to hinge their storytelling on murder or death, makes the anthology both repetitious and lacking in any standouts. Full Review Link

Lord of the Changing Winds (Griffin Mage Trilogy, Book 1) (Fantasy)	70⁽²⁾
Published by Orbit on June 03, 2010 First Published by Orbit in 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 60
All in all, this is a good but not great epic fantasy, nice light reading, unique only in that it uses griffins where others might use dragons and in some details of the griffin mythos. Full Review Link

Song of the Dragon (The Annals of Drakis, Book 1) (Fantasy)	40⁽¹⁾
Published by DAW Hardcover on July 06, 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 40
But though the setting is fully realized and fairly complex, the character development is where this story falls apart. Full Review Link

The Unit (Science Fiction)	73⁽³⁾
Published by Orbit on July 14, 2010 First Published by Orbit in 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 100
It is both psychologically and emotionally deep while still being full of the non-stop violence one expects from such a work. Full Review Link

Speak to the Devil (Fantasy)	66⁽³⁾
Published by Tor Books on May 25, 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 60
Speak to the Devil is a story of familial love, betrayal and of magic at war with belief. Full Review Link

Infinite Realities (Fantasy)	50⁽²⁾
Published by Double-Edged Publishing, Inc. on November 11, 2007

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 40
I felt that while I appreciated the moral conclusions (and the subsequent questions the stories raise) were of interest, as storytelling, theses tales are only so-so examples. Full Review Link

Nights of Villjamur (Legends of the Red Sun, Book 1) (Fantasy)	74⁽¹⁰⁾
Published by Tor on June 01, 2009

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 40
I found the novel to be decent, though there are enough issues with the story that I cannot recommend it wholeheartedly. Full Review Link

Shades of Milk and Honey (Fantasy)	60⁽³⁾
Published by Tor Books on August 03, 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 80
Highly recommended reading for everyone and one I suspect will garner award nominations from several genres. Full Review Link

Stuff of Legends (Fantasy)	80⁽¹⁾
Published by Ace on July 27, 2010

Grasping for the Wind	Review Rating: 80
The mix of humor, satire, and evident love for the fantasy genre make this one of the better comedic fantasies I have read. Full Review Link

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