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Review of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

I loved the dark academia setting, Sciona's bid to become the first female in the High Magistry, and her rethinking of long-held...

Nov 14

Review of Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon

I was hooked on the story of a team of young women fighting for admittance to a guild, their bonds, and their adventures. But the...

Nov 6

Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik

ICYMI: This series by Naomi Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and...

Oct 31

Review of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed...

Oct 18

Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love

Fairy Tales and Retellings For this list, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts; characters living...

Oct 17

Review of Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron

I felt like the story started off slowly, but once the world was built and the background established, I was hooked on the interpersonal...

Oct 2

Review of A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated #1) by Danielle L. Jensen

The first in Jensen's fantasy series ticked many of my boxes--strong female main character, a tension-filled Chosen One premise, a fight...

Sep 26

Review of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan offers a funny, dark, clever story within a story in which the heroes and villains are redefined, redemption is always...

Aug 22

Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart...

Aug 21

Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal

The first installment in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming...

Apr 19

Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

Six Great Bossy Fantasy Reads I knew I was reading some gooood science fiction and fantasy, but didn't realize I'd read and loved enough...

Jan 25

Review of The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power #1) by V. E. Schwab

Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series featuring established characters, their...

Jan 16

Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske

Marske's quirky, funny, richly imagined magical world, complex character-building, relationship exploration, and storytelling continues...

Jan 9

Review of Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

Dowry of Blood is a shadowy, spooky, sultry story imagining Dracula's wife Constanta and their relationship, in which he exerts control...

Jan 4

Review of The Stolen Heir (Stolen Heir #1) by Holly Black

In this return to the world of Elfhame (Folk of the Air trilogy), Holly Black takes us deeper into the story of characters Wren and Oak...

Dec 22, 2023

Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

I liked Divine Rivals and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised that the book's fantasy...

Dec 21, 2023

Review of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree

The first in the Legends & Lattes series is a cozy fantasy story about new beginnings, the transformative power of coffee, and...

Nov 15, 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength,...

Oct 26, 2023

Review of The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

June struggles with the complicated implications of her family's curse of hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the...

Oct 25, 2023

Review of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E. Harrow, with imperfect characters, a noble, messy quest, layers of...

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