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Jun 8, 2023

Review of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn

The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her own heritage, flexes her newfound...

May 30, 2023

Review of Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone #1) by Alexandra Bracken

Alternative Arthurian legends twist through this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened,...

Apr 14, 2023

Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year

Six Favorite Fantasy Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I've also recently posted about favorite reads from...

Mar 16, 2023

Review of The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3) by Naomi Novik

The more somber tone of book three and the focus on logistics feel appropriate as the recent graduates of the Scholomance desperately...

Mar 7, 2023

Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik

ICYMI: Uprooted is a thoughtful, satisfying, grown-up fairy tale with gloriously imagined details. I ate it up and gave it four Bossy...

Mar 2, 2023

Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

ICYMI: This five-star retelling of the story of Rumpelstiltskin offers kickass female protagonists, haunting twists and turns, wonderful,...

Feb 28, 2023

Review of Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

The early story captured my attention with ballet, an orphan's struggles, and Depression-era Chicago, but once Nocturne shifted into dark...

Feb 1, 2023

Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger

Book two of the series continues to be playful, mischievous, wonderfully detailed about Victorian life, and full of supernatural...

Nov 16, 2022

Review of A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske

The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy encounters,...

Oct 12, 2022

Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman

I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies, power plays, and the many...

Sep 27, 2022

Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

In Nethercott's Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac Yaga find their way back to each other within this odd, dark story...

Sep 13, 2022

Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet

The first book in Blanchet's Neath trilogy offers a bizarre dark underworld; cruelty and revenge; an unlikely hero; and heartwarming...

Aug 18, 2022

Review of The Becoming (The Dragon Heart Legacy #2) by Nora Roberts

The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as Bree becomes more powerful,...

Jun 14, 2022

Review of A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske

The first book in Marske's duology is full of Edwardian England detail, gay love, mystery, magic, wonderful dialogue and banter, and...

Mar 24, 2022

Review of Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road #1) by Rachel Hartman

Rachel Hartman's young adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval gender...

Mar 10, 2022

Review of Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other, a plague separates the haves...

Mar 8, 2022

Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts

I listened to this romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost family, portals to a magical world, and a treasure of a best...

Jan 6, 2022

Review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim

I was captivated by Lim's fairy tale of a fantasy novel, particularly the vivid magical realism, Shiori's strength and abilities, and...

Sep 22, 2021

Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley

Riley has crafted a middle-grade fantasy book with humor, adventure, characters to root for, and heart and depth that surprised me. I'll...

Sep 17, 2021

Review of Circe by Madeline Miller

ICYMI: My recent review of Natalie Haynes's entertaining A Thousand Ships brought to mind this wonderful title by Madeline Miller that I...

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