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  • Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    He's a fantastic character I loved. This great book by C.A. also want to read Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, which is a standalone book in the same series, is fantastic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition

    their father's death, Intermezzo ; and I'm listening to the first in Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven fantasy Beautiful World, Where Are You . 03 Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron I love a playful fantasy

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    the six books I most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary Western; a fantasy story with war at the forefront and fantasy in the background; a collection of three short stories by vulnerable celebrity memoir; the latest loooong installment in a favorite mystery series; and a cozy fantasy and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised that the book's fantasy I really liked this, but I was surprised by how light it felt on fantasy elements.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition

    art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines; I'm reading The Tainted Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction fiction-feeling story, a Sherlock Holmes and Watson-type investigatory relationship, and fascinating otherworldly fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/18/23 Edition

    Anglish conquerers' constricting rules about its raising and training; and I'm listening to a cozy fantasy But in this cozy fantasy story, Viv has discovered the wonder of coffee and has determined to make a

  • Review of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

    She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust Glory examines deep matters in a fascinating chain of events, reflections, unexpected do-overs, and fantastic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition

    fake-marriage, tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm listening to Moonbound , Robin Sloan's fantasy-science-fiction Six More Great Light Fiction Stories . 02 Moonbound by Robin Sloan In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/22/24 Edition

    Reading Now I'm reading Lynn Painter's rom-com Betting on You; I'm listening to Gareth Brown's debut fantasy Number, and other books I haven't yet read. 02 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown In Gareth Brown's debut fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition

    01 Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik is the author of fantasy novels featuring battles within the books' alternate history, and the human protagonists are wonderfully faulted and fantastic

  • Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    He's a fantastic character I loved. This great book by C.A. also want to read Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, which is a standalone book in the same series, is fantastic #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview 04 The Dog Stars ​ Hig somehow #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview 06 The Boy on the Bridge ​ Months into their save-the-world #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite post-apocalyptic

  • Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge

    The Revenge Fantasies...and Revenge Enacted Whether it's about righting wrongs, saving face, renegade the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying. Echo Wife. 06 The Harpy by Megan Hunter This slim, intriguing book packs a punch, featuring revenge fantasies

  • Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth

    Elaborate mythology swirls around the mysterious author of the blockbuster fantasy series The Falling Goldhero, and fans dream up fantastical stories about the writer and his life.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/6/23 Edition

    spreading happiness; I'm reading the third in Naomi Novik's dark, wonderful Scholomance series, the fantasy Novik is also the author of many other wonderful fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love. 03

  • Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab

    Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, and in this final book, darkness threatens to upend the delicate balance the few, essential, magical Antari The fantastic main players are back: Kell, the ward of the Red London's royal family who once thought Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements The series is adult fantasy but would be appropriate for a young adult reader--if not averse to Lila's

  • Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder

    Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong but I had trouble locking into the story's tone, which wavers into extended dark, vindictive revenge fantasies

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/20/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Nocturne, Alyssa Wees's fantasy novel about a prima ballerina in 01 Nocturne by Alyssa Wees In Alyssa Wees's slim (it's 240 pages) fantasy novel Nocturne, set in the

  • Review of The Change by Kristen Miller

    the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Restless Truth, the second book in Freya Marske's historical fiction fantasy Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy

  • Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

    One of my criticisms of the currently popular romantic fantasy Fourth Wing is that I wanted more more

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition

    In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    pregnancy; the real story of a beloved figure from stage, film, and song; a missing-person mystery; and a fantasy in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite fantasy Sarah Rees Brennan is also the author of the fantastic character-driven young-adult fantasy In Other

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition

    Chakraborty I'm listening to the first wonderful installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy , and smart, with wonderful banter, a gruff and independent, saucy main protagonist in Amina, and a fantastic

  • Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

    I could have listed so many fantastic young adult titles here, but I picked these varied, wonderful six With true friendship, loyalty, and fantastic, clever, clever ladies overcoming obstacles in their paths

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition

    01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition

    Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy Paper & Blood is a quirky, lighthearted fantasy with entertaining pop culture references, copious Scottish

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition

    stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra; Rachel Griffin's young adult fantasy often leaps over it. 02 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/2/22 Edition

    Blanchet's young adult fantasy Neath Trilogy--and her debut novel--to be published next week. Blanchet In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend has disappeared,

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying. The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and

  • Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike

    The details of everyday life are fantastic, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?

  • Review of My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

    the Lady Janies trilogy is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball fantasy This is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan

    She is also the author of The Khorasan Archives fantasy series (The Bloodprint is the first book in the

  • Review of In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

    This is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy, but the book is truly character driven. In Other Lands is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy—there’s a portal; there are mermaids, elves #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

    Morris offers some revenge-fantasy satisfaction, but there are some grave casualties in the world of

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, as an audiobook, which was narrated by the fantastic Lameece Issaq and Amin El Gamal irresistible main protagonist in the feminist Muslim character of Amina; and the sea adventure with various fantastical She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust Glory examines deep matters in a fascinating chain of events, reflections, unexpected do-overs, and fantastic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young , Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition

    excited to read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition

    Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; Maas I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while.

  • Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

    The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition

    the only home she's ever known in order to save her genetic brother, she realizes that the revenge fantasies

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition

    This Woven Kingdom is the first in Tahereh Mafi's fantasy trilogy of the same name.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition

    newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy

  • Review of The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker

    Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical fiction and fantasy #nordic, #Vikings, #series, #fantasyscifi

  • Review of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

    The tone of Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth was unlike any fantasy novel I’ve read—Gideon’s speech is #fantasyscifi, #series, #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

    death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical He imagines a rich imaginary world full of fantastical visions, and these thoughts sustain him through

  • Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

    In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather

  • Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    Weir provides Grace with unexpected company, fascinating collaboration, fantastic interpersonal relationships Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition

    Happy Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy

  • Six Books I Want, Bossy Holiday 2022 Edition

    Kuang explores colonialism, resistance, knowledge, and power in this hefty (454-page) fantasy, published this year and on many "top fantasy" lists. 02 Inciting Joy by Ross Gay Who's in for some inciting of

  • Review of Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison

    It's a revenge fantasy, but the issues at the heart of the story are real and weighty and important. I imagined that the alligator angle might make for a campy revenge fantasy. And it is revenge fantasy.

  • Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen

    darkly funny, and the situations range from that of a Sarah who is being paid to act out necrophilia fantasies

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