Tag: fantasy
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Review: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 GennaRose Nethercott presents Thistlefoot, a story steeped in the magic, folklore, and tragedy of Jewish traditional storytelling. Readers follow siblings Bellatine, whose hands burn with anti-death, and Isaac who must run from everything including his very…
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Review: The Monstrous Dreams of Mr Providence by Daria Schmitt
**I was provided an electronic ARC via the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Daria Schmitt presents an adult graphic novel inspired by HP Lovecraft’s “The Strange House High in the Mist” with The Strange Dreams of Mr Providence. Readers follow Providence in his role as caretaker of a park…
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Review: Cryptid Club by Sarah Anderson
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Sarah Anderson returns with Cryptid Club, a collection of short comics centering on various cryptids. I have been a fan of Sarah Anderson’s comics for quite some time, and love a good themed collection. Anderson also provides…
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Review: Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** DNF at 29% Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor was marketed as Kushiel’s Dart as written by Brandon Sanderson. Readers follow Kore, a disgraced bastard son turned prosperous courtesan as he attempts to influence the political landscape and seek revenge…
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Review: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Robert Jackson Bennett wraps up the Founders Trilogy with the final novel, Locklands. Of course, for the concluding novel, it is difficult to discuss without spoilers. I will do my best to avoid them, but proceed with caution…
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Review: Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kathryn Harlan presents Fruiting Bodies, a short story anthology that seems to defy any genre other than to classify it as speculative. There are some stories than lean into scifi, fantasy, or horror, but there is also…
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Review: Taproot by Keezy Young
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Keezy Young’s award-winning debut queer YA graphic novel Taproot receives a new edition through Oni Press. Taproot follows Hamal, a gardener who can see ghosts. Hamal has always seen ghosts, but has recently become friends…
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Review: Magical Rescue Vets Blaze the Phoenix by Melody Lockhart
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Melody Lockhart returns with the next installment in Magical Rescue Vets, Blaze the Phoenix. Kat and Rosie are determined to continue to be helpful to the vets, but Rosie seems to think that she has done a…
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Review: Sorceline by Sylvia Douyé
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Sylvia Douyé presents Sorceline Volume 1, an upper middle grade fantasy graphic novel following the titular Sorceline. Sorceline finds herself in a magical school for cryptozoology where she and her fellow students aim to learn about magical creatures and…
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Review: Yagi the Bookshop Goat by Fumi Furukawa
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Fumi Furukawa’s Yagi the Bookshop Goat is a sweet and spicy yaoi manga intended for adults. Yagi is a goat who loves books and desperately wants to work in a bookshop. Since Yagi is a goat, he…
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