Tag: fantasy
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Review: Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke
**spoiler alert** **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Jennifer Gruenke’s debut novel Of Silver and Shadow is a high stakes, fast-paced fantasy that will leave you wanting more. Readers follow Ren, a silver-wielding thief who might have gotten into more than she bargained…
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Review: Mayhem by Estelle Laure
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Estelle Laure’s Mayhem follows the titular character as she navigates the difficulties of her life, the importance of family and home, and perhaps the type of magic that has persisted through the generations. Part hard-hitting contemporary,…
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Review: Scarlet Gaze by Foster Bridget Cassidy
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Scarlet Gaze is a new adult paranormal romance centered around a magical school in England. Collin is a freshman at Marke Staple University, where he learns that magic is real and that he has power. When his…
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Review: Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley.** Actual rating: 2.5 Genevieve Hudson’s Boys of Alabama is part coming-of-age, part magical realism and a strangely unique experience to read. Readers follow Max, a German boy who has recently moved to Alabama. Max has the power to consume death, therein restoring things to…
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Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Melissa Bashardoust brings Girl, Serpent, Thorn, a young adult fantasy inspired by Persian mythology and folklore. Readers follow Soraya, a princess cursed to have poisonous skin. When Soraya is no longer content to be hidden away…
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Review: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 5 stars Robert Jackson Bennett brings a beautifully wrought and intricate magic system to his fantasy series, the Founders trilogy. This book, Shorefall, is the second in the series and I will do my very best to keep things…
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Review: The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Nick Martell’s The Kingdom of Liars is a solid debut fantasy that is part murder mystery, part comedy of errors and all magic. Readers follow Michael Kingman, youngest son of a prince killer who wears the brand…
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Review: From the Dark We Came by J Emery
**I was provided an electronic copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars J. Emery brings their take to a vampire and hunter queer paranormal romance with From the Dark We Came. The story follows Cassian, our vampire newly awakened after having gone into a deep sleep, and Belar, our…
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Review: All the King’s Traitors by Keylin Rivers
**I was provided an electronic copy through NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Keylin Rivers brings forward All the King’s Traitors, a YA fantasy centered around a rocky political climate and magical stones which grant the holders powers. The journey is told through following multiple perspectives of characters that…
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Review: Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC of this novel post-publication from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Veronica Roth makes her adult debut with Chosen Ones, a modern fantasy that upends a lot of common tropes and puts a solid spin on them. Readers follow a group of individuals who,…
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