Tag: fantasy
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Review: Warmaidens by Kelly Coon
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kelly Coon follows up Gravemaidens with its sequel Warmaidens, concluding the duology. Kammani continues with her efforts as a healer, and must learn how to balance her love for her work, her love for Dagan, and her love…
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Review: The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Roshani Chokshi’s newest book, The Silvered Serpents, is the sequel to The Gilded Wolves. Readers follow a group of characters in shifting perspectives who make up a found family, and they have a new heist in this…
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Review: Nils The Tree of Life by Jérôme Hamon
3 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Jérôme Hamon brings us Nils: The Tree of Life, a nordic inspired fantasy graphic novel set in a society where things have ceased growing. The land and people both have become infertile. Nils and his father seek to…
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Review: The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N Holmberg
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Charlie Holmberg’s The Will and the Wilds is part fairytale, part love story, and all adventure. Readers follow Enna, a budding herbalist who has learned about the creatures of the wildwood (mystings) from her grandmother. When Enna…
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Review: A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
**I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Leanna Renee Hieber continues her Spectral City series with book two, A Sanctuary of Spirits. The series follows Miss Evelyn “Eve” Whitby, medium and head of the secret Ghost Precinct instated by Governor Theodore Roosevelt,…
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Review: The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Kester Grant’s The Court of Miracles leads readers in a retelling of Les Miserables where Eponine, called Nina, is the star of the show. Nina is a Thief in a France where the criminal underground of the…
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Review: Dewdrop by Kay O’Neill
5 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** In Dewdrop, Kay O’Neill brings us a children’s graphic novel surrounding our titular character, Dewdrop the axolotl, and his town’s preparations for the sports fair. There is a running message of the competition being with one self…
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Review: Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Rosaria Munda presents to us in Fireborne a world that is still recovering from revolution. The oligarchy of the dragonborn has been overthrown in favor of a merit-based class system determined by testing. We join the narrative…
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Review: Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review. Avg rating: 3.82 I always have the hardest time rating anthologies and short story collections, so I’ve decided to give each story an individual rating and average them to the overall score. For the star rating, I rounded up…
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Review: Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
4 stars **I received an early release excerpt from the publisher through NetGalley; however, I did not submit review until I had read the full work which I acquired through my public library.** Astrid Scholte’s debut novel, Four Dead Queens, checks all sorts of boxes for fantasy fans. Court and political intrigue, various factions of…
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