Tag: fantasy
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Review: The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted by Conor Grennan
**I received an electronic ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 stars In Conor Grennan’s new novel, The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted, there is a military academy for gifted kids somewhere off the coast of Maine. The gifted students, called improbables, defend civilians…
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Review: Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 2.5 stars Michael Okon introduces us to Wes Rockville, special agent who is reassigned to the Witches Protection Program as punishment for an assignment gone wrong. Rockville meets Alistair Verne, the salty old agent who will show him…
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Review: The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars In The Bone Ships, RJ Barker introduces us to a world in which being fleet is central to the way of life in the Hundred Isles. The fleet itself is made of ships constructed using the bones…
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Review: Primeval Origins Paths of Anguish by BA Vonsik
2 stars ** I received an electronic copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** This book was not at all what I expected from the synopsis. I expected to follow Nikki, an archeology grad student who makes an unprecedented find while on a dig site in South America.…
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Review: Courting Darkness by LR Braden
4 stars **I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Vampires and werewolves and fae folk- oh my! The second book in the Magicsmith series did not at all disappoint. This was another one day read, and had all of the features I enjoyed so much…
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Review: Mainly By Moonlight by Josh Lanyon
3 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Josh Lanyon brings forth a murder mystery fantasy LGBTQ whirlwind romance. Cosmo is a witch who is all set to marry the love of his life, the new police commissioner, John. But when Cosmo is found at the…
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Review: Kriss: The Gift of Wrath by Ted Naifeh
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** From Ted Naifeh and Warren Wucinich comes Kriss: The Gift of Wrath. Kriss is an outcast in his small village, but is descended from the gods of the north. The Gift of Wrath establishes background for Kriss and…
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Review: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
5 stars Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker bring us Mooncakes, a graphic novel about a young witch and werewolf and a nefarious group of practitioners who have summoned a demon causing trouble in the woods. This read was just such a joy. Our witch character, Nova, is queer and uses hearing aids. Our werewolf, Tam,…
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Review: The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
** I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Elizabeth Tammi’s sophomore novel, The Weight of a Soul, follows Lena and her clan in the Viking age of Scandinavia. Of course, the Norse gods have their own plans, and Lena and her…
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Review: Resurrection Girls by Ava Morgyn
** I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 stars Ava Morgyn’s debut novel, Resurrection Girls, is a hard-hitting novel of grief and all that comes with it. Our main character, Olivia, has had her world ripped apart by the accidental drowning death…
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