Tag: high fantasy
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Review: The City of Dusk by Tara Sim
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Tara Sim returns with the ambitious first book of an epic fantasy series, The City of Dusk. Sim has created a world of multiple coinciding realms and those realms are accompanied by an incredible amount of species,…
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Review: The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Authors Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms writing together as MA Carrick present the first installment in a new fantasy series with The Mask of Mirrors. Readers follow main character Ren who is an orphan, former street kid,…
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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: 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: Master of Restless Shadows by Ginn Hale
** I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Ginn Hale’s newest fantasy continues to explore the universe she has previously established in other works. In this book, we follow a wide variety of characters, but most notably Narsi and Atreau. Narsi is a…
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