Tag: fantasy
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To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
Review of To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. To Shape a Dragon’s Breath is a fantasy novel set in alternative North America where both the history of Europe and North America has taken a drastically different path because the Norse tamed dragons in the viking age.
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5 reasons to read The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
I originally wrote “5 reasons to read The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin” when N. K. Jemisin had just won a Hugo for the third book in the The Broken Earth trilogy, so all of the books in the thrilogy had a Hugo Award which was completely unheard of at the time. Now…
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Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup
Review of Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup. Just Stab Me Now is based on a TikTok series by Jill Bearup and written after the community begged her to write the sketch series into a full length novel repeably.
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Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
Review of Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce. Tempests and Slaughter is the first book in the The Numair Chronicles duology set in Pierce’s Tortall universe. Numair is a beloved character from the Wild Magic series who has gotten his own prequel series as a spinoff.
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A Deadly Education & Scholomance by Naomi Novik
Review of A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik and the rest of the Scholomance trilogy, including The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclave. Why would you send your children to a magic school where multiple students die every single year? Where as many as a fourth of the students die? That’s the question that sparked…
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Glass Slipper Scandal by Tansy Rayner Roberts
I picked up ‘Glass Slipper Scandal’ by Tansy Rayner Roberts, because I have always been fascinated by fairytales and fairytale retellings. The story is fairytale mashup story that plays with all the tropes.
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A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
My review of A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar: A fantasy novel about stories with poetic language about love in it’s many different forms.
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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Review of Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. What happens when the children come home from their portal fantasy adventure? What happens when they are trapped in the normal world?
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Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Review of Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear a fantasy novel set on the mongolian steppes in the 1200s. A wonderful culturally complex novel with a fast paced plot and interesting characters. Range of Ghosts is all about power and political intrigue.
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik. A fantasy inspired by polish fairytales about learning magic, the deep dark forest and political intrigue. If you enjoy fairytale inspired books it is defiantly worth reading.