Category: fantasy

Book Review: Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope

Book Review: Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy, Romance Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Publication Date: May 1, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free ARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The dark-skinned Lagrimaris and light-skinned Elsirans have lived separately for centuries, with only a magical barrier keeping them apart; now, the barrier’s about to […]

Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication Date: March 6, 2018 Eleven years ago, King Saran destroyed the magic; now, the only way to save Orisha is to bring it back. Eleven years ago, Zelie and Tzain lost their mother, and all of Orisha lost magic. The maji were rounded up […]

Book Review: The Wolf by Leo Carew

Book Review: The Wolf by Leo Carew

Posted March 22, 2018 in book review, fantasy, four stars / 0 Comments

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: April 3, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A massive battle of wits, one within a kingdom and one between kingdoms, where the loser forfeits their life and no one truly wins. The Anakim to […]

Book Review: The Lightning Stenography Device by M. F. Sullivan

Book Review: The Lightning Stenography Device by M. F. Sullivan

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Genre: Literary, Sci Fi & Fantasy Publisher: Painted Blind Publishing Publication Date: March 19, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Filled with surrealism and philosophy, The Lightning Stenography Device forces the reader to question what they think they know about life […]

Book Review: The Witch Stone by Jasmine Hong

Book Review: The Witch Stone by Jasmine Hong

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: NineStar Press Publication Date: March 12, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. With the court brutally murdered and his ex-boyfriend the only survivor, Cal has to somehow deliver the lodestone to the new Lord while managing to survive […]

Book Review: Grey Stone by Jean Knight Pace and Jacob Kennedy

Book Review: Grey Stone by Jean Knight Pace and Jacob Kennedy

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Ink Smith Publishing Publication Date: July 22, 2016 The race of wolves have ruled the kingdom mercilessly for many thousands of years, walking all over the dogs and humans that live there, but is equality really worth fighting for, with everything that would be lost? When a dog […]

Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Teens & Young Adults Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2, 2018 Imagine a Grimm’s Fairy Tale with Dark Fae and changelings and lots of stabbing, death, secrets, and manipulation. The Cruel Prince is everything you could want in a dark fantasy with enough twists to keep […]

Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: January 9, 2018 This is book three in the Wayward Children series. Click here for my review of Every Heart a Doorway. Click here for my review of Down Among the Sticks and Bones. Nothing in this book makes sense, in the best possible ways, as Rini […]

Book Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Book Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: June 13, 2017 This is book two in the Wayward Children series. Click here for my review of Every Heart a Doorway. The same Jack and Jill from the nursery rhyme, only older, darker, both female, and living in a world that threatens to destroy them. Jacqueline […]