Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Unknown Series: Rath & Rune: Book Three Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 182 Pages Category: Historical, Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Widdershins is legendary for knowing its own. It's a place sorcerers, humans, and those who are not quite human call home, and a place where eldritch horrors visit their... Continue Reading →
Title: The River's Edge Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 69 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Jordan Castillo Price conceives the inconceivable and then brings it to life (pun fully intended) in the story of two men who have earned a little grace and redemption. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: Liam's Doom Series: The Adventures of Sam Hain: Book One Author: Robin Schadel Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 235 Pages Category: Fantasy, LesFic Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Liam's Doom gives great imagination and some new characters I'm looking forward to following on more adventures. If it proves anything, it's that a book in... Continue Reading →
Title: In the Lives of Puppets Author: TJ Klune Publisher: Tor Books Length: 417 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: While it would be inaccurate to say this is a perfect book—there a points in the journey that ambled when I wanted them to run—I will always be open to the messages... Continue Reading →
Title: The Claws of Winter Series: Arcane Hearts: Book Seven Author: Nazri Noor Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 237 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Claws of Winter brings readers one step closer to the end of the Arcane Hearts series, and delivers Jack and Xander one step closer to the altar.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Eidolon Series: The Magnus Academy: Book One Author: K.D. Edwards Publisher: Self-Published Length: 195 Pages Category: Fantasy, Teen Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I didn't know this book was so necessary or how much I needed its story until I'd finished it and then sat there with a full heart, jangled... Continue Reading →
Title: Not All Himbos Wear Capes Series: Villainous Things: Book One Author: C. Rochelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 407 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: C. Rochelle's Not All Himbos Wear Capes won't just threaten you with a good time, it delivers. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Xander Big City is supposedly the... Continue Reading →
Title: Queer Fires Series: Flint and Tinder: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 217 Pages Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Queer Fires isn't a mystery as much as it is mysterious. This is a place where the impossible is made possible, the unlikely becomes likely, and the unusual asks... Continue Reading →
Title: The Stagsblood Brother Series: The Stagsblood Trilogy: Book Three Author: Gideon E. Wood Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 409 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: If you like an epic fantasy featuring a hero who is tested and tormented, a villain who is pure, unadulterated, personified malevolence, and a man who learns... Continue Reading →
Title: The Solstice Cabin Series: Flos Magicae Author: Arden Powell Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 95 Pages Category: Holiday Romance, Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: If you're looking for something a little different and a bit fantastical this holiday season, a story that reunites two friends and gathers together their fears, strength, and courage... Continue Reading →
Title: The Tower Series: The Spell Saga: Book Two Author: Cari Z Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 118 Pages Category: Fantasy, Steampunk Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The setting has changed in The Tower, but the suspense and threats to life and limb are no less absolute or intense. More magic, more curiosities, and surely... Continue Reading →
Title: Deadbeat Druid Series: The Adam Binder Novels: Book Three Author: David R. Slayton Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Length: 323 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: While indulging my every love of lush, evocative storytelling, Slayton has also developed a cast of characters who more than undertook the responsibility of this journey; they... Continue Reading →
Title: The Train Series: The Spell Saga: Book One Author: Cari Z Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 110 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The case is solved in this fast-paced and fun novella, but there is still a puzzle to work out. I'm looking forward to learning more about Anton's magic and... Continue Reading →
Title: A Taste of Gold and Iron Author: Alexandra Rowland Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 505 Pages Category: Fantasy, Alt-History Rating: 3 Stars At a Glance: To put a fine point on it, A Taste of Gold and Iron seems to suffer from an identity crisis, and I feel the story could have been half as long... Continue Reading →
Title: A Clap of Thunder Series: Arcane Hearts: Book Six Author: Nazri Noor Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 322 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: It's not often a Fantasy series offers an equal measure of sweet romance, delightful narration, and life-threatening encounters, and balances them so cleverly. Noor manages it effortlessly. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: High Times in the Low Parliament Author: Kelly Robson Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 162 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 2 Stars At a Glance: High Times in the Low Parliament is a short novel that had potential, but in the end, I was left with too many "hows?" and "whys?" unanswered for it to satisfy. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Stolen Token Author: Felix J. Léon Publisher: Self-Published Length: 119 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: There is no doubt Felix J. Léon loved telling this story and held his characters in great affection. That sincerity endeared them to me as well, by simple virtue of realizing I was being introduced... Continue Reading →
Title: The Sins of the Orc Author: Finley Fenn Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Fantasy Content Notes: dark situations and power dynamics causing current and past trauma (not between main love interests); intense intimate scenes (including in public); discussion and depiction of abuse and its effects; depression and suicidal thoughts; discussion of war... Continue Reading →
Title: Burning for You Author: Joel Abernathy Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 298 Pages Category: Fantasy Content Notes: Action violence, substance abuse, extreme enemies-to-lovers dynamics, nonconsensual ritual bloodletting, heat sex, knotting, technical suicide in a supernatural context (not self-harm). Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: For as angsty as it had the potential to be, the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bachelor's Valet Series: Flos Magicae Author: Arden Powell Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 148 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Bachelor’s Valet is a gentle and charming story with happy endings for all involved, short on drama and long on anticipation, waiting for Alphonse to suss out his... Continue Reading →
Title: Hell Followed with Us Author: Andrew Joseph White Publisher: Peachtree Teen Length: 412 Pages Category: YA, Fantasy, Monster Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Hell Followed with Us is not my story. I will never know firsthand what it means, or feels like, to walk in Benji’s shoes. That doesn’t mean I can’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Labours of Stone Author: EM Harding Publisher: Self-Published Length: 164 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Labours of Stone is one of those happy little accidental finds: a quick, sweet summer read that I'm glad I happened upon. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Day after day, Ephra Stone labours away on trashy... Continue Reading →
Title: The Hourglass Throne Series: The Tarot Sequence: Book Three Author: K.D. Edwards Publisher: Pyr/Simon & Schuster Length: 425 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I have fallen madly, deeply, and irrevocably in love with this series and its characters, and I can’t recommend it strongly enough. The Tarot Sequence series is,... Continue Reading →
Title: Reckless Series: Luckless: Book Three Author: Cari Z Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 124 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The gripping moment when Evan and Lee's bond is stricken delivers on the tension shaped by betrayal and the emotion driven by anguish. I am, as always, anxious to see what Cari... Continue Reading →
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