Fantasy
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A PEA EVER AFTER (ONCE UPON A WINTER) by Adie Hart (BOOK REVIEW)
Nils and I received copies of Once upon a Winter from MacFarlane Lantern Publishing, a collection of folk and fairy tales with a winter theme. Fellow reviewer ... -
THE EX HEX by Erin Sterling (BOOK REVIEW)
Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, ... -
ARM OF THE SPHINX by Josiah Bancroft (BOOK REVIEW)
“There was no honest work for a small crew on such a lowly vessel. Every port they approached shooed them off like a fly from a ... -
SPELLBOUND by Ophelia Silk (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings (from author’s site): child abuse, heteronormativity, (attempted) forced marriage. Jane Paris is everything a young woman should be: polite, charming, and obedient, with a ... -
EMPIRE OF GOLD by S. A. Chakraborty (BOOK REVIEW)
“Nahri found herself pressing her knuckles against her temple, hard enough to hurt. Was this a dream? Or maybe Daevabad had been the dream. The nightmare. ... -
SENLIN ASCENDS by Josiah Bancroft (BOOK REVIEW)
‘“I’m going to feel very weak, and you’re going to feel very dumb. But that’s how it always is in the beginning. Learning starts with ... -
SCALES AND SENSIBILITY by Stephanie Burgis (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: Death of parents (prior to book, some grieving on page); emotional abuse from family. Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the ... -
WENDY, DARLING by A C Wise (BOOK REVIEW
Content warnings: A huge amount of medical abuse and gaslighting; depictions of abusive asylums; mentions of suicide; mentions of sexual assault. I don’t tend to consider ... -
THE FALL OF BABEL by Josiah Bancroft (BOOK REVIEW)
The Fall of Babel is the stunningly imaginative end to an amazing journey. Josiah Bancroft has crafted for himself and his readers the most exceptional and ... -
BEASTS AND BEAUTY: DANGEROUS TALES by Soman Chainani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: Traditional fairy tale grimness, including violence, death and murder, child abuse, forced marriage, and so on; racism and colourism. Nothing is graphically described. You ...