Today is the very last day of this year’s Wyrd and Wonder, and it’s safe to say that we have had an absolute blast taking part! Although we feature plenty of genres on The Fantasy Hive, we do of course have a soft spot for fantasy, so spending a month celebrating has been so much fun.

Particular thanks to our Social Media Empress, Nils, for corralling us into taking part in the daily photo challenge! She managed to turn Julia into quite the bookstagrammer. We’re pretty proud of our pics, and were over the moon when some of you tagged us in your entries too. So, here’s a round-up of our month in pictures.

1. Your Wyrd and Wonderful TBR

2. Start Here

Here’s some books our team would recommend to any reader new to the fantasy genre

Adeel_Reads on Twitter recommended Robin Hobb as a great gateway into fantasy!

3. The Best Things Come in Threes

Favourite trilogies!

This was a popular prompt!

4. Rebellions are Built on Hope

Happy Star Wars Day!

5. Confounding Expectations

We had a long think about this one…

6. Goblins

7. Under-rated

8. Can’t Wait to Read

9. #StackSaturday

10. Spine Poetry OR Mother’s Day

We absolutely loved Fiona’s spine poem:

And Mike decided to go with the Mother’s Day prompt:

I opted for Mother’s Day because Queen Talyien is no Mother of Dragons – she’s so much more. One of the most memorable characters in fantasy and one of the best books of 2020!

11. Take the World by Storm

We chose characters who change the world

12. Myths and Legends

13. A Friend in Need

Who are your favourite fictional friends?

14. Out of this World

Portal fantasies and secondary worlds…

This prompt led Mike to think of a series where the world plays a bigger part than usual:

15. Currently Reading

16. Wicked

Our team have chosen to share villains and witches!

17. #ShelfieSunday

18. Celebrate a Storyteller

19. I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

20. With Great Power…

Which characters with powers are your favourites?

21. Beyond the Binary

We’re highlighting diverse reads

22. Tall Ships

Nautical fantasies!

James’ favourite:

And Jake is Reading recommends:

23. Comfort Reading

Over on Twitter, Eamon Cleary shared with us their comfort reads:

24. Consummate Professional

Characters who are good at their job!

25. Fantasy #MapMonday

This was another popular prompt!

Jake is Reading edited this Wheel of Time map:

And over on Instagram, J A Andrews shared with us a map they’d made for their book (they didn’t tell us which book though!):

26. Mic Drop

we’re showcasing fantasy standalone’s…

27. Not all Heroes wear Capes

Our favourite unlikely heroes

Jake is Reading went with a firm favourite:

28. As You Wish

We’re sharing our fave romances & fantasy movies

29. Book Rainbow

We loved Jake is Reading’s rainbow!

30. Fond Farewells

Jake is Reading went with:

31. Fave W&W Read

Again, a huge thank you to Nils for posting all our images on our social media sites, and for all those who tagged us in your posts – it was wonderful to see you joining in!