Monthly Archives: September 2024
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Interview with Kate Heartfield (THE TAPESTRY OF TIME)
Kate Heartfield is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling The Embroidered Book, the Aurora-winning novel Armed in Her Fashion (published in the UK as The ... -
Writing and Publishing The Shetland Witch – GUEST POST by Kate Macdonald (THE SHETLAND WITCH)
We’ve been celebrating Kate Macdonald’s debut novel The Shetland Witch a lot this month, with excerpts and a review from Jonathan, and now Kate herself is here to tell us ... -
THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES by Julie Leong (BUDDY READ REVIEW)
Nils and Beth are back with another buddy read, this time they read Julie Leong’s debut cosy fantasy THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES… Warning: We ... -
BLOOD OF BRIGHT HAVEN by M. L. Wang (BOOK REVIEW)
Blood Over Bright Haven is the new novel from M. L. Wang; it’s a dark academia that confronts social and racial injustices that carries all the emotional ... -
Interview with Lucy Jane Wood (REWITCHED)
Lucy Jane Wood is an online content creator, avid reader and cosiness-seeker from the Wirral. These days, you’ll find her living in London, giant coffee in ... -
UPSCALED by Joseph John Lee (BOOK REVIEW)
Cute, cozy, charming with a sharp sense of humor & comparatively low-stakes I am thankful to the author and the folks at NetGalley for this ARC ... -
What Makes Fantasy So Cozy – GUEST POST by Sarah Beth Durst (THE SPELLSHOP)
Today we’re thrilled to welcome back to the Hive Sarah Beth Durst! Her latest novel, The Spellshop, has been described as ‘cosy fantasy’, the subgenre that’s lately ... -
A SCARAB WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE by Marieke Bigg (BOOK REVIEW)
“The beetles were closing in on her. At first, they had opened her world up. They had helped her expand into a new realm of kinship. ... -
A MAGICAL GIRL RETIRES by Park Seolyeon (BOOK REVIEW)
A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga. Twenty-nine, ... -
THE SHETLAND WITCH by Kate Macdonald (EXCERPT PART 2)
Last week, to celebrate the publication of Kate Macdonald’s debut mythological fantasy The Shetland Witch, we shared the first part of a four-part series of excerpts! Before ...









