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Author: J.L. Brown

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J.L. Brown

J.L. Brown has been in love with books ever since reading the Boxcar Children. Once determined to be an editor, they were part of many First Reads programs and attend numerous book conventions. A change of career path (as happens when in college) led to graduate school, where they study neurological diseases, but they continue to read voraciously in their non-existent spare time. They live with a green-cheeked velociraptor who has the run of the house and has an appropriate fantasy-themed name. All-time favorite books include Sunshine by Robin McKinley, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey.

  • Book ReviewsDark AcademiaFantasy
    By J.L. Brown
    August 1, 2025
    431
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    A THEORY OF DREAMING by Ava Reid (BOOK REVIEW)

    After the events of A Study in Drowning (book 1), Effy and Preston return to their literature college, where Effy is the first woman admitted, and ...
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  • Book ReviewsDark AcademiaFantasyUrban
    By J.L. Brown
    May 12, 2025
    696
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    THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh (BOOK REVIEW)

    This book is not like Harry Potter. At all. But: What if you take a Deputy Head of an English boarding school for magically capable children, ...
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  • Book ReviewsCrime DetectiveFantasy
    By J.L. Brown
    April 9, 2025
    1071
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    THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson (BOOK REVIEW)

    In a realm governed by a pantheon of absent gods, mortal power transfers every 24 years by means of a competition between factions. Neema Kraa, Orrun’s ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyRomance
    By J.L. Brown
    March 5, 2025
    884
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    A FATE FORED IN FIRE by Hazel McBride (BOOK REVIEW)

    I love that so many things went wrong in this book. No, for real, hear me out. Meet Aemyra, a trained blacksmith blessed with fire magic, ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyRomance
    By J.L. Brown
    November 13, 2024
    1450
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    THE SERPENT AND THE WOLF by Rebecca Robinson (BOOK REVIEW)

    I thought this book might be on my Did Not Finish pile after the first few chapters, but by about a quarter of the way through, ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGothic
    By J.L. Brown
    November 7, 2024
    796
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    THE CRIMSON ROAD by A. G. Slatter (BOOK REVIEW)

    This is a story with vampires, but not about vampires, not really. Really, it’s a story about making your own path in world determined to push ...
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  • Book ReviewsCosyFantasyHumourRomance
    By J.L. Brown
    October 3, 2024
    1052
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    SORCERY AND SMALL MAGICS by Maiga Doocy (BOOK REVIEW)

    I was utterly captivated by this book when I didn’t expect to be. Sorcery and Small Magics is a light read from a brand-new author, and ...
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  • Book ReviewsCosyFantasyFeaturesRomanceWomen In SFF
    By J.L. Brown
    July 11, 2024
    1054
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    THE PHOENIX KEEPER by S. A. MacLean (BOOK REVIEW)

    Do you like shows about animals, such as The Zoo and Secrets of the Zoo? Did you stay up as a child to watch Big Cat ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By J.L. Brown
    August 18, 2021
    2928
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    WINTERLIGHT by Kristen Britain (BOOK REVIEW)

    Now, if you are like me, and have been reading the Green Rider series at least since the publication of First Rider’s Call, then you are ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyUrban
    By J.L. Brown
    July 27, 2021
    2232
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    A TERRIBLE FALL OF ANGELS by Laurell K. Hamilton (BOOK REVIEW)

    A new series by Laurell K Hamilton, featuring a male protagonist. Enter, Zaniel Havelock (Havoc), a police Detective, veteran, and former student at the cult – ...
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