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Home›Book Reviews›Fantasy›Category: "Historical" (Page 2)

The Hive’s latest HISTORICAL FANTASY book reviews!


  • Book ReviewsFantasyFolkHistoricalMannersRomance
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    August 2, 2023
    906
    1

    A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY by Trip Galey (BOOK REVIEW)

    Ladies’ fingers, pale and cold, nestled among jars of grass-green eyes. Twists of hair in all colours of autumn leaves hung like shimmering vines in a ...
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  • Book ReviewsFairytaleFantasyFeaturesHistoricalWomen In SFF
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    July 26, 2023
    903
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    THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER by H. G. Parry (BOOK REVIEW)

    She was a half-wild thing of ink and grass and sea breezes, raised by books and rabbits and fairy lore, and that was all she cared ...
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  • Book ReviewsEpicFantasyFolkHistoricalWomen In SFF
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    July 7, 2023
    1215
    3

    TALONSISTER by Jen Williams (BOOK REVIEW)

    Any foolish enough to venture near the mountains and get caught were killed without trial or discourse, and their stripped, severed heads were left on the ...
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  • Book ReviewsCosyFantasyHistorical
    By Nils Shukla
    March 22, 2023
    1670
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    THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER by H. G. Parry (BOOK REVIEW)

    Long ago bright, luminous magic poured freely through schisms around the world, in the shadows mages roamed in their numbers secretly bringing miracles to those who ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyHistoricalLiterary
    By Jonathan Thornton
    February 7, 2023
    1118
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    THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA by Shehan Karunatilaka (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Being a ghost isn’t that different to being a war photographer. Long periods of boredom interspersed with short bursts of terror. As action-packed as your post-death ...
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  • Book ReviewsFairytaleFantasyHistoricalHumour
    By Nils Shukla
    December 13, 2022
    3426
    3

    EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett (BOOK REVIEW)

    “I suppose most children fall in love with faeries at some point, but my fascination was never about magic or the granting of wishes. The Folk ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyHistoricalRetelling
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    December 8, 2022
    1166
    0

    THE WITCH AND THE TSAR by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (BOOK REVIEW)

    Sometimes the true story is cloaked in lies to hide its power   The Witch and the Tsar is Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s debut historical fantasy novel. ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyHistoricalMannersRomance
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    November 4, 2022
    1735
    0

    A RESTLESS TRUTH by Freya Marske (BOOK REVIEW)

    A Restless Truth is Freya Marske’s much anticipated sequel to her queer historical fantasy, A Marvellous Light.  The story picks up not long after the events of ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyHistoricalMannersRomance
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    November 3, 2022
    1235
    1

    A MARVELLOUS LIGHT by Freya Marske (BOOK REVIEW)

    A Marvellous Light is Australian author Freya Marske’s debut novel of Edwardian magicians. It’s a beautiful story of self-discovery, featuring sumptuous prose, that I burned through in ...
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  • Book ReviewsBuddy ReadFantasyHistoricalRetelling
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    August 8, 2022
    1962
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    ITHACA by Claire North (BUDDY READ BOOK REVIEW)

    Nils and Beth were very kindly sent proofs of Claire North’s upcoming novel Ithaca from Nazia at Orbit Books, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity ...
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