Tag: Fantasy
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Book Review: Wayfarer
by K. M. Weiland publisher’s synopsis Think being a superhero is hard? Try being the first one. Will’s life is a proper muddle—and all because he was “accidentally” inflicted with the ability to run faster and leap higher than any human ever. One minute he’s a blacksmith’s apprentice trying to save his master from debtor’s…
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Book Review: Savage Bred
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis It’s dangerous to be a pirate. The seas have become more threatening than ever, with enemies closing in on all sides. War isn’t just brewing—it’s here, knocking on their doorsteps, threatening to devour them all. And just as she was warned, Emme might have been the one to create the…
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Book Review: Egg & Spoon
by Gregory Maguire publisher’s synopsis Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar’s army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there…
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Book Review: Oathbound
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis Beware the waters. The dangerous deep brings ruin to all. Emme has spent her life avoiding anything to do with pirates. But the fates are cruel, and now a hidden sickness leads her to partner with pirates for the one thing that can save her—a cure on an island none…
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Book Review: Crowns
by various authors (including me!); edited by Brittany Eden and Brigitte Cromey publisher’s synopsis Authors Brittany Eden and Brigitte Cromey have collaborated as co-editors to bring you CROWNS, a royal-themed anthology, which features a fantasy romance novella by Brigitte Cromey and a curated collection of short stories, flash fiction, poetry, photography, and art. THE FEATURED NOVELLA…
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Book Review: A Daughter of the Trolls
by McKenzie Catron publisher’s synopsis Are you afraid of the bogeyman? Eighteen-year-old Sparrow can’t remember a time when she wasn’t. And neither can her mother—or the trolls, imps, gnomes, and faeries who all live in the Glade and call it home. Though Sparrow’s weak heart keeps her wheelchair bound, she and her mother have dedicated…
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Book Review: A Ranger’s Guide to Glipwood Forest
by Andrew Peterson publisher’s synopsis A Ranger’s Guide to Glipwood Forest expands the legend and lore of this treacherous land of fatal flora and fanged beasts—and the history of the first adventurers daring enough to brave the forest depths. Through detailed line-art, maps, and directions, travelers can safely marvel at the majestic glipwood trees, poke…
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Book Review: The Gold-Son
by Carrie Anne Noble publisher’s synopsis All sixteen-year-old Tommin wants is to make beautiful shoes and care for his beloved grandmother, but his insatiable need to steal threatens to destroy everything. Driven by a curse that demands more and more gold, he’s sure to get caught eventually. When mysterious Lorcan Reilly arrives in town with…
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Book Review: Steal Fire from the Gods
by Clint Hall publisher’s synopsis The Human Alliance knew the war was over when the machines started using magic to cast fire, shake the ground, conjure storms, and part the seas. We fought back anyway. 22-year-old soldier Gunnar Graves lost his faith and his family when a platoon of AI-driven war machines—led by an android…
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Book Review: Of Sea and Smoke
by Gillian Bronte Adams publisher’s synopsis He rides a seablood, a steed of salt and spray, born to challenge the tides. Six years ago, the wrong brother survived, and nothing will ever convince Rafi Tetrani otherwise. But he is done running from his past, and from the truth. As civil war threatens Ceridwen’s tenuous rule…
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