Tag: Fantasy
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Fairy Tale Retellings
I love fairy tale retellings. Three of the novels I’ve written are retellings. My current WIP is inspired by a fairy tale. So, yeah. I really love retellings, both writing and reading them! If you’re a fellow fairy tale fan, here are some retellings to check out! While I don’t have reviews for them on…
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Book Review: Fenris and Mott
by Greg Van Eekhout publisher’s synopsis When Mott finds a puppy abandoned in a recycling bin, she’s ready to do everything she can to protect him. What she doesn’t realize, however, is that this is the legendary wolf Fenris, who’s prophesied to bring about the end of the world by eating the moon. Now Mott…
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Book Review: Healer’s Bane
by Hope Ann publisher’s synopsis Kynet never planned to be at the forefront of the rebellion. That was her brother’s hobby: rallying the people. Plotting against the leaders. Running into dangers she’d have to negotiate him out of. That was before the Poisoner tried to kill her. Left with strange powers in the aftermath of…
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Book Review: The Herbwitch’s Apprentice
by Ireen Chau publisher’s synopsis In the kingdom of Olderea, dabbling in witchcraft is a sure way to the guillotine. When sixteen-year-old debutante Amarante Flora finds out she’s half witch, all she wants is to get rid of her magic. After all, zapping Prince Ash in the midst of high society’s Season certainly won’t help…
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Book Review: A Dragon By Any Other Name
by S.D. Grimm publisher’s synopsis This time, beauty is the beast. And she wants prince charming dead. At eighteen, Keira is a formidable dragon hunter bent on finding her parents’ killer—a forest dragon she once helped escape her mother’s laboratory. Biggest mistake of her life. Now, Keira pours her thirst for revenge into her mother’s…
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Book Review: Beyond the Shadowed Earth
by Joanna Ruth Meyer publisher’s synopsis It has always been Eda’s dream to become empress, no matter the cost. Haunted by her ambition and selfishness, she’s convinced that the only way to achieve her goal is to barter with the gods. But all requests come with a price and Eda bargains away the soul of…
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Book Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
by Axie Oh publisher’s synopsis Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden…
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Book Review: Rise of the Vicious Princess
by C.J. Redwine publisher’s synopsis: Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera. Raised to be ruthless and cunning, her only goal is to hold her war-torn kingdom together long enough to find a path toward peace with their ancient foe, Montevallo, even if the cost is her own heart. When violence erupts in…
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Book Review: Dream of Kings
by Sharon Hinck publisher’s synopsis: The Future Never Sleeps In the glacial nation of Norgard, Jolan the Dream Teller serves every seeker, whether peasant or high lord. Though she loves using her gift, she struggles to navigate the corrupt and dangerous court and the jealousies of the Guildagard. When an old man’s nightmare imparts a…
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Fairy Tale Recommendations
Do you love fairy tales? I do! 😄 Here are a couple fairy tale retellings that I’ve read and enjoyed. I don’t have specific reviews for most of them, but all of them are clean! Review for Dust
