Published: November 30, 2021 Publisher: Bloom Books Series: Adrian x Isolde Genre: Fantasy, Romance Pages: 368 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis:Their Union Is His Revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king, Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. ⠀ But her... Continue Reading →
The Carnival of Ash by Tom Beckerlegge – Review
Published: March 15, 2022 Publisher: Solaris Series: Standalone Genre: Claims to be Fantasy Pages: 528 (Hardcover) My Rating: DNF at ~30% A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:An extravagant, lyrical fantasy about a city of poets and librarians. A city that never was. Cadenza is... Continue Reading →
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner – Review
Published: February 28, 2017 (orig. 1996) Publisher: Greenwillow Books Series: The Queen's Thief #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 320 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis:The king’s scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king’s prison.... Continue Reading →
Nolyn by Michael J. Sullivan – Review
Published: August 3, 2021 Publisher: Grim Oak Press Series: The Rise and the Fall #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 480 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis:After more than five hundred years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War's front lines. His assignment to rescue... Continue Reading →
Edgewood by Kristen Ciccarelli – Review
Published: March 1, 2022 Publisher: Wednesday Books Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Pages: 400 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:No matter how far she runs, the forest of Edgewood always comes for Emeline Lark. The scent of damp earth... Continue Reading →
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore – Review
Published: September 3, 2019 Publisher: Berkley Series: A League of Extraordinary Women #1 Genre: Romance, Historical Pages: 368 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis:England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for... Continue Reading →
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas – Review
Published: February 15, 2022 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Series: Crescent City #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 805 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis:Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal―they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure... Continue Reading →
Scorpica by G.R. Macallister – Review
Published: February 22, 2022 Publisher: Saga Press Series: The Five Queendoms #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 448 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:A centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born... Continue Reading →
The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart – Review
Published: February 22, 2022 Publisher: Ballantine Books Series: Standalone Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author... Continue Reading →
The Beholden by Cassandra Rose Clarke – Review
Published: January 18, 2022 Publisher Erewhon Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy Pages: 544 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:Orphaned as young women, Celestia and Izara De Malena find themselves land rich but destitute, with only a failing rainforest acreage, Celestia’s perfect... Continue Reading →
