Pages: 454Published: 6th July 2021Genre: FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail Shiori'anma, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted. But it also … Continue reading Book Review – Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Pages: 403Published: 30th August 2022Genre: Mystery/Gothic FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail, sexual references Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her wellbeing - and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate … Continue reading Book Review – Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
Pages: 320Published: 22nd February 2022Genre: Fantasy 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 is thrown … Continue reading Book Review – The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh
Pages: 579Published: 30th March 2021Genre: FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail The wolves are circling. And Ravka's time is running out. The Demon King. As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young … Continue reading Book Review – Rule Of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
Pages: 517Published: 19th May 2020Genre: Dystopian FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail, violence/torture It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its … Continue reading Book Review – The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Illustrated by: Kelly ChongPages: 150Published: 6th February 2024Genre: Fantasy Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories - two previously published, seven original, including the epilogue to the duology - set in the enchanting world of Sue Lynn Tan’s stunning debut. Filled with magic and mythology, friendship and love, these stories intertwine through the past, present, and future … Continue reading Book Review – Tales Of The Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
Pages: 409Published: 8th June 2021Genre: FantasyContent warnings: Misogyny, anti-Semitism, Animal death, injury detail In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the … Continue reading Book Review – The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid
Pages: 366Published: 5th September 2023Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Romance Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn’t uncommon and no one dares stay in the library after dark. And Este Logano enrolls with the hopes of finding her dead father. Not literally, of course. She doesn’t believe in ghosts. Going to … Continue reading Book Review – The Library Of Shadows by Rachel Moore
Pages: 315Published: 10th January 2023Genre: Fantasy Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk … Continue reading Book Review – Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia Of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Pages: 511Published: 29th January 2019Genre: Young Adult FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail, misogyny The boy king. The war hero. The prince with a demon curled inside his heart. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. The people of Ravka don't know what he endured in their bloody civil war and he intends to keep it that way. … Continue reading Book Review – King Of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
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