Tag: fantasy

Dark Heir By C.S. Pacat

Dark Heir Thank you to YA Books Central and Quill Tree Books for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can find my YA Books Central review here. “The dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to […]

State Of The ARC #33

I finished October with 27 ARCs left to be read.  As usual for 2023, November was a hectic month. It was physically and emotionally draining for me. Between the state of affairs in the world, and my own physical health, it was exceptionally difficult to focus on much. […]

Champion Of Fate By Kendare Blake

Champion of Fate  Thank you to Quill Tree Books and Rylee Warner for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Behind every great hero is an Aristene.  Aristene are mythical female warriors, part of a legendary order. Though heroes might be immortalized […]

The Pomegranate Gate By Ariel Kaplan

The Pomegranate Gate Thank you to NetGalley and Erewhon Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Ariel Kaplan’s The Pomegranate Gate is the lyrical first installment of the Mirror Realm Cycle, a vibrant and heartfelt Inquisition-era Jewish epic fantasy in the […]

The Lover By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Lover During a brutal winter, a young woman longing for love finds more than she expected in the woods, in this wickedly sensuous short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Judith knows her sister, Alice, is the pretty one—but that […]

Friday Favorites – Retellings

Hey everyone and welcome to another week of Friday Favorites. This week’s prompt is retellings, and anyone who’s read more than a couple of my posts will know that I’m a huge fan of retellings. I’m always on the hunt for new and interesting retellings, and here are […]

Thick As Thieves By M.J. Kuhn

Thick as Thieves Thank you to Saga Press and Julia McGarry for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. M.J. Kuhn returns to the gritty world of heists, magic, and deception in this high-stakes fantasy follow-up to internationally bestselling Among Thieves—perfect for […]