The Witching Hour From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches—a […]
Dark Rise CONTENT WARNING: murder, death of a parent, grief, blood, violence, racism, torture, gore, trauma The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great battles between Light and Dark are forgotten. Only the Stewards remember, and they […]
The Bone Shard Emperor Thank you to Orbit Books and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, violence, blood, murder, gore, death In this stunning sequel to The Bone Shard Daughter, the new Empress finally sits […]
Before I start talking about the books on my Spring TBR, I want to check in on the books I had listed on my winter TBR. Ok, not too bad – 7 out of 10! That’s actually better than I thought I would do. I got a bit […]
The Bone Shard Daughter CONTENT WARNING: blood, death, grief, violence, abuse, gore, murder The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s […]
I love posts like this, because my exposure to authors changes regularly, and my list of auto-buy authors expands pretty often. Authors who write such amazing books that I just need to own them without even knowing anything about the book beforehand include: Who are your auto-buy authors?
March has arrived, and I’m actually a little disappointed! Hang on, let me explain. In my part of New York, we barely got any winter. I was able to walk around in short sleeves for half of the winter, we got a few cold weeks, and we had […]
The Golem and the Jinni CONTENT WARNING: violence, death, grief, murder, enslavement, miscarriage, death of a parent, suicide Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, […]
Our Crooked Hearts CONTENT WARNING: drunk driving, blood, alcoholism, death of an animal, mention of death of a parent, grief, animal sacrifice, violence Secrets. Lies. Bad choices. Dangerous magic. . . . This is Our Crooked Hearts, a contemporary fantasy “so precise and enthralling that the only explanation […]
The Justice of Kings Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, murder, gore, blood The Justice of Kings, the first in a new epic fantasy trilogy, follows the tale of Sir […]
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