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Review: The Girl from Earth's End - Tara Dairman

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Review: The Girl from Earth's End - Tara Dairman

Genre: Middle-grade fantasy Published: Candlewick Press, March 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars Look, I’ve done the whole “I’m not crying, you...

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Review: A Fire Endless - Rebecca Ross

Genre: Fantasy Published: Harper Collings, Dec 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars Note: this is part two in the Elements of Candence duology. Link...

Review: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett

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Review: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett

Genre: fantasy Published: Orbit, January 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars “Perhaps it is always restful to be around someone who does not expect...

Review: Age of Myth - Michael J. Sullivan

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Review: Age of Myth - Michael J. Sullivan

Genre: High Fantasy Published: Del Rey, June 2016 My Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis: Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods...

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Review: The Waking Forest - Alyssa Wees

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: Delacorte, March 2019 My Rating: 1/5 stars I gave this book two valiant attempts but I simply can’t...

Review: The Secret of Haven Point - Lisette Auton

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Review: The Secret of Haven Point - Lisette Auton

Genre: Middle-Grade Fantasy Published: Puffin Books (Penguin), February 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars “I still haven’t told my gang about all...

Review: Natural Law - Solomonica de Winter

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Review: Natural Law - Solomonica de Winter

Genre: Sci-fi Published: Prometheus, October 2022 My Rating: 2/5 stars As a Dutchy myself, who reads and writes almost exclusively in...

Review: Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree

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Review: Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree

Genre: Cozy Fantasy Published: Tor, November 2022 originally self-published by the author, February 2022 My Rating: 3/5 stars I feel like...

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Review: Wildblood - Lauren Blackwood

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: Little Brown Book Group, February 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars Wildblood felt like a book with an...

Review: Senlin Ascends - Josiah Bancroft

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Review: Senlin Ascends - Josiah Bancroft

Gerne: Fantasy Published: Orbit January 2018, originally self-published February 2013 My Rating: 2/5 stars “Never let a rigid itinerary...

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Review: The Luminaries - Susan Dennard

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: Daphne Press, January 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars “Culture runs deeper than blood. ” Might well be,...

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Review: The First Binding – R.R. Virdi

Genre: Fantasy Published: Gollancz, August 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars The First Binding seems to be one of the more divisive fantasy...

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Review: Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel

Genre: Fantasy, Retelling Published: Redbook/Orbit, April 2022 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars “I was born on the full moon under an auspicious...

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Review: Babel - R.F. Kuang

Genre: Fantasy Published: Harper Voyager, August 2022 My rating: 3.5/5 stars "Translation in it's essence, is always an act of betrayal."...

Review: The Monsters We Defy - Leslye Penelope

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Review: The Monsters We Defy - Leslye Penelope

Genre: Historical Fantasy Published: Redhook/Orbit Publishing, August 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars Every so often Redhook, being the huge...

Review: A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches – Sangu Mandanna

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Review: A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches – Sangu Mandanna

Genre: Fantasy Published: Hodder & Stoughton, August 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars “It’s not always enough to go looking for the place we...

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Fantasy Favourites pt.2: Standalones

This post is part of my All-Time-Favourite-by-genre-project, in which I'll try to tackle the daunting task of identifying my all-time...

Fantasy Favourites: series (updated 2024)

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Fantasy Favourites: series (updated 2024)

Although I've talked about plenty of fantasy novel in my reviews over the past few months, it's been a long time since I've given you an...

Review: In A Garden Burning Gold - Rory Power

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Review: In A Garden Burning Gold - Rory Power

Genre: Fantasy Published: Del Rey Books, April 2022 My Rating: 1/5 stars I really enjoyed Rory Powers unique style and her pension for...

Review: The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins

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Review: The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins

Genre: Fantasy, Horror Published: Titan Books, originally published in June 2015 Actual Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Step into the darkness with...

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