Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy #1) by Emily A. Duncan YA Fantasy 400 pages Expected publication date: April 2, 2019, by Wednesday Books Anyone who has done more than a cursory study of the life of Joan of Arc will have some understanding of her essential strangeness. Joan, an illiterate teenaged peasant … Continue reading Book Review: Wicked Saints
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Book Review: The Queens of Innis Lear
The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton Fantasy 575 pages Published March 27, 2018, by Tor Books An aging king calls his three daughters together to determine which of them will inherit his throne. To do so, he demands that each daughter describe how her love for him is the greatest. But when his … Continue reading Book Review: The Queens of Innis Lear
Goodreads Monday: A Dance of Cloaks
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! A Dance of Cloaks … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: A Dance of Cloaks
ARC Review: Empire of Sand
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Fantasy 496 pages Expected publication November 13, 2018 by Orbit From Goodreads: A nobleman’s daughter with magic in her blood. An empire built on the dreams of enslaved gods. Empire of Sand is Tasha Suri’s captivating, Mughal India-inspired debut fantasy. The Amrithi are outcasts; nomads descended of desert spirits, … Continue reading ARC Review: Empire of Sand
Book Review: Black Sun Rising
Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy #1) by C.S. Friedman Dark Fantasy First published in 1991 by DAW From Goodreads: On the distant world of Erna, four people--Priest, Adept, Sorcerer, and Apprentice--are drawn together to battle the forces of evil, led by the demonic fae, a soul-destroying force that preys on the human mind. … Continue reading Book Review: Black Sun Rising
Book Review: Foundryside
Foundryside (Founders #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett Fantasy 512 pages Expected Publication- August 21, 2018 by Crown From Goodreads: In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself--the first in a dazzling new fantasy series from City of Stairs author Robert Jackson Bennett. Sancia Grado is a … Continue reading Book Review: Foundryside
Book Review- Traitor’s Blade
Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats #1) By Sebastien de Castell Fantasy 370 pages First published in March, 2014 From Goodreads: Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood … Continue reading Book Review- Traitor’s Blade
Book Review- Throne of the Crescent Moon
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed Fantasy 274 pages Published in 2012 From Goodreads: The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince. In the midst … Continue reading Book Review- Throne of the Crescent Moon
Book Review- The Girl in the Tower
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2) by Katherine Arden Fantasy 363 pages Published December 2017 From Goodreads: The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home—but soon … Continue reading Book Review- The Girl in the Tower
Review- Flame in the Mist
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh Fantasy 393 pages published May 2017 From Goodreads: The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an … Continue reading Review- Flame in the Mist
