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September 3, 2021

Review: The Alchemist’s Apprentice (The Alchemist #1) by Dave Duncan

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsFantasy / Historical / mystery / VeniceComments Off on Review: The Alchemist’s Apprentice (The Alchemist #1) by Dave Duncan

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To the legendary clairvoyant Maestro Nostradamus, the future is forever in motion. But for young swordsman Alfeo Zeno, his apprentice and protector, the present is hard enough to contend with. His days are spent poring over astrology charts and making calculations, his nights learning arcane magic or transcribing Nostradamus’s nebulous ... more >

Black and white cover, picture of an overflowing milk bottle (it is not filled with milk) and a white, human woman's hands in black latex gloves, a shadow of a minotaur in the background
August 23, 2021

REVIEW: Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsErotic-Romance / Fantasy / minotaur / novella / SFF10 Comments

Dear C.M. Nascosta, I saw the buzz about this book on Twitter and I bought it because apparently I’m a sheep. (Ha. Geddit? There are sheep people populating this world but they are not major players in the story.) It’s not the kind of book I would usually pick up ... more >

August 13, 2021

REVIEW: Spirits Abroad: Stories by Zen Cho

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian characters / Dark Fantasy / Dragon / England / Fantasy / Malaysia / monsters / POC / POC author / short stories / vampiresNo Comments

Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again.” A Datin ... more >

July 29, 2021

Review: Mindtouch (The Dreamhealers, #1) by M.C.A. Hogarth

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsasexual character / Fantasy / m/m romance / Science Fiction / SFF1 Comments

Seersana University is worlds-renowned for its xenopsychology program, producing the Alliance’s finest therapists, psychiatric nurses and alien researchers. When Jahir, one of the rare and reclusive Eldritch espers, arrives on campus, he’s unprepared for the challenges of a vast and multicultural society… but fortunately, second-year student Vasiht’h is willing to ... more >

July 7, 2021

REVIEW: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / enemies to lovers / f/f romance / Fantasy / gods / India-based world / LGBTQIA+ / magical powers / POC / POC author / prisoners / resistance/oppression / South-Asian6 Comments

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Dear Tasha Suri, After enjoying Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash, your earlier duo of romantic fantasy novels set in an India-based world, I decided to request an ARC of The Jasmine Throne, the first novel in your new Burning Kingdoms trilogy. Priya is a servant in the regent’s ... more >

June 25, 2021

REVIEW: The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

JanineBook Reviews / C- Reviewsclergy / diversity / elves / Fantasy / funeral / goblins / grief / investigation / LGBTQIA+ / loner / murder / mystery / opera / queer characters / steampunk / traumatic-past16 Comments

Dear Katherine Addison, I am a huge fan of your 2014 steampunk fantasy novel The Goblin Emperor. It was my favorite of all the books I read that year and I’ve read it three more times since. When the novel was nominated for a Hugo, I was thrilled; when it ... more >

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