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January 5, 2023

REVIEW: Illuminations by T. Kingfisher

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / family relationships / Fantasy / female friendship / Magic / middle grade / painter8 Comments

Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times and the future is no longer certain. While trying to help her family, Rosa discovers a strange magical box protected by ... more >

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November 23, 2022

What Janine is Reading: K.D. Edwards’ Tarot Sequence Series

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Readsalternate Nantucket / contemporary fantasy / LGBTQIA+ / m/m / Magic / plot twists / political intrigue / rape survivor / Reading lists / The Tarot Sequence / traumatic-past / Urban-Fantasy12 Comments

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Back in springtime I started fretting how few good 2022 books I’d read. I keep track of these things because I want to have a half decent best-of-the-year list by the end of the year. By early July, I only had two. Less than five books do not a list ... more >

August 25, 2022

REVIEW: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsMagic / Mercy-Thompson / NetGalley / Shifters / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves12 Comments

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CW: graphic violence and torture Dear Patricia Briggs, Soul Taken mostly doesn’t reference the events in Wild Sign and certainly not in a spoilery way. But it’s clear that this book takes place at around the same time as or just after the epilogue in last year’s release. Something that ... more >

background is red flaming explosions and foreground is a white couple, both with dark hair. She's wearing a ruby red gown with spaghetti straps and a ruby pendant, her hair long and being blown by wind and holding her hands out at hip level to release magic, just behind her he stands, a handsome man with short dark hair wearing a tux (no jacket) with the bow tie undone
August 23, 2022

REVIEW: Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsHidden Legacy / Magic / NetGalley / PNR / SFF / UF4 Comments

CW: violence, gore Dear Ilona Andrews, Ruby Fever is the culmination not just of Catalina and Alessandro’s romantic arc but also, at least for now, of the Hidden Legacy series. I gather from your blog (and from the very end of this book) that you do have plans for Arabella ... more >

June 15, 2022

REVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / alternate England / class differences / Fantasy / Historical / interracial relationship / Magic / Mysterious Powers series / POC / post WWI / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Rathna has a gift for doorways. When a portal in the Scottish Highlands stops working, she is one of the only Portal Keepers able to travel to investigate. On the ... more >

June 1, 2022

REVIEW: Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsAsian / Asian Americans / being true to oneself / brothers / Chinese-American MCs / culture / Fantasy / fox / frenemies / immigrant fiction / Magic / middle grade / mystery/thriller / POC / POC author / racism / self discovery / Urban-FantasyComments Off on REVIEW: Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit by Jesse Q Sutanto

After inheriting a grieving fox spirit, a Chinese American boy must learn to embrace his heritage to solve the mystery of his brother’s death in Jesse Q Sutanto’s magical, action-packed middle grade fantasy, Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit. Theo Tan doesn’t want a spirit companion. He just wants to ... more >

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