B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsgenius loci / Germany / Magic / police procedural / Recommended Reads / Urban-Fantasy18 Comments
Trigger warning (for the book, not the review) Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, I’m a longtime reader of Rivers of London, your Urban Fantasy series featuring detective constable Peter Grant of the London Metropolitan police. When I heard you were working on a new, Rivers-of-London-adjacent short (216 pages) book set in Germany ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdragons / f/f / Fairyland / Fantasy / fiction with strong romantic elements / LGBTQ / Magic / magical powers / Malaysia / POC / Regency England / SFF7 Comments
Dear Ms. Cho, Three and a half years ago, Sunita and I reviewed your first novel, a regency-set fantasy titled Sorcerer to the Crown. I liked it enough to request an ARC of the sequel, The True Queen. I have to admit, though, that I was a little apprehensive because ... more >
DNF ReviewsDancer / heist / hotelier / Magic / magical powers / Paris / theft / turn of the century / YA fantasy9 Comments
Dear Ms. Chokshi, A YA fantasy about a heist set in Belle Epoque Paris sounded like exactly my cup of tea, so I happily requested an ARC of The Gilded Wolves after hearing about it. The novel, set in an alternate universe in 1889, begins with a theft. In this ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdiversity / London / Magic / police procedural / Recommended Read / UF / Urban-Fantasy2 Comments
Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, The last book in your urban fantasy Rivers of London series saw some big developments, including the unmasking of police constable Peter Grant’s nemesis, the wizard known as the Faceless Man. Lies Sleeping, book seven in the series, finds the hunt for the Faceless Man and his ... more >
B ReviewsCult / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / forced-marriage / India / Magic / POC4 Comments
Dear Ms. Suri, When I was queried by your publisher about reviewing Empire of Sand, your debut and a fantasy novel set in a world inspired by Mughal India, I thought it sounded promising, and I asked for an ARC. Mehr, the heroine of our story, is one of two ... more >
B- Reviewsfamilies / joint review / Magic / novella / Private-investigator / theft / UF / Urban fantasy / wedding10 Comments
Janine: I’ve been reviewing the Hidden Legacy series since the first book appeared and with Wildfire, Sirius joined me. We had so much fun that when the ARCs for Ilona Andrews’s new novella in the series, Diamond Fire, were made available, reviewing it together again was a no-brainer. Now for ... more >
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