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May 26, 2025

REVIEW: Growing Home by Beth Ferry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / children's book / cozy fantasy / found family / friendship / MagicComments Off on REVIEW: Growing Home by Beth Ferry

An unlikely team of talkative plants, a curious spider, and a grumpy goldfish use their newfound magical abilities to defend their family from a greedy human in this charming middle grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry, with illustrations from the award-winning Fan brothers. Ivy is the ... more >

May 13, 2025

REVIEW: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscozy fantasy / Dark Fantasy / Magic / married couple / self discovery / The Household Gramarye series2 Comments

A hilarious and surprisingly moving cozy fantasy novel from the best-selling author of Once Upon a Tome. In a tiny farm on the edge of the miserable village of East Grasby, Isabella Nagg is trying to get on with her tiny, miserable existence. Dividing her time between tolerating her feckless ... more >

April 21, 2025

Review : Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

SiriusB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / MagicComments Off on Review : Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen. “Powerful, thought-provoking. . . . Fans of R.F. Kuang’s Babel will find much to ... more >

April 11, 2025

Review: Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Book 1) by Maiga Doocy

SiriusB Reviews Category / Book Reviewsfantasy m/m romance / Magic2 Comments

Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival venture deep into a magical forest in search of a counterspell—only to discover that magic might not be the only thing pulling them together. Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He ... more >

February 15, 2025

Review: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- ReviewsHistorical Fantasy / MagicComments Off on Review: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishaverse series comes a highly anticipated historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden Age In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic ... more >

Purple and light blue illustrated cover featuring a chateau/castle on a lake. The left side is a reflection of the right side and in the middle a white man is carrying a white woman in his arms, their heads close together.
October 1, 2024

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Wished by Sarah Ready, narrated by Amanda Ronconi & Will Watt

KaetrinAudiobooks / B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / France / Magic / NetGalley / SFF / Switzerland / Will WattComments Off on AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Wished by Sarah Ready, narrated by Amanda Ronconi & Will Watt

When Anna Benoit wishes she’s married to the enigmatic owner of the chateau she cleans, she wakes up in a topsy-turvy world where she’s Max Barone’s wife. Anna is a romantic who believes in The One and Love at First Sight. Why? Because it happened to her. The second she ... more >

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