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August 8, 2024

Review: Gods and Monsters by Rachel Langella (Carnival of Mysteries)

SiriusB Reviews / Book ReviewsCarnival / found family / m/m romance / MagicComments Off on Review: Gods and Monsters by Rachel Langella (Carnival of Mysteries)

Welcome, Traveler, to Errante Ame’s Carnival of Mysteries! What you see before you is no mere vagabond circus. Indeed, our show is full of wonders and delights that will leave you breathless, but whether that is with amazement or dread depends entirely upon you. We are unlike any other band ... more >

August 6, 2024

REVIEW: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / horror / Magic / sorcerer / Young-Adult5 Comments

Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn’t allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother’s beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is ... more >

July 24, 2024

Review: Dead Country : Book One of the Craft Wars Series by Max Gladstone

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / Magic / magic users6 Comments

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War. Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the standalone entry point to Max Gladstone’s beloved fantasy epic. BOOK ONE OF THE CRAFT WARS SERIES Since her village chased her out ... more >

June 26, 2024

REVIEW: Foul Days (The Witch’s Compendium of Monsters Book 1) by Genoveva Dimova

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsBulgaria / Fantasy / Magic / monsters / Slavic folklore / witchComments Off on REVIEW: Foul Days (The Witch’s Compendium of Monsters Book 1) by Genoveva Dimova

As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice treating lycanthrope bites, bargaining with kikimoras, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There’s only one monster she can’t defeat: her ex, the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She’s defied him one too many times and now ... more >

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May 30, 2024

Jayne’s Recent Reading List

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Listsanimals / Civil-War / data / data storage / Magic / non-fiction / Reading lists / robots / Sci-fi / time travel. saga17 Comments

Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore A spritely and deeply researched history of magical problem-solving in a distant, unsettled, and strangely familiar time. Imagine:it’s 1600, and you’ve lost your keys. You’ve scoured your house. They’re nowhere to be found. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, the first ... more >

November 27, 2023

Review: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C- ReviewsFantasy Romance / Magic / mystery9 Comments

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance. ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things ... more >

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