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November 7, 2023

Review: A Power Unbound (The Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske

SiriusB Reviews Category / Book ReviewsAU historical fantasy m/m romance / class differences / enemies to lovers / Fae / Magic3 Comments

A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. Jack Alston, Lord Hawthorn, would love a nice, safe, comfortable life. After the death of his twin sister, he thought he was done with ... more >

October 9, 2023

Review: Resurrection Reprise by Hailey Turner

SiriusB Reviews / Book ReviewsLGBTQIA characters / Magic / Paranormal / VampireComments Off on Review: Resurrection Reprise by Hailey Turner

Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Spencer Bailey has spent his entire life under government oversight for something he can’t change: his magic’s affinity for breaking souls. After surviving the end of the world, Spencer joins the Supernatural Operations Agency with the intention of keeping his head down and his ... more >

September 28, 2023

REVIEW: The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy / Historical / investigation / Magic / married couple / mystery / social critique / social issues2 Comments

The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade ... more >

September 21, 2023

REVIEW: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C ReviewsCinderella story / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Magic / middle grade / Muslim / POC / POC author / Rapunzel / Sleeping Beauty / witchComments Off on REVIEW: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza

Step into a Once Upon a Time where anything is possible . . . Radiya Hafiza’s enchanting and funny debut weaves together three stories, spinning the classic fairytale to show that anyone can be a hero. ‘Rumaysa, Rumaysa, let down your hijab!’ For as long as she can remember Rumaysa ... more >

September 13, 2023

Review: Magic Burning (Carnival of Mysteries) by Kaje Harper

SiriusB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsfamiliar / Fantasy / fantasy m/m romance / Magic / sorcererComments Off on Review: Magic Burning (Carnival of Mysteries) by Kaje Harper

  Allan: I haven’t been out with a guy in the last two years. Partly because I’m a gay elementary-school teacher in a fairly small, conservative town. Partly because I’m a sorcerer, and dating ordinary humans only leads to trouble. Sleeping with one though? That’s doable, so when my birdbrained ... more >

March 23, 2023

REVIEW: The Iron Princess by Barbara Hambly

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / dysfunctional family / Fantasy / mages / Magic / monsters / rag-tag / redemption / sorcererComments Off on REVIEW: The Iron Princess by Barbara Hambly

Something is amiss with the world’s magic. Spells don’t work the way they used to—when they work at all. Only the powers of the Crystal Mages remain as they were, powers founded on the use of the mystical element adamis, the harvesting of which has enslaved the peoples of the ... more >

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