Here I am again this Sunday with another prompt from the Wyrd and Wonder Challenge for Wyrd and Wonder month, celebrating all things Fantasy. I've done a post before on my Friday Favorite Five about my favorite female protagonists but I'm going to use today's prompt as an opportunity to elaborate on one of them, because the … Continue reading Favorite Female Character #WyrdAndWonder
Category: Historical Fantasy
Book Review: A Magical Inheritance by Krista D. Ball
Summary: Miss Elizabeth Knight received an unexpected legacy upon her uncle’s death: a collection of occult books. However, when one of the books begins talking to her, she discovers an entire world of female occultist history opened to her—a legacy the Royal Occult Society had purposely hidden from the world. However, the magic allowing … Continue reading Book Review: A Magical Inheritance by Krista D. Ball
Book Review: Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Summary: Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians... When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the … Continue reading Book Review: Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Book Review: Masks and Shadows by Stephanie Burgis
Summary: The year is 1779, and Carlo Morelli, the most renowned castrato singer in Europe, has been invited as an honored guest to Eszterháza Palace. With Carlo in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's carriage, ride a Prussian spy and one of the most notorious alchemists in the Habsburg Empire. Already at Eszterháza is Charlotte von Steinbeck, the … Continue reading Book Review: Masks and Shadows by Stephanie Burgis
Book Review: The True Queen by Zen Cho
Summary: When sisters Muna and Sakti wake up on the peaceful beach of the island of Janda Baik, they can't remember anything, except that they are bound as only sisters can be. They have been cursed by an unknown enchanter, and slowly Sakti starts to fade away. The only hope of saving her is to … Continue reading Book Review: The True Queen by Zen Cho
Book Review: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Summary: Set in 1491 during the reign of the last sultanate in the Iberian peninsula, The Bird King is the story of Fatima, the only remaining Circassian concubine to the sultan, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker. Hassan has a secret--he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape … Continue reading Book Review: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Book Review: The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
Summary: Nahri’s life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Whisked from her home in Cairo, she was thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad and quickly discovered she would need all her grifter instincts to survive there. Now, with Daevabad entrenched in the … Continue reading Book Review: The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
Book Review: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Summary: Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, … Continue reading Book Review: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Book Review: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Summary: Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment. But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is … Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Summary: Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown… Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately … Continue reading Book Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
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