Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. In a world where demigods and demons walk among mortals, the Emperor of the vast Burnt Empire has died, leaving a turbulent … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker
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Book Review: Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
Summary: They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before—the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the … Continue reading Book Review: Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
Friday Favorite Five: Fairytale Retellings
For previous posts and future FFF topics check out my Friday Favorite Five page here. Favorite Five Fairytale Retellings I really love a great retelling of a fairytale. Whether it's retelling the tale straight forwardly, adding some new twist, or it's only marginally recognizable as the original story, there are so many interesting ways to … Continue reading Friday Favorite Five: Fairytale Retellings
Book Review: Sisters of the Fire by Kim Wilkins
Summary: Four years have passed since the five royal sisters—daughters of the king—worked together to restore their father to health and to the throne while fracturing the bonds among themselves almost irreparably. Only Bluebell remains at home, dutifully serving as heir to her father’s kingdom. Rose has been cast aside by her former husband and … Continue reading Book Review: Sisters of the Fire by Kim Wilkins
Book Review: In The Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Summary: In a ruined, devastated world, where the earth is poisoned and beings of nightmares roam the land... A woman, betrayed, terrified, sold into indenture to pay her village's debts and struggling to survive in a spirit world. A dragon, among the last of her kind, cold and aloof but desperately trying to make a … Continue reading Book Review: In The Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. Tyrants cut out hearts. Rulers sacrifice their own Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
Book Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri
Summary: As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian … Continue reading Book Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri
Book Review: The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron
Summary: Eli Monpress is brilliant. He's incorrigible. And he's a thief. He's also still at large, which drives Miranda Lyonette crazy. While she's been kicked out of the Spirit Court, Eli's had plenty of time to plan his next adventure. But now the tables have turned, because Miranda has a new job -- and an … Continue reading Book Review: The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron
Book Review: Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis
Summary: Cassandra Harwood scandalized her nation when she became the first woman magician in Angland. Now, she's ready to teach a whole new generation of bright young women at her radical new school, the Thornfell College of Magic… Until a sinister fey altar is discovered in the school library, the ruling Boudiccate sends a delegation … Continue reading Book Review: Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. This is one of the most anticipated sf&f collections of recent years. Pinsker has shot like a star across the firmament with … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
Way Too Fantasy 