Title: Empire of SandSeries: The Book of Ambha #1Author: Tasha SuriGenre: Fantasy, RomancePublisher: OrbitFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9780356512006 Summary: Mehr is a girl trapped between two cultures. Her father comes from the ruling classes of the empire, but her mother’s people were outcasts, Amrithi nomads who worshipped the spirits of the sands. Caught one night performing these …
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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Title: Spinning SilverSeries: Author: Naomi NovikGenre: FantasyPublisher: Del ReyFormat: eBookISBN: 0399180982 Summary: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty–until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what …
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley
Title: BellewetherSeries: Author: Susanna Kearsley Genre: Historical FictionPublisher: Simon and Schuster CanadaFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1501116541 Summary: Some houses seem to want to hold their secrets. It’s 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. The times are complicated, as are the loyalties of many New York merchants …
Ladycastle by Delilah S. Dawson, Ashley A. Woods and Becca Farrow
Title: LadycastleSeries: Ladycastle Issues #1-4Author: Delilah S DawsonGenre: Graphic NovelPublisher: Boom! StudiosFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1684150329 Summary: When the King and all the men of the castle die, it’s time for the women to knight up. When King Mancastle and his mighty vassals ride off on a crusade, the women left behind are not at all put out—that’s …
An Unkindness of Magicians — Book Review
Title: An Unkindess of MagiciansSeries: An Unkindess of Magicians #1Author: Kat HowardGenre: Fantasy, Urban FantasyPublisher: Saga PressFormat: PaperbackISBN: 1481451219 Summary: There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians’ power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard. In New York City, magic controls …
Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson
Title: Kill The Farm BoyAuthor: Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin HearneGenre: Fiction, HumorPublisher: Del ReyFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781524797751 Summary: Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told. This is not that fairy tale. There is a Chosen One, but …
Torn — Book Review
Title: TornSeries: The Unraveled Kingdom #1Author: Rowena MillerGenre: Fantasy, RomancePublisher: OrbitFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9780316478625 Summary: Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others …
Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories — Book Review
Title: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other StoriesSeries: Author: Kelly BarnhillGenre: FantasyPublisher: Algonquin BooksFormat: eBookISBN: 1616207973 Summary: Author Kelly Barnhill has written a collection of stories, teeming with uncanny characters whose lives unfold in worlds at once strikingly human and eerily original. When Mrs. Sorensen’s husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in “Mrs. Sorensen …
Robots vs Fairies — Book Review
Title: Robots Vs FairiesSeries: Author: Anthology (Multiple Authors)Genre: Science Fiction, FantasyPublisher: Saga PressFormat: eBookISBN: 1481462369 Summary: A unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic genre battle and demands an answer to the age-old question: Who is more awesome—robots or fairies? Rampaging robots! Tricksy fairies! Facing off for the first …
So I Might Be A Vampire By Rodney V. Smith [BOOK REVIEW]
Title: So I Might Be A VampireSeries: Chasing The Sun #1Author: Rodney V. SmithGenre: Urban Fantasy, ComedyPublisher: Lost Bajan Publishing Format: PaperbackISBN: 9781775007210 Summary: Nobody expects to get turned into a vampire, especially a guy like Bob. Everybody hopes that if they somehow get transformed into a vampire, they will instantly become some kind of superhero …