Review: This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (2019)
“There should not be a sheet of cream-colored paper, clean save a single line in a long, trailing hand: Burn before reading. Red likes to feel. It is a fetish. Now she feels fear. And eagerness. She was right.” – This Is How You Lose The Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone Rating: ★★★★ […]
Review: The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies #1) by KJ Charles (2013)
Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Mystery Categories: M/M, Wizards/Witches, Nobility Content Warnings: Highlight to read: Magically-induced attempted suicide, offscreen/pre-novel suicides, reference to previous rapes by now-deceased characters. Buy it at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Description: When Lord Crane, Lucien Vaudrey, is being forced through dark magic to attempt to take his own life, he […]
Review: Beyond the Pale (The Last Rune #1) by Mark Anthony (1998)
Rating: ★★ Genre: High Fantasy Categories: Fairies, Royalty/Nobility, Multiple Worlds, Witches/Wizards Content Warnings: Highlight to read: Reference to previous child sexual abuse. Onscreen attempted rape. Some instances of homophobic dialogue. Some instances of ableist language. Only black character (also only POC) dies. Buy it at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Description: ER doctor Grace Beckett […]
Review: Possibilities (A King’s Council #1) by Nicole Field (2018)
Rating: ★★★½ Genre: Fantasy, Romance Categories: Non-binary (genderfluid), Trans, Royalty & Nobility, Arranged Marriage Content Warnings: N/A Buy it at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Less Than Three Press Description: When Prince Ernest unexpectedly becomes King Ernest, he quickly finds that it’s lonely at the top — until the appointment of his new court […]
Review: To Summon Nightmares by J.K. Pendragon (2014)
“With the last sound, his mouth became unstopped like a bottle, and it was as if all sound hissed from the room. The candles blew out, the darkness expanded to envelop all. And then the darkness receded. The candles flickered back to light, and the sound came back into the room. In the middle of […]