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Full disclosure: I have already read the Six of Crows duology, and I thought that I'd be disappointed reading this compared to those books. Boy, was I wrong! First off: the Darkling. Because I am a junkie for all characters with that dark and brooding look in their...
Granted, not all fantasy has these elements, and those stories are still enjoyable. But across the board, here are my favorite things to see in fantasy books. 1. The places are made of Magic A dimension made of tangible magic, a land where it's always summer, spring,...
I love a book that sends me back to its early pages, feverishly thumbing through for the hint that I didn't take 200 pages ago. Shelby Mahurin's Serpent & Dove is one of these books. Lou and Reid's relationship was wonderful to watch as it unfolded, and the...
A Curse So Dark and Lonely is, at once, classic and modern, heartbreaking and hope-inspiring, and dark yet full of an inner light. Kemmerer has spun a fantastic twist on the classic beauty and the beast tale where the beauty is NOT the beautiful girl chosen for the...
Alessandra's not the most typical of young adult protagonists. She's vain, ambitious to a fault, and perhaps even evil. In her own words, she's a murderess (this is not a spoiler, as it's revealed on page one!). She's great. And lots of other readers feel the same....
In something that feels like a cross between The Handmaid’s Tale and the best of historic epic fantasy, The Hundredth Queen deserves the talk. Emily R. King weaves her fantasy world with pieces of Sumerian religion, the “outcast” magic-user narrative, and themes of...