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A white and black cat sitting up next to the book, "The Phoenix Keeper" by S. A. MacLean.

A fantasy zoo that is a love letter to the importance of conservation

The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

December 30, 2024 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

First and very importantly, Thank You CoffeeShopReader!  I thoroughly enjoyed The Phoenix Keeper.  It was a perfect book to close out a year that required lighter reading due to life challenges.  Also there was an added layer of fun as the zoo and location were clearly inspired by San Diego and our world famous zoo. As phoenix keeper at the magical San Tamculo Zoo, Aila is close to achieving a lifelong dream.  Overseeing a breeding pair of critically endangered Silimalo phoenixes and helping to bring them […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR16, Dome'Loki, dragons, Fiction, griffons, magical animals, phoenix, S. A. MacLean, Speculative Fiction, YA, Zoo, zoo keepers

Dome'Loki's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, CBR16, Dome'Loki, dragons, Fiction, griffons, magical animals, phoenix, S. A. MacLean, Speculative Fiction, YA, Zoo, zoo keepers ·
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The Almost Perfect Last Book to Review for a Last Review of the Year

The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso

December 30, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Last Hour Between Worlds might just be the perfect New Years read; it’s almost cozy, it’s fantasy, it’s got a touch of romance, it takes place during a New Year’s Eve party, the characters are pretty interesting, the world is interesting, and it’s mostly just a fun read. The Last Hour Between Worlds features a new mom at a New Year’s Eve party trying to relax her totally exhausted self, but she gets pulled into trouble that happens to fit her profession (but she’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, alternate realities, LGBTQ romance, Melissa Caruso, mystery, The Last Hour Between Worlds

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:71 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, alternate realities, LGBTQ romance, Melissa Caruso, mystery, The Last Hour Between Worlds ·
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You can have magical power or love, not both.

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

December 30, 2024 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

The Midnight Bargain is a magic-fueled fantasy romance exploring what it means for a woman to conform to societal norms. Beatrice and her family have traveled far to a capital city in search of a husband. Her father has left the finances in a tight spot, which puts intense pressure on her to marry. But Beatrice would much rather become a sorceress and forget this whole marriage thing. But that’s against this society’s rules where women are given a painful binding collar on their wedding […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: c.l. polk, fantasy romance, mages, magic, paranormal romance, romantasy, witches

teresaelectro's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: c.l. polk, fantasy romance, mages, magic, paranormal romance, romantasy, witches ·
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Cryptid Club

Cryptid Curious

Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

December 29, 2024 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Do you love illustrations or graphic novels? Do you also love cryptids? Then you should read Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen. It’s a collection of adorable comics about cryptids. I loved how most of the supposed monsters or aliens are sensitive types and often simply antisocial. We get little vignettes about aliens, Mothman, ghosts, sasquatch, Loch Ness, and more. Most of the characters look harmless and anxious. It felt like a collection of funny facts about cryptids. You can run through rather quickly. There isn’t much […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: cryptid club, cryptids, humor, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, monsters, sarah andersen

teresaelectro's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: cryptid club, cryptids, humor, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, monsters, sarah andersen ·
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the fake mate by lana ferguson, romance novel with illustrated cover

Grey’s Anatomy with Werewolves

The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

December 29, 2024 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson had so much hype around the omega verse. I’ve been intrigued about it since it’s been hyped lately in romance circles. So I was excited to read this for Lawless Book Club. Mackenzie is a new doctor and also happens to be an omega wolf, which no one knows at her hospital. In this world, werewolves are out to the public. Her grandma keeps fixing her up on terrible dates. To get her grandma off her back, she lies […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Denver, doctor romance, Grey's Anatomy, Lana Ferguson, paranormal romance, Romance, shifters, werewolves

teresaelectro's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Denver, doctor romance, Grey's Anatomy, Lana Ferguson, paranormal romance, Romance, shifters, werewolves ·
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Happy Horror Days

Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology by Ellen Datlow (Editor), Christopher Golden, Benjamin Percy, Alma Katsu, Terry Dowling, Nick Mamatas, Glen Hirshberg, Garth Nix, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Nadia Bulkin, Josh Malerman, Cassandra Khaw, Kaaron Warren

December 29, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

I am a big fan of horror all year round, so I am going to be that person right now and be all “Ghost stories at Christmas are Victorian tradition!”  And they were, and I like to embrace this particular tradition.  There are 17 creepy seasonal horror stories in this book, so next year if I am on the ball I might even be able to set up a spooky reading advent-ish adventure for myself. This collection is not just about Christmas, other winter holidays […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: alma katsu, Benjamin Percy, Cassandra Khaw, Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology, Christopher Golden, garth nix, Glen Hirshberg, josh malerman, Kaaron Warren, Nadia Bulkin, Nick Mamatas, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, tananarive due, Terry Dowling

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: alma katsu, Benjamin Percy, Cassandra Khaw, Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology, Christopher Golden, garth nix, Glen Hirshberg, josh malerman, Kaaron Warren, Nadia Bulkin, Nick Mamatas, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, tananarive due, Terry Dowling ·
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