Fantasy – Page 39 – Cannonball Read 17

A Great Conclusion to the Duology

The Jasad Crown by Sara Hashem

August 5, 2025 by Tracy 1 Comment

cbr17bingo – purple This was so good! I really liked The Jasad Heir, but I didn’t love it, and I recall thinking some of the writing was a bit awkward at times. But this one? I loved this one. It took some getting used to because it incorporates more POVs than the first book, and even that I ended up liking more than I expected, especially the chapters from Sefa’s perspective. The Jasad Crown picks up very soon after where The Jasad Heir left off. Arin is preparing for […]

This book has been 16 years on my TBR list, and I don’t think I added it until a few years after it came out

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

August 5, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars StoryGraph Easy Read Challenge: A book with flowers, plants or leaves on the cover Buzzword Title Challenge 25: Animals (Birds are animals, right?) Nowhere Book Bingo 2025: A YA book CBR17 Bingo: TBR (I bought this back in 2009, it’s been on my TBR for 16 years) Anidora-Kiladra, the Crown Princess of Kildenree is taught the language of animals by her aunt while she is still a girl, but she has to hide this from people around her. Unfortunately, she’s unconventional enough that […]

A Delightful Queer Romantasy

Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno

August 4, 2025 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

It has been foreseen many times that Prince Edmund is going to be a great king. Which is a lot of pressure on a young man who’d rather spend his time with plants versus people. He is a Prince of Fortune blessed with earth and weather magic and expected to great things. Lord Aubrey Ainsley is a seer who barely qualifies as nobility. Excited to experience court for the first time, neither he nor anyone else expected that he and Prince Edmund would become friends […]

Try to look away from the game of living and watching living

Spectators by Brian K Vaughan

August 4, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Spectators by Brian K Vaughan and illustrator Niko Henrichon is a train wreck I could not stop reading. This graphic novel (due late fall 2025) is in the vein of Revival by Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton, and The Walking Dead but with fewer zombies and more ghosts. When I finished my reader copy (and in fact through it) I thought it was the most screwed up book I’ve read in a while! DAMN! What an awesome read! There is so much going on […]

For every sentimental my teacher changed my life story you heard, there were dozens of my teacher made me moderately bored a few times a week and then I got through the year and moved on with my life and never thought about them again

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

August 4, 2025 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

BINGO: school, obviously hot take I think magic system was a bit waffle-y and the overall tone perhaps a shade too imitative of the books referenced in the blurb, but I loved the last part and give me more stories with middle-aged protagonists–they can make ill-advised decisions too! h/t to Britt for the rec! So I mean: Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy. I’ll admit I don’t know the second series, but sapphic (!) dark academia (!!) fantasy (!!!) and like, […]

But could I have some of the cake?

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

August 3, 2025 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: Purple (maybe I am colorblind but it feels like there is purple filter overlaying this or something) This was fine. Sometimes I can’t tell whether it’s my mood specifically when it comes to cozy fantasy or if it is the book but it’s a bit of a hit or miss genre for me. It’s hard to find that right balance between creating a world that feels cozy but also has just enough of a hook or plot to keep the reader engaged. This […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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