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Where the art and epilogue are the most interesting but there’s also a “Zebracorn Lovebeam!”

Lumberjanes True Colors by Lilah Sturges, Polterlink

January 10, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Apparently the side series for the Lumberjanes comics are a trilogy; I found number three at the library so I figured I’d finish the trilogy. The thing is that all three seem to be more or less stand-alones all set in the same world with the same characters; although I might have a theory about the possible connections which has to do with the art; I’ll come back to this in a minute. The general plot scenario is pretty basic: one Lumberjane, Riley this time, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: comic book series, dragon, fanatasy, Giant clams, LGBTQ, lilah sturges, Lilah Sturges, Polterlink, lumberjanes, Polterlink, True Colors, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: comic book series, dragon, fanatasy, Giant clams, LGBTQ, lilah sturges, Lilah Sturges, Polterlink, lumberjanes, Polterlink, True Colors, YA ·
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Give me a dragon now!

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

December 26, 2020 by pixifer 1 Comment

Uprooted and Spinning Silver were two of the best books that I read last year, and they left me wanting more Naomi Novik. When I didn’t immediately purchase her new book this year, amazon offered me a collection of her first three Temeraire novels for $3. Obviously, I bought it.  The series starts with His Majesty’s Dragon, which is a kind of weird title since His Majesty has lots of dragons. In this alternate history, dragons exist and are used for warfare. It’s the early […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alternate history, dragon, Naomi novik, Temeraire

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:69 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alternate history, dragon, Naomi novik, Temeraire ·
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Gorgeous graphic novel with a dragon, a maiden, a warrior, and kites.

The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen (author), Rebecca Guay (art)

April 22, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

 The Last Dragon is a beautiful book to hold.  Colors are muted and layered, nothing is a single flat shade.  Lighting has been carefully considered, illuminating and glowing as needed each panel.  The “maiden” is an herbalist’s daughter named, Tansy.  She is described as, “no color at all.  She seemed to blend in with her surroundings” and the artist, Rebecca Guay, did an incredible job showing this.  I also love the way Guay drew the dragon, so powerful and ferocious.  It reminds me of a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, art, cbr11, Dome'Loki, dragon, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Jane Yolen, kites, Rebecca Guay

Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, art, cbr11, Dome'Loki, dragon, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Jane Yolen, kites, Rebecca Guay ·
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Simply Adorable

November 9, 2018 by Ale Leave a Comment

A big thank-you to crystalclear for suggesting this book both on CBR and in person (by means of shoving the audio book case at me in a parking lot). I toted it around in my car for about a week before reading her review, and I’m glad I took the few hours to listen to this on my commute. The book is absolutely adorable. Kenny is a young rabbit living in a little farming village, and like most children’s book characters, he doesn’t fit in. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: anthropomorphic, CannonballerSays, cbr10bingo, Children, dragon, fairy tale, fantasy, Kenny and the Dragon

Ale's CBR10 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: anthropomorphic, CannonballerSays, cbr10bingo, Children, dragon, fairy tale, fantasy, Kenny and the Dragon ·
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Don’t ignore the preface of this entertaining monster mash-up

June 5, 2018 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Fangs of Freelance continues with the entertaining story of Fred the Vampire Accountant and his friends who include alchemists, zombies, mages, therians, a dragon, a sentient house, and some unknowns. This stuff began and continues to be a fun riff on monster-type fantasy fiction. It also plays with the supernatural crime-fighting organization, which gets more attention in this book as we actually get to see Fred go through his interview and skills test to become a contract-based accountant for the Agency where Krystal (demon-contracted […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: alchemists, dragon, Drew Hayes, fred the vampire accountant, mages, the fangs of freelance, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR10 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: alchemists, dragon, Drew Hayes, fred the vampire accountant, mages, the fangs of freelance, vampires ·
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I Will Be Made a New Creature, One Bright Day

March 18, 2018 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

A few months ago, someone posted in the CBR facebook group that Seraphina was on sale for Kindle. I went and bought it simply because it was cheap and the person said it was one of their favorite books. Whoever that person was, thank you, thank you, for introducing me to this fantastic book! Seraphina takes place in Goredd, a human country in a world where dragons and humans have had a peace treaty for many years. Dragons can take human form, but they have […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: dragon, fantasy, Rachel Hartman, Seraphina

Ellesfena's CBR10 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: dragon, fantasy, Rachel Hartman, Seraphina ·
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