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The cover of the book The Fallen Kingdom

The World Might Have Ended But She Keeps Fighting

The Fallen Kingdom by Elizabeth May

May 7, 2023 by Kit Moonstar 3 Comments

Aileana is alive again (for now), but with the power of the Cailleach running through her, she doesn’t have long to live.  Her only hope to is a find a magical book that has the ability to break the curse on the Cailleach children and forces every generation of siblings to kill one another.  But Kiaran is no longer Kiaran; he’s returned to being Kadamach, the King of the Unseelie.  While he is still bound by his vow not to kill humans, it doesn’t prevent […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Elizabeth May, historical fantasy, Scottish Folklore, steampunk

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Elizabeth May, historical fantasy, Scottish Folklore, steampunk ·
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The cover for the book The Vanishing Throne

What Happens After the Hero Fails to Save the World?

The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May

May 7, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Aileana failed to activate the barrier in time.  When she wakes, she’s a prisoner of Lonnrach who is determined to use her to find something that will allow him to save the Feary kingdoms.  His methods aren’t pleasant, and when Aileana does managed to escape with the help of Kiaran’s sister, Aithinne, it’s been three years since the fall of humankind.  Now Aileana has to figure out both how to survive in this new world but also if there is a way to save what’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Elizabeth May, historical fantasy, Scottish Folklore, steampunk

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Elizabeth May, historical fantasy, Scottish Folklore, steampunk ·
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The cover for the book The Falconer

Tea Isn’t Strong Enough for This One. Bring Out the Whisky.

The Falconer by Elizabeth May

May 7, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Aileana Kameron only looks the part of a proper Scottish debutante.  For the past year the only thing she’s cared about is vengeance on the faery that murdered her mother.  She spends her night hunting with the help of a pixie and Kiaran MacKay, a faery who hunts his own kind and has taken Aileana under his wing.  When the aftermath of a hunt leads to her being engaged against her will, Aileana doesn’t even have time to really process that when Kiaran informs her […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Elizabeth May, historical fantasy, Scottish Folklore, steampunk

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Elizabeth May, historical fantasy, Scottish Folklore, steampunk ·
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She Alone Will Wield the Strength and Skill….

April 19, 2017 by melanir Leave a Comment

This was April’s Vaginal Fantasy pick and I’m going to come right out and admit that I did not finish it. I probably would have finished it, it was annoying but brainless, except that while reading the VF discussion boards I learned that it ends on a cliffhanger and I have no desire to plod though eye-roll inducing trope usage only to find out that the author can’t even write a complete story. This is an ongoing complaint of mine, I have no problem with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Elizabeth May, steampunk, The Falconer

melanir's CBR9 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Elizabeth May, steampunk, The Falconer ·
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“I’m not that girl. I’m not. I’m someone else forged in a mirrored room, like steel melted down and made stronger.”

December 17, 2016 by NTE Leave a Comment

As the first book, The Falconer, opens, we find a young lady – our heroine, as it happens – at the refreshment table, listening as other young ladies gossip about the possibility of her murdering her mother and/or being insane. So, an auspicious beginning to an entirely epic tale.  A tale which includes legends &  fairies and fae – although, really, some of these fairies resemble nothing so much as demons and hell hounds, dragons and vampires, if you’re asking me – and those that fight […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Elizabeth May, Kick ass Heroine, The Falconer, The Vanishing Throne

NTE's CBR8 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Elizabeth May, Kick ass Heroine, The Falconer, The Vanishing Throne ·
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