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Kai didn’t recognize this place at all; it was a memory of somewhere he had never been

Witch King by Martha Wells.

June 11, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

With the new Murderbot adaption airing right now, I’ve been on the look out for more of Martha Wells books. The only other works of hers I’ve read have been The Books of the Raksura Series, which were mostly quite good—very different from Murderbot—but sort of a mixed bag overall. But one thing you cannot accuse Martha Wells of is lacking in creativity. Witch King is, again, vastly different from any of her previous novels, both in setting and narrative style. But it also shares […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, demons, fantasy series, fish out of water, martha wells, witches

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, demons, fantasy series, fish out of water, martha wells, witches ·
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“For even to listen to the story of the Trưng Sisters is, in these troubled times, a dangerous act.”

Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen

June 8, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

The Trưng sisters, Trắc and Nhi, are as different than each other than sisters can be, but they are united in one thing – their outrage at the treatment of the Viet by the colonizing Han Chinese. When their outrages grow too heavy to bear, they raise an army of women to fight back. It occurred to me while I was reading this book that not only do I know very little about Vietnam past the eponymous war (and even that mostly through the eyes […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, epic, historical, historical fiction, NetGalley, Phong Nguyen, Vietnam, war

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, epic, historical, historical fiction, NetGalley, Phong Nguyen, Vietnam, war ·
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Vampires and Demons and Fae, Oh My!

Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson, Rebecca Nalty (Primary Contributor), Matias Basla (Illustrator)

A Vampire in the Bathhouse by Niko Izuki

June 3, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson, Rebecca Nalty (Primary Contributor), Matias Basla (Illustrator) – 3 stars The illegitimate daughter of a naval captain, Artemisia has always been out of place in her family and English high society alike. But when she’s yanked through a mirror into a dark realm, she will have to fight for a way back home if she means to save everyone. With the explosion of fae in popular literature in the last decade or so, I feel like they’ve generally lost their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, comedy, Delilah S. Dawson, Rebecca Nalty (Primary Contributor), Matias Basla (Illustrator), Graphic Novel, horror, lgbt, manga, Niko Izuki, paranormal, slice of life

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, comedy, Delilah S. Dawson, Rebecca Nalty (Primary Contributor), Matias Basla (Illustrator), Graphic Novel, horror, lgbt, manga, Niko Izuki, paranormal, slice of life ·
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what happens when you impulse murder a monarch

Anji Kills a King (The Rising Tide, #1) by Evan Leikam

May 21, 2025 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This was a really interesting debut fantasy, but it didn’t quiiiite do it for me. I thought it was more intellectually interesting than emotionally, but I am going to read the rest of the series because I’m super curious to see where this is going. We start out strong with the titular Anji killing the king and then going on the run. We don’t know who she […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Anji Kills a King, ARCs, audiobooks, epic fantasy, Evan Leikam, moira quirk, narfna

narfna's CBR17 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Anji Kills a King, ARCs, audiobooks, epic fantasy, Evan Leikam, moira quirk, narfna ·
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Generally Entertaining but I have Questions

Notorious Sorcerer by Davina Evans

May 18, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I don’t often read on the Kindle app; I prefer having a paper object that I don’t’ have to worry about charging or breaking, and that doesn’t keep me up late with screen brain buzz. However, sometimes when there’s a sale on something interesting, I might on rare occasions download an ebook. I’d forgotten about Notorious Sorcerer, but for some reason, I opened the app, and decided that’s what I wanted to read. This story is sort of cozy, fantasy, a little romance, and adventure. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, alchemy, Davina Evans, Notorious Sorcerer

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, alchemy, Davina Evans, Notorious Sorcerer ·
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A fantastic story of consequences and regrets

Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur

May 10, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

I received an advance copy from the publisher via Netgalley for review purposes; this in no way influences my review. Blood for the Undying Throne releases Oct 28, 2025; Blood of the Old Kings is available now. There may be spoilers for book 1 of the Bleeding Empire. One day at the library, I happened across Blood of the Old Kings on the new releases shelf, and because I’m doing a reading challenge for 2025 where one of the prompts is a translated SFF, I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Anton Hur, bleeding empire, book two, Korean, sung-il kim, Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur, tor publishing, translated fantasy

LB's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Anton Hur, bleeding empire, book two, Korean, sung-il kim, Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur, tor publishing, translated fantasy ·
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