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“Yes, you’re afraid of me because I’m better than you are. And if you give one talented woman the power she deserves, another will follow. Then another. And together they’ll show that their way is better. Then your whole fake fucking world will come tumbling down.”

The Change by Kirsten Miller

December 5, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book is more complicated than you think it’s going to be just by the premise, which admittedly is a great way to get you in to the book. Basically, in the world of this book, which is only about a hairsbreadth away from being our world, some middle-aged women develop magical/supernatural powers when they are going through menopause. These are the protectors, the healers, the fighters, and the witches. Our three main characters are Nessa, Harriett, and Jo, and they find each other at […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, Kirsten Miller, mystery, narfna, the change

narfna's CBR14 Review No:207 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, Kirsten Miller, mystery, narfna, the change ·
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Witches, found family, and a big FU to transphobes.

Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1) by Juno Dawson

December 4, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a lot more emotionally fraught than I expected it to be. And that ending 😩 I was hopeful going in to this that Juno Dawson’s first adult book, and first fantasy book would be good, because that premise sounded like so much fun. And while I was rewarded with a quality book that I really enjoyed reading, it really wasn’t all shits and giggles. Come for the 90s nostalgia, female friendships, a cool take on contemporary witches, and then leave heartbroken by the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, British, british fantasy, contemporary fantasy, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, narfna, queer fantasy, Trans rights

narfna's CBR14 Review No:206 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, British, british fantasy, contemporary fantasy, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, narfna, queer fantasy, Trans rights ·
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“There is beauty in my truth, and I have so much to share.”

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 by Edited by Rebecca Roanhorse

December 3, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I look forward to this collection every year and so it was a treat to see it pop up in the bookstore recently. The selections are always varied and interesting, and John Joseph Adams should get special kudos for all the preparatory work he does before he chooses the best 80 stories and hands them over to the guest editor to choose 20 for publication. In contrast to the 70s SF/F anthologies I’ve been slogging my way through this year in the hopes that there […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Anthology, best of the year, Edited by Rebecca Roanhorse, SF Anthology, sff, short story collection

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:138 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Anthology, best of the year, Edited by Rebecca Roanhorse, SF Anthology, sff, short story collection ·
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“Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn’t all-encompassing, that wasn’t blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she’d had this kind, she didn’t want the other.”

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Boys, #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

December 2, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I’m mad at myself because I really liked this one but it’s been since early September that I read it so I kind of forget the specifics of why. I think the next time I read this series I will just read them all back to back and then tab all my favorite bits. Most of which will be about Ronan. Does this make me basic? I don’t care. Basic things are awesome. That’s why they are basic. Also, just the way this series is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the raven boys, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:202 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the raven boys, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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Dystopian Utopia

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

November 29, 2022 by ElCicco 1 Comment

Imagine a future where war, poverty, crime, illness, disease and death have been conquered. Sounds like paradise, right? But the thing is, without death, the world becomes overpopulated and all the problems return. In Scythe, the first book in a trilogy, Neal Shusterman imagines this world where all knowledge and information is overseen by a god-like universal information storage system called the Thunderhead and where the world population is “managed” by individuals called scythes. Scythes are feared and revered and are an authority unto themselves. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Neal Shusterman, scythe, YA

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, ElCicco, Fiction, Neal Shusterman, scythe, YA ·
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“I’m tired of being the villain in the story. I never meant to be, and I don’t want to do it any more.”

Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

November 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

My favorite of the Magpie books. I was surprised by this! The premise turned me off a little, which is why it took me so long to pick up. I’m not really a fan of “redeeming the bad guy” stories, but of course Charles pulls it off. And, as it turns out, Jonah wasn’t really a bad guy for what he did in the original trilogy. He was being coerced, very strongly. Our narrator isn’t Jonah Pastern, though, it’s ex-policeman Ben Spenser, who was left […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, audiobooks, fantasy romance, Jackdaw, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, narfna

narfna's CBR14 Review No:198 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, audiobooks, fantasy romance, Jackdaw, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, narfna ·
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