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A strange little fantasy. I expected nothing less from this author.

City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

May 21, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is a tough book to sink your teeth into. It’s slow to start, and slow to catch your emotions (if it ever catches them all), but still, for the right reader this book could work very well. I always appreciate a well-executed attempt at a unique structure, and we have that here in abundance. Up front, though, the reason this is getting 3.5 stars is that though there were bits that caught my imagination in the first half of the book, it didn’t really […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Adrian Tchaikovsky, audiobooks, City of Last Chances, high fantasy, mosaic novel, narfna, The Tyrant Philosophers, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR16 Review No:22 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Adrian Tchaikovsky, audiobooks, City of Last Chances, high fantasy, mosaic novel, narfna, The Tyrant Philosophers, Urban Fantasy ·
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A Chorus of Dragons, Series Review

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons

The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons

May 1, 2023 by Owlizabeth 4 Comments

How epic do you like your fantasy? Do you need world-ending battles between gods and demons? Do you love dragons and wizards? Vampires and zombies and shapeshifters? Magic swords and magic stones? How about pirates and kraken? Maybe some political intrigue and betrayal?? Well, buddy, have I got the series for you! I seriously feel like Stefon when I talk about this series, because these books have everything. Also, it’s told in varying timelines, by various narrators, under the conceit that these chronicles have been […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, complete series, demons, dragons, epic fantasy, fantasy series, high fantasy, Jenn Lyons, magic, queer books, wizards

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, complete series, demons, dragons, epic fantasy, fantasy series, high fantasy, Jenn Lyons, magic, queer books, wizards ·
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Fantastic second book!

The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

June 17, 2022 by LB Leave a Comment

[review contains references and spoilers for Bone Shard Daughter, book one of The Drowning Empire trilogy] After defeating her father, Lin hoped taking over as emperor would be a smooth transition, but no one knows who she is and don’t trust the Sukai family after the terrors of tithing festivals and constructs. But with Jovis, who has become a folk hero, at her side she decides to travel across the empire to announce the ending of tithings, return everyone’s bone shards, and try to get […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Andrea Stewart, Bone shard emperor, drowning empire, high fantasy, multi pov, queer, sapphic

LB's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Andrea Stewart, Bone shard emperor, drowning empire, high fantasy, multi pov, queer, sapphic ·
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There’s No End Like a Sanderson End

The Hero of Ages by Bandon Sanderson

April 8, 2022 by Ale 1 Comment

The more Sanderson I read, the more I feel like his books are really just love letters to his fans. His author notes are always so personal, and its clear that he takes his fans seriously and thinks about them as he’s writing. In this last installment of the Mistborn trilogy, Sanderson’s goal was to write an ending of a series that both satisfied and concluded without rushing or shoehorning. He took all the things he hated about series that ended disappointedly and made sure he […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Bandon Sanderson, brandon sanderson, high fantasy, Mistborn, politics, trilogy, war

Ale's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Bandon Sanderson, brandon sanderson, high fantasy, Mistborn, politics, trilogy, war ·
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Saints! Soldiers! Sorcery! Swords! Swooning!

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

January 31, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 7 Comments

It’s time for me to FINNALY go all-in on some good old fashioned FAN TA SY. Normally, these are the sort of books that I pick up in the bookstore, give a “hmm” at the cover, and keep walking. I’ve never been great at immersing myself in fantasy worlds outside of the big-names; I just don’t have a memory for the complex lore and histories of most fantasy epics. When I open up a book and it starts with breakdowns of family names and maps […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fate, adventure, andtheIToldYouSos, battle, Book Exchange 2021, CBR book exchange, chalion, curses, destiny, female agency, GoAllieGo, high fantasy, lois mcmaster bujold, Romance, World of the Five Gods

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fate, adventure, andtheIToldYouSos, battle, Book Exchange 2021, CBR book exchange, chalion, curses, destiny, female agency, GoAllieGo, high fantasy, lois mcmaster bujold, Romance, World of the Five Gods ·
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A Worthy Prequel to Bone

Rose by Jeff Smith and Charles Vess

January 25, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Wrapping up my Bone series re-read with the prequel graphic novel, Rose. This is written by Jeff Smith but illustrated by Charles Vess, so you’re not getting Jeff Smith’s cartoony style here, despite the misleading cover. Instead, you get Vess’s beautiful full-painted art, which is unfortunately a little squashed and hard to make out the fine details in the edition I got. I think it would have been better served by a full trade binding, but I ended up with a library edition with a “Kidproof Cover,” […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, dragons, family drama, Graphic Novel, high fantasy, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess, talking dogs

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, dragons, family drama, Graphic Novel, high fantasy, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess, talking dogs ·
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