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“The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires”

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

July 7, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

4.5 stars #CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books I already own CBR15 Bingo: Violence 15-word-review: Princess Marra has to complete three impossible tasks to kill her brother-in-law. A quest follows. Longer review: Marra, the youngest princess in a small, rather insignificant kingdom, who has spent half of her life in a convent and so is almost, but very significantly not, a nun, has been set three impossible tasks by a dust-wife (a magic-wielding woman who can communicate with the dead). She must spin thread out of nettles […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror Tagged With: #CBR15 passport, CBR15, cbr15bingo, dark fairy tale, friendship, historical fantasy, horror, magic, Malin, Nettle & Bone, quest, Sisters, t kingfisher, violence

Malin's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror · Tags: #CBR15 passport, CBR15, cbr15bingo, dark fairy tale, friendship, historical fantasy, horror, magic, Malin, Nettle & Bone, quest, Sisters, t kingfisher, violence ·
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Magical Reads That I Come Back To Again and Again

The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones

Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones

June 27, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I think I’ve already extolled the virtues of this series at length here before, so I’ll just say that this is one of my favorites of all time and I am completely biased in favor of these books. I am a lifelong Chrestomanci fan and re-read a couple of these about once a year. This year I took on The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week, which I was less obsessed with as a kid so I don’t remember the plots quite as well, which […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: absolute favorite, chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones, magic, middle grade fantasy, middle grade fiction, The Chronicles of Chrestomanci

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:33 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: absolute favorite, chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones, magic, middle grade fantasy, middle grade fiction, The Chronicles of Chrestomanci ·
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Two book covers side by side Unfortunate side effects of heartbreak magic and witch of wild things

A Tale of Two Nearly Identical Books, Or Cozy Witch Com Books By The Numbers

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak Magic by Breanne Randall

Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vazquez Gilliand

June 24, 2023 by Flimflamingo 1 Comment

I started with one of these books because I just needed a cozy witchy book with some small town and some herbs and some love story that ends in HEA or maybe not, maybe the romance is the B Plot, maybe they just bat eyelashes and it ends with hope. Then I ditched that book 50% of the way in because, Dear Reader, it was upsetting and whatever the opposite of charming is. I had the other on deck and, based solely on the cover and a quick […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Breanne Randall, magic, practical magic, Raquel Vazquez Gilliand, same story, two books, unfortunate side effects of heartbreak magic, witch of wild things, witches

Flimflamingo's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Breanne Randall, magic, practical magic, Raquel Vazquez Gilliand, same story, two books, unfortunate side effects of heartbreak magic, witch of wild things, witches ·
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Bloody Magic Books and the Future Reread

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

June 17, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader 3 Comments

You know it’ a good read when you start thinking about re-reading a book as soon as you finish it for the first time. Ink Blood Sister Scribe is the first book like that for me in a pretty long while. In some ways the premise is familiar but it still works: Esther and Joanna are half sisters from a family who guards a collection of magic books, but they’ve been separated for years for reasons neither of them fully understands; they need to reunite […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Books, dark academia, Emma Torzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, magic, magic books, magical realism

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Books, dark academia, Emma Torzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, magic, magic books, magical realism ·
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The Amazing John “The Kid” Constantine will pull a magic trick out of his sleeve, or destroy the world. Whichever comes first.

The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine Graphic Novel by Ryan North

June 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you like DC comics for the pre-teen to teen level? Then you might like The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine Graphic Novel by Ryan North, with Derek Charm as the illustrator. It is a fun story with a few magical twists, and how middle school/boarding school can be a real killer. This is a superhero story with an overconfident protagonist, and with a lot of magic. We follow John “The Kid” Constantine, as a middle school student, who gets into some trouble […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: alan moore, DC Comics, Derek Charm, friendship, John Constantine, John Ridgway., John Totleben, Johnny Constantine, magic, Ryan North, school, Steve Bissette

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:420 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: alan moore, DC Comics, Derek Charm, friendship, John Constantine, John Ridgway., John Totleben, Johnny Constantine, magic, Ryan North, school, Steve Bissette ·
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Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens

It’s magic, you know, never believe it’s not so!

Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens

June 3, 2023 by jomidi 1 Comment

Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens was recommended to me by a YA librarian friend. ( I read this as a passport book – recommended by a friend.) The story is told in alternating chapters by two magician’s apprentices: Rook and Sun. Rook, who was raised by his magician grandmother, is deemed unmagical. After her death, he is sentenced by the Magical Consortium to move away from his home and live in the city without magic. He is a genius (he keeps telling us that) […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR15Passport, F. T. Lukens, Fiction, magic, Spellbound, YA

jomidi's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, CBR15Passport, F. T. Lukens, Fiction, magic, Spellbound, YA ·
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