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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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The popular thing I don’t get

Tower of God, vol. 1 by Siu

May 14, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

You know how when there’s all this hype over a story and then you finally get to it, and it just doesn’t seem that special? That’s Tower of God vol 1. Granted, the anime is the thing that really took off and I’m looking at the comic strip version that the anime’s based on, but still. This seems so generic, I don’t get it. Basically, there’s this mysterious tower, and if you get in (and apparently only the chosen usually are allowed) then you have […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, anime, comic, mystery, quest, Siu, tower climb, Tower of God, WebToon

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, anime, comic, mystery, quest, Siu, tower climb, Tower of God, WebToon ·
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“With him, I am forever a night-blooming flower, attracted and repelled by the heat of the sun.”

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

January 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Wren thought she was a normal human girl until the night when scary monsters out of a nightmare came and claimed she was in fact their daughter and had to come back to Faerie with them. Lord Jarel and Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth rip away her human glamour and make sure that Wren sees her human parents reject her faerie self (bluish skin, blue hair, mouth full of razor-sharp teeth) with horror and disgust. The cruel faeries, accompanied by the fearsome Stormhag […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: A Novel of Elfhame, CBR15, emotional abuse, faeries, Holly Black, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, physical abuse, quest, romantic, The Stolen Heir, Trolls, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: A Novel of Elfhame, CBR15, emotional abuse, faeries, Holly Black, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, physical abuse, quest, romantic, The Stolen Heir, Trolls, Young Adult ·
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Suicide mission- drama and heroics

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

December 29, 2021 by persnickety chick 1 Comment

These two books form a duopoly – the Clocktaur war.  They are set in a fantasy world, which is well drawn and clearly has activities beyond what happens in this story. The premise of the story is that two countries/city states are at war.  Or rather, one city is sending strange machines that destroy everything towards the other city.  These are the Clockwork boys- mechanical things that appear to be made of bone, are covered with gears, and are very difficult to stop.  The front […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR13, quest, suicide mission, t kingfisher

persnickety chick's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR13, quest, suicide mission, t kingfisher ·
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Earth and Fillory just keep getting darker

The Magician King by Lev Grossman

July 30, 2020 by Mobius_Walker 3 Comments

The Magician King by Lev Grossman finds Quentin Coldwater with everything he could ever want: magic is still real, he is a powerful magician, he lives in a world that is built around and by magic, and he is a king. He could have everything that he could ever want, yet Quentin, eternal sadboy, is still not satisfied. He is less of a jerk but still just as morose. He’s still Quentin, just with a crown. In a desperate attempt for something different, Quentin sets […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, lev grossman, quest, Series, syfy show

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, lev grossman, quest, Series, syfy show ·
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A lovely middle grade fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

July 21, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Far and Away (book set in fantasy version of historical China) Official book description: In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life’s questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, History Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr11, cbr11bingo, China, coming-of-age, dragons, far and away, folklore, Grace Lin, historical fiction, magic, Malin, middle grade, quest, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Malin's CBR11 Review No:45 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, History · Tags: #fantasy, cbr11, cbr11bingo, China, coming-of-age, dragons, far and away, folklore, Grace Lin, historical fiction, magic, Malin, middle grade, quest, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon ·
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