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The books, "The City We Became" and "The World We Make" by N.K. Jemisin standing next to each other.

“New City, Who Dis?”

The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

December 28, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

I discovered N.K. Jemisin through The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms trilogy.  Loved the first two, was very ‘meh’ about the third.  Then The Fifth Season erupted onto the scene and blew my mind with such a creative fantasy, Jemisin became an auto-buy author.  She hasn’t disappointed me yet and The World We Make is another excellent entry in her list of works. In Jemisin’s world, cities have the ability to awaken.  When enough people live in them, when the idea of the city’s identity becomes a belief […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, n.k. jemisin, sci-fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, n.k. jemisin, sci-fantasy, Urban Fantasy ·
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When Fairy Tales go bad

Deadly Ever After by Ben Aaronovitch

December 28, 2022 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Deadly Ever After is the latest graphic novel from the increasingly extensive Rivers of London series. I read it as the 4 comics but it will also be available in graphic novel form (which is what I’ll buy my mum for her to read). Sequence wise this is the latest chronological story in canon so may not work for a new reader but as it mostly focuses on 2 side characters it could actually work ok as an introduction to a London in which magic […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy ·
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I guess I’m one of the few people who really liked this one!

Book of Night (Book of Night, #1) by Holly Black

December 23, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This has been getting pretty bad reviews, especially for how anticipated it was. Most of my friends have given it three stars or lower, or DNFed it. I was determined not to let that affect me, and I’m so glad I didn’t! This is a deceptively small book that gets off to a weird start, but as I kept going, I found myself so drawn in emotionally, and really invested in Charlie and her relationship especially with Vince, her mysterious boyfriend. I loved Vince right […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, book of night, contemporary fantasy, Holly Black, narfna, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR14 Review No:225 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, book of night, contemporary fantasy, Holly Black, narfna, Urban Fantasy ·
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I wasn’t ready for the Alex Craft series to end.

Grave War by Kalayna Price

November 14, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo Square: Shadow I’m a big fan of witches and magic mysteries, so I got immediately hooked on the Alex Craft novels. In book one, Alex uses her magic to raise shades, which aren’t quite ghosts. More like the memory imprint of a person after they pass. It’s a very handy skill to have a shade testify in their murder trial. Alex has been quite a few personal revelations, a love triangle, and an angry fae queen by the time we reach the final […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: Alex Craft, bingo, cbr14bingo, fae, Faerie, Kalayna Price, magic, paranormal romance, politics, Urban Fantasy, war, witches

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: Alex Craft, bingo, cbr14bingo, fae, Faerie, Kalayna Price, magic, paranormal romance, politics, Urban Fantasy, war, witches ·
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Something here went more wrong than usual.

House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

November 12, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Usually no matter what feelings I am having for the books of one Sarah J. Maas—positive, negative, or meh—I at least find her books to be entertaining and I can’t usually put them down. Except for two books now: Kingdom of Ash, and now this one. I’m pretty sure I know why I wasn’t satisfied by this reading experience, and was quite frequently annoyed by it, but I’m not sure WHY it’s that way. In my opinion here two strongest books are A Court of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Crescent City, fantasy romance, House of Sky and Breath, narfna, sarah j maas, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR14 Review No:184 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Crescent City, fantasy romance, House of Sky and Breath, narfna, sarah j maas, Urban Fantasy ·
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Cover of Amongst Our Weapons

Pieces of Silver: A return to the Folly

Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

October 4, 2022 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Amongst Our Weapons is the 9th full length novel in the Rivers of London series and as per usual is definitely not the place to start if you haven’t read any of the books yet. (If you haven’t they are very good so head back to book 1 and pick it up!). And if you’re wondering why I’ve titled this review Pieces of Silver it’s because I won of the 100 celebratory coins minted for the publication of this book 🙂 We are once again […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy ·
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