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Category: Fantasy

Fantasy / YA

The Heartwood Crown Book Review

Warning! This review contains spoilers for the first book in the series, The Crescent Stone!

Madeline Oliver is back in our world, but her health is quickly failing. The Sunlit Lands are desperate for healing. Some would have the magic reset, others would have it renewed in favor of the Eleneil, and the Scim want its power to seek revenge against the Elenil who enslaved them. Madeline searches for a way to return and reset the magic of the Sunlit Lands before it’s too late. Read the Review

The Memory Thief Book Review

Fantasy / Standalone / YA

The Memory Thief Book Review

Julietta Lark is desperate. Desperate to escape her past. Desperate to protect Rhen, an orphan who’s become closer than a sister. And desperate to save her mother from a cruel death. When an opportunity to preserve all that she loves arises, she must return to the Shadows of her past. In a world where memory is currency, turmoil is rising and a revolution is gathering strength. Read the Review

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Blood of Kings Trilogy / Fantasy / YA

To Darkness Fled Book Review

*Warning! This review may contain spoilers for the first book in the series, By Darkness Hid! Proceed at your own risk!!!*

Achan, Vrell, Sir Gavin, and the Kingsguard knights travel in Darkness to gather an army. Esek and his men are always close behind, however, bringing peril to the Crown Prince and the risk of discovery to Vrell Sparrow. Read the Review

Fantasy / The Weaver Trilogy / YA

The Story Raider Book Review

This review contains spoilers for The Story Peddler!!! Proceed at your own risk!!!

Tanwen and Gryfelle are slowly succumbing to the curse as More and crew search for the cure. Meanwhile, Braith struggles to maintain her rule of Tir. The dark power behind her father’s reign prepares a new pupil to take his place. Read the Review

Children of the Blood Moon Trilogy / Fantasy / YA

Scarlet Moon Book Review

Jayden’s biggest concern is her nearing betrothal to her childhood best friend, Ryan. But after “Feravolk” raid her village searching for her and any other Children of the Blood Moon, she finds herself a fugitive on the run. That is, until she discovers she is one of four Deliverers destined to rescue Soloden from the Mistress of evil. With her companions–Ryan, Logan (a true Feravolk), Ethan, and Westwind (a bonded wolf), she sets out to save the faithful Feravolk and all of Soloden. Read the Review

Fantasy / Steampunk / YA

To Best the Boys Book Review

Rhen Tellur is desperate to find a cure for the disease ravaging her sector of town…and most recently her mother. But nothing seems to be working and she knows the only way to progress her research is with advanced technology. Technology that she can’t afford. The yearly Labyrinth competition is her only hope. If she wins, she’ll receive a full scholarship to university. Only problem: traditionally, boys are the only participants. Read the Review

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Fantasy / The Weaver Trilogy / YA

The Story Peddler Book Review

Tanwen En-Yestin is a young story-peddler who spends her days telling “crowned” stories that form crystallized figurines to be sold. Traveling from town to town, she dreams of the day when she might become the Royal Storyteller. But one day, words of treason sip into her story and Tanwen becomes a fugitive. Read the Review

Fantasy / YA

The Crescent Stone Book Review

When Madeline, a teen with terminal lung disease, accepts healing in exchange for a year of service in the Sunlit Lands, she and her friend Jason enjoy being privileged members of Elenil society, until they learn that magic carries a high price. Read the Review