Book Review: Turning Darkness into Light, Marie Brennan Fantasy: Turning Darkness into Light, Marie Brennan Her grandmother is the renowned naturalist and explorer Lady Trent. Her grandfather, a famous linguist and philologist. Her father an oceanographer, her mother an astronomer. Audrey Camherst has a lot of family history to live up to. Stung by […]
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Book Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, Marie Brennan
Book Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, The Lady Trent Memoirs Book 5, Marie Brennan Fantasy: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, The Lady Trent Memoirs Book 5, Marie Brennan Isabella Camherst, aka Lady Trent, has traveled from the mountains to the desert and across the ocean to study dragons. Her discoveries, along with her colleague and friend […]
Book Review: In the Labyrinth of Drakes, Marie Brennan
Book Review: In the Labyrinth of Drakes, Lady Trent Memoirs Book 4, Marie Brennan Fantasy: In the Labyrinth of Drakes, Lady Trent Memoirs Book 4, Marie Brennan Lady Trent’s previous three memoirs have told the story of how she began studying dragons, her marriage to Jacob Camherst, and her trip to Eriga and her voyage on […]
Book Review: The Dragon Republic, R.F. Kuang
Book Review: Witchmark, C.L. Polk
Book Review: Witchmark, C.L. Polk Fantasy: Witchmark, C.L. Polk Winner World Fantasy Award for Best Novel A Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the 2019 Lammy Award for best LGBTQ SF/F/Horror! One of the best books of 2018, according to NPR, Publishers […]
Book Review: Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch
Book Review: Lies Sleeping, Rivers of London, Book 7 , Ben Aaronovitch Fantasy: Lies Sleeping, Rivers of London, Book 7 , Ben Aaronovitch Martin Chorley, aka “The Faceless Man,” is planning something big. It involves a custom made bell, thefts from archaeological sites, and an ancient sword. No one is quite sure what is […]
Book Review: The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch
Book Review: The Hanging Tree, Rivers of London Book 6, Ben Aaronovitch Fantasy: The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch Back in London, apprentice wizard and PC Peter Grant gets a most unwelcome phone call. It is from the goddess of the Tyburn river. Her daughter has been caught up in a situation. A young woman […]
Book Review: Dracul, Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
Book Review: Dracul, Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker Fantasy/Horror: Dracul, Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker You know, I like sleeping. I like dreaming. I like pleasant dreams, with sunshine and laughing children and small animals gamboling about. Beaches are nice: warm sand and inviting waters with my wife at my side. Those are the kinds […]
Book Review: In an Absent Dream, Seanan McGuire
Book Review: In an Absent Dream, Wayward Children Book 4, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: In an Absent Dream, Wayward Children Book 4, Seanan McGuire Katherine Lundy is a quiet child who likes knowing the rules and knowing what is expected from her. That is not to say, though, that the rules and expectations of this […]
Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky, Seanan McGuire
Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky, The Wayward Children Book 3, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Beneath the Sugar Sky, The Wayward Children Book 3, Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire has an extraordinary gift for springing the unexpected upon you in a way that makes you think, “No way, of course it’s that way!” So when a major character […]