Esmes Indie Highlights/SPFBO: Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick
I would have picked this book up anyway since I’ve already read, They Mostly Come Out at Night, which is book 1 in this series. Although this is a ‘sequel’, it’s really more of a stand alone story in...
View ArticleEsme’s Indie Highlights/SPFBO: Ballad of the Beanstalk
This was part of Fantasy Book Critic’s group and has since been eliminated. Plot: Clarion is a girl who lives on a farm with her mother after her fathers death, she helps her mom try to keep things...
View ArticleEsme’s SPFBO 2017: Tiger Lily by K. Bird Lincoln
This book is the finalist for Qwillery’s grouping! Plot: Lily was born in the year of the Tiger, and it’s negatively affected her throughout her life. In this world, the year you’re born into has a...
View ArticleEsme’s SPFBO 2017: The Snow White Files by Sonya Black
This was part of Qwillery’s grouping and has been eliminated. I’ve read a few fairy tale retellings and to be honest, they never really clicked with me. I was hesitant to start this because I didn’t...
View ArticleSongWeaver’s Vow by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
This was a book for last year’s SPFBO contest and I hadn’t reviewed it yet! A few of my 110 slipped through the cracks and I’m getting to them now I was talking with the r/fantasy discorld channel’s...
View ArticleThe Wagers of Fate: the 108 Stars by Noureddine Hifad
I am so, so ridiculously late doing this review, I think this is from last year. So sorry to the author for such a delayed review This one has a glossary and a prologue at the start of the book which...
View ArticleSPFBO4 Review: The God’s of Winter by Dale Harker
The cover and title lead me to believe that this was going to to be a high fantasy epic, but instead, this was a dark urban fantasy with old-school myths/folklore and ancient entities juxtaposed with...
View ArticleThe Blood Tainted Winter by TL Greylock
This one has been on my TBR for a long time and I’m glad I finally got to it! This one will appeal to those who like low fantasy, Norse mythology and culture, and military POVs. This starts out with a...
View ArticleFaycalibur by Liam Perrin
I read the first in this series, and this is an author I drop everything else I’m reading to get my hands on their newest book. This one won’t be out until February 1st – but that’s pretty soon, just a...
View ArticleThe Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
This is a very different take on fantasy, I’ve never read anything from the perspective of the Inuit people so I was pretty excited about it going in. This is a single POV book (I think, I DNF’d) about...
View ArticleThose Brave, Foolish Souls From the City of Swords by Benedict Patrick
This is one of those books that caught my attention right away, which is a rare thing for me. It typically takes me about 20% to start to get into a book and begin feeling invested. I was at that point...
View ArticleFrom the Shadows of the Owl Queen’s Court by Benedict Patrick
This is another wonderful installment in the Yarnsworld series, each book is a self-contained story set in the same world, and all of them are amazing. I first started reading this series way back in...
View ArticleWhalemoon by Dustin Porta
This is a whimsical read that felt like a fairy tale reimagined, but it’s not based on anything to which I’m familiar. This is a story about a young woman named Phehl who is the Keeper of her people,...
View ArticleAlias Hook by Lisa Jensen
I picked this up because it’s offered for free if you have Amazon Prime – I’m able to take a lot of risks that I wouldn’t usually do with my monthly credit. I wanted to like this book much more than I...
View ArticleTrail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
I had meant to read it long before now… but life got in the way and such. I heard quite a bit about this book before picking it up, and this was my first fantasy based on Native culture! The main...
View ArticleDark Oak by Jacob Sannox
I had started to dive into the audiobook for this a few weeks ago and decided to set it back down for when I was in the right mood. This is a very old-school tale, the major theme being light vs dark,...
View ArticleThe Skin by JE Hannaford
I am coming out of my reading slump y’all! This book helped me along the way since it was something fairly different from what I’ve read previously. I read a lot of books, so when I happen upon a book...
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