21 Short Story Collections for Fantasy Lovers
Do you ever struggle with what book to read next? Or taking forever to get through that TBR pile? Short story collections can be a great way to get out…
19 Cottagecore Fantasy Books for an Escape Into a Slower Life
Windchimes chattering, a path leading to a stone cottage surrounded by forest, the scent of a fresh baked apple pie wafting from the window: these images of cottagecore beckon you…
The Best Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books I Read in 2023
These are the books I read and rated in 2023 as four and five stars. In essence, they're the best of the best fantasy (and a little bit of sci-fi)…
YA Fantasy Book Review: House Of Roots and Ruin
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Divine/Mythic Synopsis Despite dreams of adventures far beyond the Salann shores, seventeen-year-old Verity Thaumas has remained at her family’s estate, Highmoor, with her older sister Camille,…
Adult Sci-Fi Book Review: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Standalone Type of Sci-Fi: Alternate/Parallel Universe Synopsis A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came…
Adult Fantasy Book Review: Spells For Forgetting
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Magical Realism Synopsis Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused…
YA Fantasy Book Review: Wishtress
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Folklore/Legend Synopsis She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wishes. But when a granted…
YA Fantasy Book Review: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Urban Synopsis In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley…
New Adult Fantasy Book Review: Tress of the Emerald Sea
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Heroic Synopsis The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of…
YA Steampunk Book Review: Runaway Lyrics
Standalone Type of Fantasy: Steampunk / Fairytale Retelling Synopsis What one sister has, she must share with the other... Snow loves music. She has spent her entire life learning, new…