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Review Tag: Fantasy

  • Yoke of Stars by R.B. Lemberg is a novella in the Birdsong universe, but it reads as a standalone. With its beautiful, evocative prose, it is an…

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  • The Titans have fallen, and battle is in the past. The Olympians rule and the earth heals. Hera, who was raised beneath the waters, now flies free.…

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  • The Bishop-Clairmont family have fallen into a perfect routine of bliss, spreading their time between New Haven, Oxford, and Sept Tours. But then six-year-old Becca is given…

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  • As the title for this excellent and engaging dwarvish tale would suggest, German author Markus Heitz is back with another entry in his ‘The Dwarves’ world, and…

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  • The day Fia Ní Mainnín appeared in the High Queen’s home, her daughter Eala, Princess of Fódla, disappeared, taken by the Fair Folk. Fia was adopted by…

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  • When high fantasy began to be popular, it tended to model itself on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, setting the precedents for the genre for…

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  • Xue is tired of her secluded life in the entertainment house. Playing her quin is the one thing that truly brings her joy, but she cannot help…

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  • Alwyn Scribe remains at Evadine’s side, his feelings for her burning brightly even as he battles to hide from her the truth of her survival. Loyal and…

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  • For too many years, the idea of fantasy was to follow the Tolkeinesk route. While there might be different races, such as dwarves and elves, most of…

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  • The Waking of Angantyr has everything going for it: Vikings, berserkers, blood magic, Norse gods, fights, more fights, treachery and feasting. Yet, it doesn’t quite hit the…

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