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Review Tag: Fantasy
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Prince Ashoka Maura is the second son of Emperor Adil and differs from his father in every way. He is diplomatic where his father is powerful, gentle…
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Though the title might suggest a narrative which leans heavily into low fantasy, the stories inside are more akin to magical realism. Stories, not story, feels right…
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Andrea Stewart’s debut, The Bone Shard Daughter, was one of the standout releases of 2020. Inventive and imaginative, balancing bleakness with cute sidekick monsters that chat back,…
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In a cottage on the coast, Cyril waits for the world to end. The sky has turned black. His familiar, the Abyssinian Cat, Shoestring, is dead. What…
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Odysseus is missing – lost at sea, assumed by many to be dead. His wife, Penelope remains in their palace in Ithaca, ruling with a firm but…
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The haunted house is a stock setting in gothic fiction, instantly familiar to readers in and outside the genre. Starling House offers a fresh take, though it…
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In Amoria, the great glass city, Naila is a prospective mage of the Academy of Amoria. She passed the testing, but even after eight years at the…
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Cahan du Nahere was Cowl-Rai, chosen as a god’s saviour, though he shunned that future and chose to live as a hermit on the edges of the…
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Like all second-born daughters, Cerise was given to the Temple at birth and trained for life as a seer. But the Sight eludes her and, as her…
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After waiting for years, it is delightful to catch up with characters that have almost become friends. The first book in this series, The Aeronaut’s Windlass was…
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