BLOG TOUR for The Witch and the Tsar Thank you both to the publisher and the author for sending me an eARC in exchange for an honest review. The Witch and the Tsar By: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore Published: September 20, 2022 Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Folklore It no longer mattered whether people spread their tales… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Witch and the Tsar”
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Why You Need to Read: “Seasonal Fears”
Thank you TorDotCom Publishing for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Alchemical Journeys, #2: Seasonal Fears By: Seanan McGuire Published: May 3, 2022 Genre: Urban Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror/Metaphysical/Standalone Sequel You’re lucky, you know. Not all the Summers start out this close to their Winter. Not all of them even get along. The last Summer… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Seasonal Fears”
Why You Need to Read: “The Jasmine Throne”
Burning Kingdoms, #1: The Jasmine Throne By: Tasha Suri Published: June 8, 2021 Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy She had fought to have this opportunity,…All of it, in order to have this: a maidservant who was likely ‘not’ simply a maidservant, standing before her within the walls of this blighted prison, (13: Malini). Readers love when authors release… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Jasmine Throne”
Why You Need to Read: “Catalyst Gate”
The Protectorate: Book 3: Catalyst Gate By: Megan E. O’Keefe Audiobook: 20 hours 49 minutes Published: June 22, 2021 Narrated by: Joe Jameson Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Rainier Lavaux had threatened everything and everyone Sanda had ever loved. Sanda had felt that loss once. And she’d burn the bitch to the ground rather than suffer through that… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Catalyst Gate”
Why You Need to Read: “Chaos Vector”
The Protectorate: Book 2: Chaos Vector By: Megan E. O’Keefe Audiobook: 19 hours and 5 minutes Published: July 28, 2020 Narrated by: Joe Jameson Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera “It’s been two years. Why would things escalate now? Graham smiled slyly. “Because you’re back, kid. Two years and some change was about the time you disappeared, about the time Icarion… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Chaos Vector”
Why You Need to Read: “First, Become Ashes”
First, Become Ashes By: K.M. Szpara Published: April 6, 2021 Genre: Urban Fantasy TRIGGER WARNING: Be advised. This book contains elements of self-harm, imprisonment, rape, torture, abuse, and non-consensual sex. I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a fair review. All thoughts are mine alone. Her voice drips with pity I… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “First, Become Ashes”
Why You Need to Read: “Tower of Mud and Straw”
Tower of Mud and Straw By: Yaroslav Barsukov Published: February 21, 2021 Genre: Fantasy The tower took the length of the world—only it was an alien world, replicating itself over and over as it climbed to a distinct, ghostly gap into the clouds. Or did he stare down a well? (Part I. The Duchy. 5). Critics have an… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Tower of Mud and Straw”
Why You Need to Read: “The Girl in the Tower”
Winternight Trilogy, #2: The Girl in the Tower By: Katherine Arden Published: December 5, 2017 Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Folklore/Magic Realism/Coming-of-Age Highborn women, who must live and die in towers, were much given to visiting. Now and again, they stayed overnight for company, when their husbands were away, (1: The Death of the Snow-Maiden). Folklore maintains traditions and cultures that… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Girl in the Tower”
Why You Need to Read: “The Bear and the Nightingale”
Winternight Trilogy, #1: The Bear and the Nightingale By: Katherine Arden Published: January 10, 2017 Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Folklore/Magic Realism/Coming-of-Age Vasya’s head hurt with thinking. If the domovoi wasn’t real, then what about the others? The vodyanoy in the river, the twig-man in the trees? The rusalka, the polevik, the dvorovoi? Had she imagined them all? Was… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Bear and the Nightingale”
Why You Need to Read: “Velocity Weapon”
The Protectorate: Book 1: Velocity Weapon By: Megan E. O’Keefe Audiobook: 18 hours 22 minutes Published: June 11, 2019 Narrated by: Joe Jameson Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera I am called “The Light of Berossus,” the voice said, (Chapter 1, The Aftermath of the Battle of Dralee). For every individual in a fandom, there is the moment, in which they were… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Velocity Weapon”