The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan My rating: 4 of 5 stars An historical fantasy/monster story, with chunks from Beauty and the Beast, Les Misérables, and Beowulf and a little Dr. Hyde thrown in. Characters include a morally complex immortal MC and a fascinating group of peasants, aristocrats, demons, and angels. It’s a queer love […]
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Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher My rating: 4 of 5 stars A clever fairytale with a likable main character and plenty of humor. This book doesn’t take itself very seriously, but it does contain some horror, so not a “lite” read. Anja is not your typical heroine, but she knows what she likes, and
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The Adversary: The 13th Paladin, Book 13 by Torsten Weitze My rating: 5 of 5 stars I listened to all thirteen books of this light fantasy series and loved them. All but one of the audiobooks was narrated by Gildart Jackson, and he did an absolutely fabulous job throughout. There are many characters of different
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The Will of the Many by James Islington My rating: 4 of 5 stars This first of a series reminded me of many other YA fantasy books, but that didn’t keep me from enjoying it. It’s well-written and engaging, although several important parts of the story are not explained. First, I broke my rule (again)
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Ahren by Torsten Weitze My rating: 4 of 5 stars First of a long series of sword and sorcery fantasies following a young boy with hidden talents and powerful friends. The audiobook was narrated excellently by Gildart Jackson. Nothing groundbreaking, but a pleasant story. One must continue the series after a rather abrupt ending, but
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I have been waiting to read this for some time and was not disappointed.
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The First Girl Child Author: Amy Harmon; Genre: YA Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Rob Shapiro; Publisher: Brilliance Audio (2019); Rating: [usr 5]. An excellent coming-of-age fantasy with a lovely romantic subplot (or two). I had to force myself to pause the recording and go about daily life, but I rushed back to the book whenever
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Society of the Sword Trilogy Author: Duncan M. Hamilton; Genre: Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Derek Perkins; Publisher: Podium Audio (2017); Rating: [usr 3]. I listened to the audiobook of this series, narrated by Derek Perkins, who did a fabulous job. He’s definitely going on my “favorite narrators” list. The first book of this fantasy trilogy
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