Urban Fantasy
The Deer and the Dragon
Prior to reading the ridiculously entertaining The Deer and the Dragon, the last time I’d thought about the Phoenicians was in ninth grade in our study of the world’s early…
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The Rebel King
The Rebel King is the second in Maxwell’s Deviant Kings series and, like the first, it features a fae king with a penchant for wink-wink kink. Its hero, Tiernan Verran,…
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The Dark King
The Dark King, Gina Maxwell’s urban fantasy romance, invokes the rockstar Meatloaf‘s immortal words: “Two out of three ain’t bad.” The novel has a delicious love story, satisfying plot, and…
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The Stolen Heir
Holly Black’s marvelous trilogy The Folk of Air is so damn good that when I heard she was continuing to explore the world of Elfhame, a kingdom of magical islands,…
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Hell Bent
Have you read Ninth House? Because if not–and you’re a loon if you haven’t–this review is a waste of your time. Hell Bent is the second book in Leigh Bardugo’s…
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Spells For Forgetting
On Saoirse Island, a rain soaked isle in the Pacific Northwest, a murmuration of starlings portends death and the leaves on the trees may burst into color all at once….
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Ninth House
The 1800 freshman matriculated at Yale University are likely a storied bunch. Over 35,000 applied to the famed Ivie–those accepted were likely the rock stars of their high schools with…
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