Why hello book bees! I hope that you’re prepared to read a lot of rambling thoughts about fantasy books, because that’s what I’ve got in store for this post! Personally, I am always conflicted about this topic because I love fantasy, but I’m not a huge fan of YA protagonists and tropes. I appreciate a […]
Enna’s mother was attacked by mysting beats, creatures from the monster realm. Raised only by her father, a former soldier, Enna has grown up in possession of the Telling Stone. With her Stone she is able to sense when mystings are near and what kind they are. This knowledge and her father’s mysting-killing sword have […]
Larkin and Denan have escaped Hamel with her mother, and her two youngest sisters. But Bane was left behind to face the Black Druids, and her sister Nesha was left behind as well. When Larkin discovers a few disturbing facts about her magic and about the pipers taking more young women, she struggles with her […]
It’s been some time since a witch was burned in Havnstad, Denmark. But Evie is still terrified it will happen again. She, like her mother and her Tante Hansa, is a witch. Her powers are small but she does what she can to help the fishermen and her father especially in the face of the […]
In the Idelmarch there lies a town called Hamel that borders the dangerous and mysterious Forbidden Forest. Every so often, unwed young girls are called into the Forest by the Beast and presumably meet a gruesome fate. Only being crippled or married saves a girl from this terrible curse. In Hamel lives Larkin, and her […]
In the fourth installment of the Sci-Fi Fantasy Innkeeper Chronicles, Ilona Andrews write from the perspective of Maud Demille, older sister of innkeeper Dina. Maud and her daughter Helen were exiled from the Holy Anocracy and the vampire house that Helen was born into three years prior. After raising Helen in a wasteland, fighting for […]
In the third installment of the Fairy Tale Enchantress series Enchantress-in-training Angelique has bucked the control of the Veneno Conclave and is now working with familiar friends such as Stil the craftmage and Prince Severin of Loire. It is becoming clearer that the entire continent is under attack from evil mages, and Angelique’s integral role […]
The Fairy Tale Enchantress series, as I’ve mentioned before in my posts about Curse of Magic and KM Shea, is the third series set in Shea’s fairytale world. The third book, Reign of Magic, is set for release next month and it’s safe to say I’m excited! I fully plan to do a full review […]
In the second book of the Fairy Tale Enchantress series, K.M. Shea follows the adventures of Apprentice Angelique, Enchantress-in-Training, who is left adrift after the kidnap of her instructor Enchanter Evariste. Evariste for his part must resist losing hope as he remains trapped, memories of Angelique keeping him from giving into despair. Warning: Here Be […]
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