By: Amélie Wen ZhaoGenre: YA FantasyPublisher: Random House Children’s Book “If she closed her eyes, she could remember exactly how her world had ended.Snow, falling like ashes.Wind, sighing through bamboo.And the song of a woodlute weaving into the skies.She’d had a name, once. Her mother had given it to her. Lian’er, meaning “lotus”: The flower […]
Genre: Fantasy RomanceBY: Allegra Pescatore & J.P. Burnison Publisher: AO Collective Content/Trigger Warnings: Shown on page: Mentions of rape, sexual abuse, and torture; Realistic representation of PTSD; Violence; One romantic sex sceneAlluded to: A brief mention of self-harm where a character considers killing themselves in a memory “Since I cannot guarantee that I won’t die, […]
By: Jonathan Nevair Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller, Spy-Fi Publisher: Cantinool Books (Self Published) Content Warning: Shown on Page (things clearly told to the reader): Profanity; Blood and gore; Violence; Death; Kidnapping/hostage; Cults; Animal violence Alluded to (things only mentioned in passing or hinted at): Violence; Death; Self harm; Cults “She much preferred anonymity and to license […]
By: Sue Lynn TanGenre: FantasyPublisher: Harper Voyager Publishing “Few wrote poems about the half-moon or immortalized it in paintings-devoid of the elegant arch of a crescent or the perfect wholeness of the orb. Clinging to both light and dark, and lost somewhere in between. It resonated with me, a child of a mortal and immortal […]
Genre: Science-FantasyIntended Age Group: AdultPublisher: Razor Sharp Books (Self Published) CONTENT WARNING: Shown on Page (things clearly told to the reader): Profanity, Violence, Ableism, Cursing, Drug Use, Age gap, Self-harm, Vomiting, Infidelity, Gore, Minor kink/S&M ALLUDED TO: (things only mentioned in passing or hinted at): Child abuse, Child neglect, Child harm, financial abuse, Statutory rape, […]
By: Claire NorthGenre: Fantasy, Fiction/Modern & Contemporary FictionPublisher: Orbit Books “Follow me through the halls of the palace of Odysseus; Follow to hear the stories that the men-poets of greedy kings do not tell.” Claire North, Ithaca Claire North’s Ithaca is an incredible telling of the tale of Penelope as she awaits the return of […]
By: Rebecca RoanhorseGenre: FantasyPublisher: Saga Press I love Rebecca Roanhorse’s books. I first found her when I read Race to the Sun, her YA fantasy based on Native American mythology, published through Rick Riordan Presents. I went on to read Black Sun and Fevered Star, the first two books in her Between the Earth Sky […]
By: Jason DenzelGenre: FantasyPublisher: TOR Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for Mystic and Mystic Dragon Mystic Skies is the final book in Jason Denzel’s fantasy series, The Mystic Trilogy. On the whole, this series was an average fantasy read. This final installment left me with more questions and it was a very unsatisfying end […]
By: Jon SkovronGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for The Ranger of Marzana & The Queen of Izmoroz The Wizard of Eventide is the third and final book in Jon Skovron’s epic fantasy series, The Goddess of War. I found it on par with the first book, and throughout the series […]
By: Jon SkovronGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for The Ranger of Marzana The Queen of Izmoroz is the second book in Jon Skovron epic fantasy series, The Goddess of War. While it was better, it still was lacking in drawing me into the story. The characters are, for the most […]