Genre: Fantasy
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Book Review: A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
My first introduction to books by Rebecca Ross was back in 2019, when I was allowed to read the Dutch edition of The Queen’s Rising for a young adult blog on a Dutch bookish platform. I vividly remember I was struggling with it at the time and couldn’t join the hype train. In hindsight I…
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Book review: The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson
In the previous decade, Mary E. Pearson rode the wave of the rapid rise of young adult books. This author is less well-known in the Netherlands, but a number of her stories have been published here as well. However, I haven’t read any. In 2024, this author made her debut in adult romantic fantasy with…
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Book Review: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
T. Kingfisher is an author I’ve seen floating around in the blogosphere a lot. However, I always doubted whether these books were for me, as I’m not much of a horror reader. And let’s be honest, most books by this author fall into the horror category. However, in spring 2025, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive…
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Book Review: The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer
I know I’m super late, but I missed out on a lot of young adult books when they were actually published. I didn’t know this genre existed back in – let’s say – 2012. This was the time when so many of my beloved series and books got published, and Marissa Meyer’s “The Lunar Chronicles”…
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Book Review: Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
Devney Perry has been a renowned author within the contemporary romance genre for many years now. Like several other authors within this genre, including Rebecca Yarros, she decided to venture into romantic fantasy, better known as romantasy. Shield of Sparrows is this author’s debut within this sub genre and immediately found its audience on the…