Tag: Fantasy
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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…
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Book Review: Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
In the final months of 2024, Phantasma by Kaylie Smith got published. This is the first book in the “ Wicked Games” duet, centered around two sisters who are attracted by a haunted mansion that magically appeared in the streets of New Orleans. It’s another romantasy, but does this manage to stand out in this…
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Book Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
In autumn 2024, I gave The Raven Boys, the first book in Maggie Stiefvater’s “The Raven Cycle”, another try. Years earlier, I’d made my first attempt in English, but it wasn’t as successful due to the writing style and language being too difficult to follow for me as a non-native English speaker. Even though I…