Tag: dark adult fantasy

• More Fantasy Short Stories in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Sword of Destiny

  Another day, another Witcher novel to immerse myself in. Sword of Destiny is another short story collection within Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher world set at the eve of the main overarching story plot, Blood of Elves. I cannot say much more on that matter as I have not read Blood of Elves, but with how Sword…

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  April 12, 2025

  adult fantasy

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• Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Tainted Cup is Unique, Intriguing, and Wholly Immersive

  If you tell me a book is set in a high-fantasy world, has deep political layers and rich ye grim details, and is a crime fiction where the characters resemble Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, I’m going to ask you to hand it over. Now. Please. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is that…

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  April 10, 2025

  adult fantasy, Crime Fiction, science fiction

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• Something is Brewing in Penn Cole’s Spark of the Everflame

  I was generously gifted Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole in a book swap earlier this year, and I have finally dug into it and come out the other side thoroughly pleased. This is a four-book romantasy series that has taken BookTok and Bookstagram by storm, competing with other big name romantasies in both…

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  April 9, 2025

  adult fantasy, YA Fantasy

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• The Last Wish – Andrzej Sapkowski’s Masterful Witcher Beginnings

  We all know and love Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher – whether you’ve played the video games or watched the Netflix series – and his novel series is the root of that glorious fantasy world. The Last Wish is the first published novel in the series, set before the action of Blood of Elves, and it…

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  April 5, 2025

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• The Gentleman Bastard Sequence – The Best Adult Fantasy Series To Date

  I have been reading The Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch over the last six months, and I honestly feel like my perception of fantasy and writing has changed thanks to his works. From the filthy Camorr origins in The Lies of Locke Lamora, to the deadly swashbuckling adventures of Red Seas Under Red Skies,…

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  February 22, 2025

  adult fantasy, Discussion Posts

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• Scott Lynch’s The Republic of Thieves – The Finale You’ve Been Waiting For

  This review has been a long time coming. I made my first The Republic of Thieves post in October 2024, stating what I hoped to see in the book when I finally got to reading and completing it. Well, almost three and a half months later I have done it. I have read Scott Lynch’s…

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  February 14, 2025

  adult fantasy

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• I DNFed The Dragon Republic Three Times But I Still Love It

  I first time I read R.F. Kuang’s The Dragon Republic, I DNFed it three times. When I then had the time to read it, I fell in love with it. Now, having reread it without a DNF, my thoughts and feelings about the book have solidified. In short, it is intimidating, incredible, and leaves a…

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  January 24, 2025

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• Deborah Harkness’ Lush Adult Fantasy World Expands With The Black Bird Oracle

  And the wonder continues within the All Souls universe. Deborah Harkness’ The Black Bird Oracle is the fifth instalment in the All Souls Series, following the events of the original three books A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life, and we cannot forget about Time’s Convert. With so much more…

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  January 15, 2025

  adult fantasy, dark academia

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• Immortal Longings – Chloe Gong’s First Adult Fantasy

  Chloe Gong’s first adult fantasy novel Immortal Longings is the start of an adult political fantasy trilogy which tackles the Shakespeare tragedy Antony and Cleopatra. Blending historical elements with oriental detail and layers of political fantasy intrigue, it is bloody, ruthless, and seeped in revenge. Romantasy readers – you best lend your attention here for…

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  December 2, 2024

  adult fantasy

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• My All Souls Trilogy Review

  Possibly my favourite historical fiction fantasy series ever, the All Souls Trilogy had me hooked from A Discovery of Witches and refused to let me go until I closed the back cover of The Book of Life. Deborah Harkness has created a magnificent. richly detailed, layered story world with incredible characters and conflicts that feel…

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  November 9, 2024

  adult fantasy, dark academia, Historical Fiction

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