Tag: fantasy series

• My Tamora Pierce Song of the Lioness Quartet Series Review

  I was originally going to do a normal string of individual reviews for each book in Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness Quartet, but then I was given three all at the same time and couldn’t stop myself from reading them in quick succession without considering the individual storylines in each novel. They are also…

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  June 7, 2026

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• Reading Adult Fantasy to Bolster My Fantasy Manuscript

  In my stunted attempts to re-engage with my fantasy manuscript and turn it into a dark adult fantasy manuscript, I found myself really struggling to connect with the words I wanted to write. It wasn’t quite writer’s block, but definitely adjacent, given my general creative burnout and difficulty picking up a book. After a lovely…

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  April 5, 2026

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• Jumping into Robert Jackson Bennett’s High Fantasy Novel Foundryside

  We all know I love the Shadow of the Leviathan series by Robert Jackson Bennett, and I managed to find this fantasy series of his written before The Tainted Cup, so I bought the paperbacks and have had them sitting pretty on my bookshelf, awaiting their turn to be read. The time has come, and…

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  January 7, 2026

  adult fantasy

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• Genuine Enemies-to-Lovers in Brigitte Knightley’s The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy

  I have seen so many good things about Brigitte Knightley’s The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy on Bookstagram, and more than a few readers have put it as one of their favourites of 2025, so I finally picked it up and gave it a good perusal. Fair warning: there is a lot of…

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  January 5, 2026

  adult fantasy, Romance

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• More Earthsea Goodness in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan

  Another day, another Earthsea tale! I have adjusted my post schedule for these novels to better align with the number of library books I have out (currently sitting at 28), and so that I can enjoy them over most of the summer rather than rushing through them all before the year’s end. The Tombs of…

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  November 21, 2025

  Classic Fiction, YA Fantasy

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• Finally Getting Into The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

  The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin is one of those books that I have seen across bookish social media, but in an organic, intentional way. There is a lot of love for The Broken Earth series and for N. K. Jemisin as a writer, and I can totally see why. I’m surprised I hadn’t…

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  October 27, 2025

  adult fantasy

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• I Finally Read House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig

  I loved the gothic dark fantasy world of Erin A. Craig’s House of Salt and Sorrows, and I cannot believe it has taken me over two years to pick up the second book in the Sisters of Salt series, House of Roots and Ruin. This YA fantasy feels so lush and haunting, and even as…

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  October 22, 2025

  YA Fantasy

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• A New Witcher Release with Andrzej Sapkowski’s Crossroads of Ravens

  The love/hate relationship I have with the Witcher books is quite serious, but Crossroads of Ravens has done wonders to lessen the hate and balance the overall standings out. This standalone novel shows a different side of Geralt than we’ve seen before, a more naive side perhaps, and in doing so shine a completely different…

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  October 20, 2025

  adult fantasy

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• Light Academia and Dragons in Marie Brennan’s A Natural History of Dragons

  A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan is a light academia fantasy novel involving danger, discovery, and dragons. Not only is it a brilliant fantasy akin to the Emily Wilde series, but it is a touch darker, more grounded, and carries a lovely reminiscent tone due to its nature…

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  August 20, 2025

  adult fantasy, Historical Fiction

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• Epic Adult Fantasy in Seth Dickinson’s The Traitor

  If you are in search of an engrossing, ruthless adult fantasy to sink your teeth into, I think I have a contender for you. Seth Dickenson’s The Traitor (also called The Traitor Baru Cormorant), book one in The Masquerade series is a gritty, intense, detail-filled story that feels like a blend between The Poppy War…

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  August 14, 2025

  adult fantasy

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