Tag: fantasy

Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter, by Heather Fawcett

I loved this enchanting story, with its strong echoes of Howl’s Moving Castle and Beauty and the Beast.

Illusion of a Boar, by Celia Lake

Illusion of a Boar by Celia Lake Series: Land Mysteries #5 Published by self-published on 11/10/2023 Genres: Fantasy Romance, Historical Fantasy Pages: 393 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Pastiche, Weaving… Read more »

Apt to Be Suspicious, by Celia Lake

Set in Oxford’s magical community a year or so after the end of World War II, this gentle, slowly-unfolding romance features intelligent, good-hearted, skilled and competent people treating others with kindness and respect—a hallmark of Celia Lake’s Albion novels, and the reason I (and her other fans) love them so much.

The Reimagining of Thornwood House, by Jaleigh Johnson

You know that feeling when the perfect book comes along just when you need it? That was The Reimagining of Thornwood House for me this spring: a book about hope, new beginnings, moving, healing, and finding a home and a place in your new community.

The Keeper of Magical Things, by Julie Leong

A lovely, warm, cozy sapphic fantasy about kindness, community, and learning to be your true self

10 Really Long (and Good) Fantasy & Sci-Fi Books

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday post takes a look at ten very long books in the fantasy and sci-fi genres.

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, by Sangu Mandanna

What a lovely, warm hug of a book! Cozy, heartwarming, and enchanting (but never saccharine or twee), A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping centers around found family, love, acceptance, healing, and the strength of rebuilding yourself after disaster.

The Teller of Small Fortunes, by Julie Leong

I loved The Teller of Small Tales, Julie Leong’s debut novel. It’s a cozy quest fantasy with a found-family vibe, set in a vaguely British renaissance-era world.

Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis

Wooing the Witch Queen was an absolute delight, from its sweet, sensitive, traumatized cinnamon-roll hero to its introverted, reclusive, but decidedly not evil heroine.

News & Notes – 12/14/2024

Nikki Giovanni’s death; New Jersey protects the freedom to read; British authors’ society calls for ghostwriters to be credited; AI creates a ludicrously bad textbook cover; Romantasy has been there all along; Sanderson on writing fantasy; and more article links.