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The Two Types of Fantasy Romance: Plot vs. Smut
Have you noticed a trend infantasy romance novels lately? In this blog, we explore two types of romantasy: plot-heavy and romance-heavy.
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House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City 1): A spectacular series opener
A half-fae “party girl” and an enslaved angel must work together to solve a gruesome case involving murder, demon summoning, and black market drugs.
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The Beautiful Ones: A fairly standard affair
Nina is a young woman making her debut in Loisail who struggles to control her telekinetic powers — until she meets Hector, a telekinetic like her. She begins to fall for him, but Hector has a secret.
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Zodiac Academy (Book 4): Shadow Princess – DNF review
Book 4 in the Zodiac Academy series.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree: Somehow too long and too short
In this epic fantasy set in a world besieged by wyrms and dragons, we follow four characters across several countries: a servant tasked to protect the queen until she gives birth, an exiled lord struggling to survive on his quest, an ambitious dragon-rider-in-training who jeopardized her future and country, and a dishonored alchemist.
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Serpent & Dove: Full series review
A young witch, Lou, is forced into marriage to Reid, a witch hunter, while also hiding from her dark and mysterious past.
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A Darker Shade of Magic: Disappointing overall
In a universe where there are four parallel Londons, Kell – a rare magician capable of traveling between these Londons – is caught up in a scheme to move a dangerous talisman before other power-hungry individuals get a chance to take it.
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Zodiac Academy: Ruthless Fae (Book 2) – The revenge story
Book 2 of the Zodiac Academy series.
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The Genre Identity Crisis of Kingdom of the Wicked
This post contains light spoilers for the Kingdom of the Wicked series. The Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy has been a popular fixture in the online book world over the last couple years, and for good reason. Book 1 was an instant favorite for me, and I gave both it and book 2 four stars each. But then we got a…
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Zodiac Academy: The Awakening (Book 1) – A mixed bag
A pair of twins who’ve just aged out of the foster system learn that they’re not just Fae changelings, but apparently heirs to a Fae throne when they are whisked away to Zodiac Academy in a parallel world.