Rachel Greenlaw’s The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells opens with intrigue but fizzles before it can fully cast its spell. I had high hopes—her previous novel, Compass and Blade, was a standout, and comparisons to Adrienne Young set my expectations even higher. But somewhere in the pages, the story begins to lose the thread, as…
If I had to describe Freya Marske’s latest novel, Swordcrossed, in one word it would be, I’m afraid, ‘disappointing’. Having really enjoyed her Edwardian-set The Last Binding trilogy I was looking forward to this standalone fantasy romance that promised secrets and intrigue and swordplay, and that gorgeous cover spoke to me of swashbuckling and adventure….
I’m a lifelong fan of paranormal, sci-fi and thrillers in television and movies, and I’m your go-to-girl for romantic suspense in literature, but I’m not very well versed in the fantasy genre. Yet, over the last year or so, I find my interests are inadvertently broadening to include it. I followed Lore Olympus from its…
Rachel Langella is a new-to-me author, and I picked up Airs Above the Ground, her second entry in the Carnival of Mysteries series, because the premise intrugued me. It’s the story of someone who has lived much of his life in the Carnival and performs there as part of a family trapeze act, and who…
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank and its predecessor, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, definitely stand out as unique fantasy romance. When I think of that genre, I usually think of medieval-type settings, characters, magic – Lord of the Rings or the Wheel of Time series, for example. Well, this series has nothing in…
The back blurb for Sarah Beth Durst’s The Spellshop says it is “Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic.” That is pretty much a perfect descriptor, since this charming novel is a lovely, magic-infused delight. Kiela and her sentient spider plant friend/assistant, Caz, have spent the past…
The Ornithologists Field Guide to Love, a lovely historical fantasy romance, is the tale of two rival ornithologists that work together to find a magical bird. It’s a delight–it’s a fun rivals to lovers romance full of humor and adventure and it was truly enchanting. The story begins dramatically–Beth, an Oxford professor of ornithology…
Holy cow did I love this book! I don’t know if I’ve ever laughed so much while reading the way I did with A.K. Caggiano’s Throne In the Dark, the first in her Villains and Virtues series. Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne is evil. He’s the son of a demon, and he’s a blood mage, and he…
Deep in the heart of London, a young photographer named Tom Argent walks the streets and captures whatever catches his eye: an old man drinking coffee; a striking woman sipping champagne in St. Pancras station; a cloud of moths taking flight across the sky. He’s orphaned, lonely, and lost in his work. He certainly has…
Having read and reviewed April Asher’s Not Your Crush’s Cauldron, the third book in her Supernatural Singles series, I went back and read book two, Not Your Ex’s Hexes, which stars another of the three witchy Maxwell sisters, Rose. Rose had trained to be the Prima (the head witch) on the Supernatural Council to succeed…
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