Title: Legacy of Light (Legacy Trilogy #3) Author: Matthew Ward Publisher: Orbit Publication date: August 17, 2021 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: Tressia and the Hadari Empire have settled into a tenuous peace, but the Empire is ill at ease and Tressia might just be ruled by the Dark. Warning: Likely spoilers for Legacy of Ash and Legacy of Steel. Overall Legacy of Light … Continue reading Book Review: Legacy of Light by Matthew Ward
Title: The Jasmine Throne Author: Tasha Suri Publisher: Orbit Publication date: June 8, 2021 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: Priya is just a maidservant, but one with an incredible power that once deemed her a monster, and the exiled Princess Malini who vows to overthrow her brother deems her useful, potentially at the cost of her heart. Overall The Jasmine Throne … Continue reading Book Review: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Title: Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic #1) Author: Suyi Davies Okungbowa Publisher: Orbit Publication date: May 11, 2021 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: When a yellowskin is sighted in Bassa for the first time in countless generations, a curious scholar goes on the quest of a lifetime and an ambitious fixer's daughter sees her opportunity. Holy cow, Son of … Continue reading Book Review: Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Title: The Ladies of the Secret Circus Author: Constance Sayers Publisher: Redhook Publication date: March 23, 2021 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: When Lara Barnes's fiancé fails to show up on their wedding day, family secrets begin to tumble out, sending her to Paris for the answers she seeks when only her fiancé's car ever turns up. When I first learned … Continue reading Book Review: The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers
Title: Requiem Moon Author: C.T. Rwizi Publisher: 47North Publication date: March 23, 2021 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: Salo and his friends Tuk, Alinata, and Ilapara have made it to the Jungle City as he's there both a pilgrim to the Red Temple and as an emissary of his queen, but the ruling family is in tatters and plots abound around … Continue reading Book Review: Requiem Moon by C.T. Rwizi
Title: The Frozen Crown Author: Greta Kelly Publisher: Avon and Harper Voyager - Harper Voyager Publication date: January 12, 2021 Genre: Fantasy One Sentence Summary: When Radovan takes over the Kingdom of Seravesh, Princess Askia flees across the sea to Vishir to plead for help, only to end up in a tangled web of court politics. Court intrigue and politics are … Continue reading Book Review: The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly
Title: The Bone Shard Daughter Author: Andrea Stewart Publisher: Orbit Publication date: September 8, 2020 Genre: Fantasy Summary: In a world comprised of islands ruled by a reclusive Emperor with a daughter no one has seen since she was young, where the Emperor's constructs run everything on each island, there are those who are restless, who would bring change to the … Continue reading Book Review: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Title: Scarlet Odyssey Author: C. T. Rwizi Publisher: 47North Publication date: July 1, 2020 Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy Summary: Salo is an outsider in his tribe despite being the firstborn son to the chief. This is because he is more interested in magic (women's domain) than becoming a warrior (men's domain). But, when his people are attacked by a witch, … Continue reading Book Review: Scarlet Odyssey by C. T. Rwizi
Title: Whammy Author: Ted Akin Publisher: Self-published Publication date: May 5, 2020 Genre: Humor, General Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy Summary: In the real world, Klive works in an oil field in Texas while writing a comic book without the pictures when a colleague dies suddenly, leaving a mystery on his hands as he notices inconsistencies. Klive's roommate Stacey owns and runs … Continue reading Book Review: Whammy by Ted Akin
Title: The Ranger of Marzanna Author: Jon Skovron Publisher: Orbit Publication date: April 21, 2020 Genre: Fantasy Summary: After his father is murdered by imperial Aureumian soldiers, Sebastian and his mother are taken to Gogoleth where he is persuaded to join the Aureumian army stationed in his homeland of Izmoroz. As an elemental wizard, the Aureumian commander sees him as vastly … Continue reading Book Review: The Ranger of Marzanna by Jon Skovron
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