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“I was getting tired of being in an endless succession of things called “the fight of a lifetime.” Just once, I’d like to have the fight of a Tuesday afternoon.”

One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire

July 3, 2025 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

The night-haunts never lie. They could, if they wanted to, but they don’t really see the point. The truth is so much more dangerous than a lie. Life is starting to look up for Toby; she’s dating again, she’s taken on Quentin as her squire, she’s discovered she’s something called a Dochas Sidhe (more on that in a later book), May has moved in, and no one has tried to kill her in a while. Of course, because this is October Daye we’re talking about, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, Urban Fantasy

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:88 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, Urban Fantasy ·
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Can I Get Some Cooling Fairies?

A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic: Adenashire, Book One by J. Penner

July 3, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Who wants to be normal when you can be spectacular? In the heart of Adenashire, a world that is divided into those who have magic and therefore matter, and those who don’t, who matter far less, human baker Arleta Starstone works twice as hard to sell her baked goods, dreaming of stockpiling enough to open the bakery of her dreams. So, when Ervash, her orc neighbor (biggest fan, and with his husband Verdreth, Arleta’s erstwhile father figure) secretly enters her creations into the prestigious Langheim […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: baking competition, cozy romantasy, fairies, J Penner

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:86 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: baking competition, cozy romantasy, fairies, J Penner ·
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He’s Grumpy. He’s a Ghost.

The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani

July 2, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Online reader copies are all the rage right now, it is environmental and quick and easy to receive. Of course, I sometimes have a hard time reading books from them, but The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani and translated by Polly Lawson was an exception. I tend to be able to read picture books online as there is less text and more space to enjoy the overall work. This was especially true with Shiotani’s book. The illustrations and text was Goldilocks/Baby Bear just right. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: celebrations, friendship, Ghost Stories, Mamiko Shiotani, new experiences, Polly Lawson, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:317 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: celebrations, friendship, Ghost Stories, Mamiko Shiotani, new experiences, Polly Lawson, Social Themes ·
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“There’s a difference between someone loving you and agreeing with every single thing you do.”

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

July 2, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Thanks to Netgalley and G.B. Putnam for this ARC. My opinion is my own. Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as the comic relief character “Janey Jakes” on a popular teen sitcom. Now she’s a creative executive at a movie studio, and really trying to get a script she loves turned into a movie. Frequently crippled with anxiety and self esteem issues, Jane has learned to “fake it till you make it”, but she may have faked it too far this time. Desperate to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Malin, movie production, NetGalley, small town life

Malin's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Malin, movie production, NetGalley, small town life ·
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A disappointing follow-up to a beloved fantasy novel

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune

June 30, 2025 by stegolily 2 Comments

I really wanted to like this book. It’s a sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea, which I really enjoyed. It has great LGBTQIA+ representation, and an important message about resistance and hope. But as much as I wanted to love it, Somewhere Beyond the Sea ended up falling flat for me. Linus Baker and Arthur Parnassus are finally living their happily-ever-after. They live on the beautiful island of Marsyas, with the six magical children they hope to officially adopt. The town they live in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: T.J. Klune

stegolily's CBR17 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: T.J. Klune ·
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Magic in the Tea and Maybe Something Else

The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch vol. 1 by Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji

June 29, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

By the cover and title, The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch looks like a mildly entertaining cozy fantasy. Remy is a tea witch, meaning she can magically make perfect tea, which o the one hand is enough that she gets to work in the royal palace, but on the other hand classifies her as basically a servant. Remy seems a little lazy and not minding this, but as you might guess, there’s more to her and her situation (mostly just hints in volume […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, Ameko Kaeruda, Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji, magic, manga, tea, The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, witches, Yorifuji

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, Ameko Kaeruda, Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji, magic, manga, tea, The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, witches, Yorifuji ·
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