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A Resistance of Witches- WWII British Spy Witch Covens? Hell yes.

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan

January 31, 2026 by NatteringwPride Leave a Comment

Stubborn, plainspoken, and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Witches. Now, with Hitler’s army rampaging across Europe, the witches of Britain have joined the war effort, and Lydia is key to the cause: she must use her magic to track down magical relics before Hitler and his sycophants can. Then a Nazi witch infiltrates the Academy with heart-breaking consequences, leaving the coven shaken, exposed, and divided. The elder British witches have no interest in further […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History Tagged With: Morgan Ryan

NatteringwPride's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, History · Tags: Morgan Ryan ·
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cover for volume one of Thousand Autumns by Meng Xi Shi

Dense But Worth the Read

Thousand Autumns Volume One by Meng Xi Shi

Thousand Autumns Volume Two by Meng Xi Shi

Thousand Autumns Volume Three by Meng Xi Shi

Thousand Autumns Volume Four by Meng Xi Shi

Thousand Autumns Volume Five by Meng Xi Shi

January 31, 2026 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Yan Wushi is a cynic as well as a master cultivator and leader of a demonic sect.  When the head of a Daoist sect, Shen Qiao, loses a duel and is badly injured, Yan Wushi decides to take the injured man in and see if he can corrupt him.  Their clashing philosophies towards the world put them on separate paths, but while each sees the world in different ways, they do live in the same world.  As their paths continue to meet and separate over […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Danmei, historical fantasy, Meng Xi Shi, wuxia

Kit Moonstar's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Danmei, historical fantasy, Meng Xi Shi, wuxia ·
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The Society of Unknowable Objects- whoops read this out of order

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

January 31, 2026 by NatteringwPride Leave a Comment

The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades . . . But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world – and keep the world safe from them. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Gareth Brown

NatteringwPride's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Gareth Brown ·
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“On this island where gemstones bloom like flowers…there lived a powerful demon king.”

Dear Demon King by Emu Soutome

January 29, 2026 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

There’s so much here that I like and it just didn’t click for me as a whole — magic, BL, interesting world building, solid art — none of it enough to make this something I really enjoyed. Dear Demon King has a complicated setup about a world where the demon king Kougyoku rules over a floating island full of magical beasts, and also the island has all of these gemstones full of magical power on them that humans want, and fifty years ago the humans attacked […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Emu Soutome, gay romance, manga

GentleRain's CBR18 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Emu Soutome, gay romance, manga ·
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I guess my reading vibe this year is slanting towards cozy and comforting

The Last Father-Daughter Dance: A Short Story by Lisa Wingate

Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes 1) by Travis Baldree

January 29, 2026 by kfishgirl 1 Comment

I don’t know if you can call this first book exactly cozy, but it was definitely comforting.  Along with the storyline, there’s something comforting (to me at least) about a short story. There are character arcs, plot twists, and usually everything is tied up by the end. It calms the soul to not have to wait! This book is about a woman reconnecting with her ailing father. Kalista is an Olympian, and her father was a long-time high school coach. He’s scheduled for heart surgery […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Lisa Wingate, Travis Baldree

kfishgirl's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Lisa Wingate, Travis Baldree ·
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We Get to Visit the Abbey

Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo

January 27, 2026 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I love learning more about Cleric Chih, and I feel like we get to spend a little more time in their head with each successive novella. In this one, Chih arrives home to the Singing Hills Abbey after four years away, only to find mammoths at the gates and to discover their presence is related to the recent death of Chih’s mentor. So, in addition to grieving, Chih now has to worry about whether mammoths are going to storm the abbey gates. There are other […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Nghi Vo, novella, Singing Hills Cycle

Tracy's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Nghi Vo, novella, Singing Hills Cycle ·
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