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“She’d learned long ago that you couldn’t change the world, or even understand how it worked. All you could do was survive and make sure the people you cared about survived, too.”

Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier Book One) by Hana Lee

August 8, 2026 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

Years ago, the world became a barren wasteland, survivable only in the Kerinas, where people with Talents protect the populace from the fierce storms, as well as take care of almost everything else. The Talentless, whose numbers are growing yearly, are barely tolerated in some Kerinas, while completely banned from others. Jin-Liu in some ways is one of the lucky ones; sure, she has the most dangerous job in the wasteland, but at least it helps her keep her Talentless mother reasonably comfortable. As a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: dystopian world, Hana Lee, Polyamory, queer romance

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:45 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: dystopian world, Hana Lee, Polyamory, queer romance ·
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And now we wait

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me: Maggie the Undying I by Ilona Andrews

August 8, 2026 by ElCicco 10 Comments

Cbr18bingo 26 (published in 2026) This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is the first volume in what I hope will be a multi-volume series by Ilona Andrews. I loved this story full of magic, mystery, danger and possible romance. It starts with a familiar trope —  the protagonist finds herself plunked into her favorite fantasy novel series where her actions can change the direction of the story and her life is in danger. I’ve enjoyed Sarah Rees Brennan’s The Time of Iron series which has […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr18, cbr18bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, ilona andrews, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

ElCicco's CBR18 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18, cbr18bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, ilona andrews, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me ·
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“In the daylight, his hair was a riot: a true, bright copper. It looked as though he’d sat in front of a mirror with a curling iron and painstakingly coaxed small pieces of it to curl in different directions. Or else he’d crawled out from a pile of pillows and not bothered to run a comb through it, and gravity had been so amused at the sight that it hadn’t interfered.”

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

August 8, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Mattinesh Jay (Matti to almost everyone), dutiful heir to his family’s struggling wool business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage. His fiance Sofia Cooper, heir to a thriving wine business, is the object of obsession love for one Adrean Vane.  (Who also happens to be, awkwardly, the son of the Jay family business’s senior agent.) A successful Sword-challenge at the ceremony would destroy any hope of restoring his family’s wealth (and keeping their reputation), something that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Freya Marske, Queer characters, secrets, swordfighting

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Freya Marske, Queer characters, secrets, swordfighting ·
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For the solitary raven in all of us

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

August 8, 2026 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR18 BINGO: Map (Ooh, look! Maps in the front matter.) Oh you beautiful ravens, you truly are magnificent. It seems like it’s been eons since I’ve been as thoroughly captivated by a fantasy world as I was by the one Antonia Hodgson weaves in The Raven Scholar. This novel doesn’t just have intricate world building; it has political tension, mystery, complex characters, and light comedy. Did I merely give in to the hype when I decided to read it, or did I listen to the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Antonia Hodgson, cbr18, cbr18bingo, fantasy mystery, KimMiE", political fantasy

KimMiE"'s CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Antonia Hodgson, cbr18, cbr18bingo, fantasy mystery, KimMiE", political fantasy ·
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“She’s been painting the devil on the wall and hoping we won’t know it from the real thing”

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

August 7, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Now, spoilers here for the previous book; it is a direct continuation, after all.  The blurb for Painted Devils starts out fantastically: “Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.” With Little Thieves, I knew that it was a trilogy coming in, but by the end of the book, I wasn’t 100% certain where the story was going to be heading next. After ridding herself of a nasty curse, putting the displaced Princess Giselle back where she belonged, settling most of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, cults, hugo award nominee, justice, lodestar award, Margaret Owen

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, cults, hugo award nominee, justice, lodestar award, Margaret Owen ·
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Sparse yet dreamy atmosphere

The Wolf and his king by Finn Longman

August 6, 2026 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: You (one of the novel’s POVs is 2nd person) I quite enjoyed this novel. It has a kind of dreamy quality to the writing; it’s a queer retelling of a 12th century French werewolf story, and it has a bit of barebones feel to the storytelling that makes it feel like a fairy tale and transports the reader back to an older time. The chapters alternate between “Him” (Bisclavret), “You” (the king), and “Other” (the wolf). Bisclavret has lived with his curse his […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: cbr18bingo, Finn Longman, France, LGBTQ, queer, retelling, werewolf

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: cbr18bingo, Finn Longman, France, LGBTQ, queer, retelling, werewolf ·
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