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The book, "City of Stone and Silence" by Django Wexler standing next to a book bingo card.

Two sisters, two different powers, trying to reunite against all odds- CBR14 Bingo: Monster

City of Stone and Silence: The Wells of Sorcery Book Two by Django Wexler

July 26, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “Monster” – Tori begins a slippery slope of abusing her mental powers and starts self-describing as a monster. The first book in the Wells of Sorcery trilogy, Ship of Smoke and Steel, was exclusively from Isoka’s point of view.  City of Stone and Silence switches things up by alternating between Isoka and her younger sister Tori. Having survived the voyage aboard Soliton, Isoka faces new challenges.  All aboard the ship have been forced off of it by the angel enforcers onto a mysterious island.  The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, magic, magic powers

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, magic, magic powers ·
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Take control of a mythic ghost ship or your sister dies isn’t much of a choice – CBR 14 Bingo: Star

Ship of Smoke and Steel: The Wells of Sorcery, Book One by Django Wexler

July 21, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “Star” – Astronomy used to calculate where a ship on the ocean is located and where it’s sailing to is an important driver of the story. I’ve grown to quite like author Django Wexler’s work.  But somehow I missed that he released an entire YA trilogy between two adult series.  Book one, A Ship of Smoke and Steel, was picked up on the next trip to Mysterious Galaxy.  Ted got to it first and devoured it in days.  Then he was thrilled to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, magic, magic powers

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, magic, magic powers ·
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The book, "Blood of the Chosen" by Django Wexler lying in front of a red, blooming amaryllis flower.

“Sure, why not take your mortally wounded lover and shove her into an ancient machine of uncertain effectiveness? What could go wrong?”

Blood of the Chosen: Burningblade & Silvereye Book Two by Django Wexler

May 2, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Wexler continues writing excellent sci-fantasy.  I love the melding of energy swords and healing magics.  A highly, technically advanced civilization that has fallen.  Magic is held in the hands of a few, tech is tightly controlled and scrounged from remnants of the previous age.  Life is very different depending on where you live, within the Republic, in the splinter kingdoms, or outside on the fringes. Blood of the Chosen picks up immediately after the events of  Ashes of the Sun.  A potentially humanity ending calamity […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, lgbtq characters, sci-fantasy

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, lgbtq characters, sci-fantasy ·
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The book, "Ashes of the Sun" by Django Wexler lying on top of a field of green clover.

Fallen highly advanced civilization, tech magic vs. bio magic, and two siblings on opposite sides of the divide.

Ashes of the Sun: Burningblade & Silvereye Book One by Django Wexler

April 26, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

More than 400 years ago there were two powerful entities, the Chosen and those who are now called ghouls.  The Chosen wielded a magical power called deiat.  With deiat they powered technological marvels like sky fortresses and more mundane blaster pistols.  The ghouls channeled a biological magic called dhak.  With dhak they could do amazing feats of healing and creation of bio constructs for any application.  Dhak could also be twisted to create horrible monsters, plaguespawn, as creatures and humans could be hybridized.  400 hundreds […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: dbr14, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, lgbtq characters, sci-fantasy

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: dbr14, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, LGBTQ, lgbtq characters, sci-fantasy ·
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When You Literally Get Sucked Into a Story

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler

December 6, 2019 by The Chancellor 2 Comments

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler My rating: 4 of 5 stars “The Forbidden Library” is a quasi-steampunk, fantasy novel. Alice discovers that her world isn’t what it seems when she happens to overhear and see her father talking with a fairy. This leads to some circumstances that throws her world upside down. She ends up living with her “uncle” Geryon who has a library that she’s not allowed to visit unless she accompanied by Geryon. Of course she wants to discover the place for […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Django Wexler

The Chancellor's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Django Wexler ·
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Django Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series took me on one heck of a ride

The Guns of Empire: Book 4 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

The Infernal Battalion: Book 5 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

August 31, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

This review specifically covers the last two books in Djanjo Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series, book four, The Guns of Empire, and the conclusion in book five, The Infernal Battalion but also discusses the series as a whole.  Each book of The Shadow Campaigns gets a 4 star rating, however the strength of the series as a whole is 5 stars. With each book Wexler expands the scope of the story and fills in the world with greater detail.  The Thousand Names is a military […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr11, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Flintlock Fantasy, military fantasy, Romance

Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, cbr11, Django Wexler, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Flintlock Fantasy, military fantasy, Romance ·
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