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“Echoes of her late husband drifted around her, this pernicious and lingering Old Gods notion that a uterus somehow endowed one with inherent childcare abilities.”

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

July 12, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

No one in the town of Eternity expected widowed, middle-aged Twyla Banneker to partner with her neighbor and best friend, Frank Ellis, to join the Tanrian Marshals. But that was eight years ago, and Twyla and Frank have rewarding careers patrolling the strange land of Tanria, despite the misgivings of her grown children. Hey, it beats the alternative; the domestic grind of an empty-nester mother whose sons think she has nothing better to do than be a free babysitter. Fortunately (or unfortunately) a recent decrease […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: country songs, cozy romantasy, dragons, magic, Megan Bannen, older romance, spicy romance

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: country songs, cozy romantasy, dragons, magic, Megan Bannen, older romance, spicy romance ·
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“Men will literally go on a quest to find a dragon than talk about their feelings”

Bromantasy by Máire Roche

May 26, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thanks to G.B Putnam’s Sons and NetGalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book is out on May 26th. Juniper O’Reilly shares a house with his totally platonic best friend, Mo Elthorn, and they run a farm together. Juniper has a tendency to get into bar brawls, while Mo holds him back and takes him home afterwards. One memorable evening, however, Juniper gets into a fight with the wrong guy and incapacitates a henchman enough that he is forced to take said […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: adventure, ARC, Bromantasy, cbr18, cozy, dragons, historical fantasy, LGBTQIA, magic, Máire Roche, Malin, NetGalley, quest, royalty

Malin's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: adventure, ARC, Bromantasy, cbr18, cozy, dragons, historical fantasy, LGBTQIA, magic, Máire Roche, Malin, NetGalley, quest, royalty ·
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The talk is had and the kitties get fed

The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison

February 22, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I knew that The Tomb of Dragons was part 3 of a trilogy that was itself kind of a side series from a stand-alone novel The Goblin Emperor. Now all four are being framed as “Within the Chronicles of Osreth” (back cover), so I’m really hoping there’s going to be more of this world and characters. The Tomb of Dragons is a good ending with decent closure for Thara Celehar’s story, but there’s also plenty of room left open for more to come, including the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: Cemetaries of Amalo, dragons, investigation, katherine addison, murder, the Chronicles of Osreth, the goblin emperor, The Tomb of Dragons

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: Cemetaries of Amalo, dragons, investigation, katherine addison, murder, the Chronicles of Osreth, the goblin emperor, The Tomb of Dragons ·
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Pretty much nothing like the movie

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

February 22, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Read the Rainbow – Red Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III may be the least intimidating Viking in several generations, which is a bit of a problem, since he’s the son of the Chief, and therefore meant to lead the Hairy Hooligans when he gets older. He’s skinny, puny, bookish and not even slightly intimidating, and when he has to compete in the traditional manhood trial of the tribe, and sneak into a cave to capture himself a dragon, he ends up with the smallest, least impressive […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, adapted into TV and film, cbr18, children's book, cressida cowell, dragons, how to train your dragon, Malin, middle grade, Vikings

Malin's CBR18 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, adapted into TV and film, cbr18, children's book, cressida cowell, dragons, how to train your dragon, Malin, middle grade, Vikings ·
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The books, "The History of the World Begins in Ice", "Cold Magic", "Cold Fire", and "Cold Steel" by Kate Elliott arranged on a bookshelf.

Prolonging my time in the Cold Magic world with short stories and essays

The World Begins in Ice by Kate Elliott

January 6, 2026 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

I first learned about Kate Elliott’s Cold Magic series while reading John Scalzi’s website.  In the Big Idea section Elliott described what The History of the World Begins in Ice is all about.  It is a collection of short stories written in the “Spiritwalker Trilogy” as well as essays about the characters and aspects of the world.  The trilogy sounded fascinating, to quote Kate: When I began writing Cold Magic, my primary goal (besides making it shorter than Traitors’ Gate) was to tell a story that would […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate history, cbr18, Dome'Loki, dragons, essays, Fiction, kate elliott, magic, Romance, short stories

Dome'Loki's CBR18 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, alternate history, cbr18, Dome'Loki, dragons, essays, Fiction, kate elliott, magic, Romance, short stories ·
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Cold magic, revolution, and love

Cold Magic by Kate Elliott

Cold Fire by Kate Elliott

Cold Steel by Kate Elliott

December 25, 2025 by Dome'Loki 4 Comments

This review is for emmalita.  I haven’t been writing reviews in months due to life reasons but I wanted to share with her how awesome I found this trilogy.  Instead of writing her a bunch of texts, I decided it was time to write a review.  Emmalita introduced me to Kate Elliott with The Keeper’s Six.  Earlier this year I devoured Elliott’s’ The Witch Roads and it got me wanting to explore her back catalog so I got the audiobook version of Cold Magic, book one […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate history, cbr17, Dome'Loki, dragons, Fiction, kate elliott, magic, Romance

Dome'Loki's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, alternate history, cbr17, Dome'Loki, dragons, Fiction, kate elliott, magic, Romance ·
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