Cannonball Read 18

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Insubstantial Fluff

A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons by J. Penner

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Bingo 21: Review I may have already had A Fellowship of Librarians and Dragons on my TBR before looking up reviews, but turns out I had a pretty similar reaction to Bjornsnipe: https://cannonballread.com/2025/10/a-fellowship-of-librarians-dragons-adenashire-book-two-bjornsnipe/ This series, not totally surprisingly, appears to be let’s take a core group, and then pair everyone off, one novel at a time. There’s not a lot of substance, and no attention to realism. This is pure wish fulfillment, where everything turns out  fine in the end, romantically, family-wise, dragon baby-wise, friend-wise, […]

The Dragon Revenant

The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison

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A few weeks back, I wrote a review for Katherine Addison’s The Angel of the Crows. Reading this book was actually a bit of tangent for me; I had been meaning to hunt down the third book in her Cemeteries of Amalo series, The Tomb of Dragons. And then I got distracted by the book whose existence became as a surprise. And a massive library hold time. The Tomb of Dragons is the third book in the Cemeteries of Amalo set, which are, in turn, […]

Tea, and Family Troubles, and Dragons, Oh My!

A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons: Adenashire, Book Two by J. Penner

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Set six months after the events of A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic, Dolgrilla Butterbuckle (and isn’t that just a name and a half) has settled in nicely to the village of Ardenshire. Sure, she’s away from her family, but seeing as they have always been disappointed by how she’s chosen to live her life, Doli isn’t too put out by the fact. She has her friends, romance novels, and copious amounts of tea, and nothing seems to be going wrong. Not until her parents […]

“You like tea. I like books, Aren’t you glad we opened a shop and forgot the world exists?”

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Tomes & Tea Book Four) by Rebecca Thorne

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To all the publishing professionals who deal with my terrible sense of humor and impulsive nature-for without their guidance, I would have enthusiastically titled this book F**k It, Let’s Try Coffee– Author’s Dedication All Reyna wanted at the end of Tea You At the Altar was a nice night unwinding with a relaxing cup of tea. Instead, she got kidnapped and dragged off to an abandoned watch tower with a strange alchemy circle hidden under the floorboards. Luckily, Kianthe’s rescue of her goes off without […]

There is nothing a dragon loves more than gold, except for maybe bread.

The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz

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  I had a plan when I went into my LBS; grab the four books I had gone there specifically for, pay, and get out. And then I saw this book and I couldn’t resist. I have a soft spot for dragons, and a weakness for beautiful children’s book illustrations; I didn’t even look inside. (I also picked up two greeting cards to use as bookmarks because they were hysterical, but they don’t factor much into this review. Suffice to say, a card of Isaac […]

Solid, but I Wanted More

A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson

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cbr17bingo – culture (of dragons) This was a solid but not fantastic read. I enjoyed the story, it kept me engaged and wanting to know what would happen, but it has some clear weaknesses. It’s set in an alternate 1923 in England, where humans and dragons co-exist. There are some clearly dystopian elements, like a codified class system, and parts of the book hit very close to home considering current events in the United States. Main character Vivien’s (Viv’s) parents are arrested as rebels, and […]



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