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Get me to the church (or whatever location the fae get married) on time

When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire

October 31, 2021 by Malin 4 Comments

CBR13 Bingo: Flora (there are a number of trees in the background and Toby appears to be holding a rose in her left hand. She also has a belt of roses on her dress) Spoiler warning! This is book 15 (!) in the ongoing October Daye series. So very much not the place to start. There will be spoilers for previous books in the series in this review, although I shall try to avoid any big ones for the contents of this current book. Rosemary […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, faeries, family, Flora, magic, Malin, mystery, October Daye, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Seanan McGuire, shapeshifters, When Sorrows Come

Malin's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, faeries, family, Flora, magic, Malin, mystery, October Daye, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Seanan McGuire, shapeshifters, When Sorrows Come ·
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Beauty & Cruelty

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

May 6, 2021 by Ale 2 Comments

After the herculean doorstop that was Brandon Sanderson’s Way of Kings, I needed a fast, fun, and gripping read. So I turned to Holly Black, whose Folk of the Air trilogy I gobbled up in about 72 hours over Thanksgiving break. The Darkest Part of the Forest did not disappoint, and I blew through it in a day. Written a few years before Folk of the Air, it was fun to see how Black was playing around with the themes and premises that she later expanded […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: faerie lore, faeries, Holly Black, magic, monsters, Teenagers

Ale's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: faerie lore, faeries, Holly Black, magic, monsters, Teenagers ·
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Open Your Eyes and Then Open Them Again

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

February 25, 2021 by Ale Leave a Comment

I will forever and always love Terry Pratchett and everything he ever wrote. The fact that we will never get a new Pratchett novel still makes me sad, and I’ve stayed away from any rereads of his books for a while since they just make me miss him. But my awesome CBR book exchange partner sent me The Wee Free Men for book exchange, and after the year we all had, I both wanted to reread something I knew I’d love, and comfort myself with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: discworld, faeries, magic, Terry Pratchett, Tiffany Aching, witches

Ale's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: discworld, faeries, magic, Terry Pratchett, Tiffany Aching, witches ·
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A side story that stands on its own

The Ancient Magus Bride: Jack the Flash and the Faerie Case Files vol. 2 by Yu Godai, Mako Oikawa, Kore Yamazaki

January 24, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have been greatly enjoying The Ancient Magus Bride series in several of its current forms; most recently, the two side-series. One of them is the manga Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files; here I present volume two. This part of the story wraps up the first arc, which is basically a re-telling of the short story in which Jack (Jaqueline, but she hates being called that) and her twin Larry are introduced. Jack and Larry are Changelings, a human and Fae baby switched […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, Celtic mythology, dragons, faeries, Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files, kore yamazaki, Mako Oikawa, manga, The Ancient Magus Bride, vol. 2, Yu Godai, Yu Godai, Mako Oikawa, Kore Yamazaki

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, Celtic mythology, dragons, faeries, Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files, kore yamazaki, Mako Oikawa, manga, The Ancient Magus Bride, vol. 2, Yu Godai, Yu Godai, Mako Oikawa, Kore Yamazaki ·
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The ones that I couldn’t finish (NOT my double Cannonball!)

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Trelegemeproblemet (The Three-Body Problem) by Liu Cixin

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

American Demon by Kim Harrison

December 31, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Dear readers, I’m not going to lie, I’m racing against the clock to get all of my reviews finished in time for the CBR12 deadline (12 noon EST – or 6 pm Oslo time). I also need to finish 25% of the final novel I’m reviewing, co-parent my autocratic, demanding, and rather clingy almost-three-year-old, plan and prep a three-course New Year’s meal, and possibly do some last-minute shopping. No pressure, right? So when fellow Cannonballer Pixifer posted a review with all of her DNF’s for the year, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Beauty an the Beast, cbr12, China, demons, DNF, elves, faeries, fairy tale retelling, historical fantasy, Kim Harrison, liu cixin, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, pixies, remembrance of earth's past, sandhya menon, St. Rosetta's Academy, susanna clarke, the Hollows, translated, vampires, Victorian, werewolves, witches, wizards, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:106 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Beauty an the Beast, cbr12, China, demons, DNF, elves, faeries, fairy tale retelling, historical fantasy, Kim Harrison, liu cixin, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, pixies, remembrance of earth's past, sandhya menon, St. Rosetta's Academy, susanna clarke, the Hollows, translated, vampires, Victorian, werewolves, witches, wizards, Young Adult ·
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Revisiting The Folk of the Air, with more Cardan and Jude

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

December 30, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! Don’t read this book, or review unless you’ve finished the entire trilogy of The Folk of the Air. The Cruel Prince is the place to start. This companion book, which I suspect would clock in at novella-length if you removed all the beautiful full-colour illustrations throughout by Rovina Cai, works as part prequel and part sequel to The Folk of the Air trilogy, as well as an alternate POV to several of the series’ events, especially in The Cruel Prince, where Prince Cardan is possibly at his most loathsome. In […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, faeries, folklore, Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, illustrated, magic, Malin, novella, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Rovina Cai, the Folk of the Air, Trolls

Malin's CBR12 Review No:93 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, faeries, folklore, Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, illustrated, magic, Malin, novella, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Rovina Cai, the Folk of the Air, Trolls ·
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