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“We’re centaurs. We’re amazing.”

The Blacksmith Queen by G A Aiken

September 20, 2022 by Nart Leave a Comment

Your basic B material fantasy story. Plot: Keeley is a gentle giant who loves only family, animals, and her forge. Then the Old King, liked by no one, dies, and the whole country is thrown into turmoil as his sons fight for the crown. While the crown does technically pass by blood, there is also a coven of witches who sometimes announce the name of the new ruler. And in this case, the witches have named Keeley’s introverted sister Beatrice. A small gang of centaur […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: G.A. Aiken

Nart's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: G.A. Aiken ·
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Light Entertainment But With Dragons

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

September 6, 2020 by Jen K 2 Comments

Bingo Square: Red (cover is red) I had actually picked this up as a Kindle Deal because dragons before I read emmalita’s review of the Honeybadger books, written by this author under a different name.  The Honeybadger books were incredibly entertaining but I also think her style is probably better in small doses and that reading too many of them in a short period would ruin what makes them so entertaining.  As a result, I held off on this for a bit of time. It […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Dragon Actually, dragon kin, G.A. Aiken

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Dragon Actually, dragon kin, G.A. Aiken ·
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Someone’s got a secret…

July 9, 2015 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

…but I’LL never tell. Xoxo Annwyl the Bloody has problems. She can’t decide if her terrible name or her homicidal half-brother is a bigger pain in the ass. I’m leaning toward the former, if only because it sounds like she has serious problems with her cycle. In actuality, it’s probably her brother since he and his men are always trying to kill her. In fact, that’s the true source of “the Bloody” portion of her name – more often than not she’s got the blood […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Dragon Actually, G.A. Aiken, katie71483

katie71483's CBR7 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Dragon Actually, G.A. Aiken, katie71483 ·
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