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Kate’s back, baby!

Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

January 22, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars While this book is the start of a new chapter in the lives of Kate Daniels and her family, I suspect this book will work a lot better if you’ve read at least some of the previous thirteen books and various novellas. As always, I would recommend strongly skipping the first book (as do the authors themselves). Start with book 2, Magic Burns. Set seven years after Magic Triumphs (and about two years before the events of Blood Heir), Kate, her former Beast-Lord […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, Magic Tides, Malin, mystery, novella, paranormal fantasy, Romance, shapeshifters, the Wilmington Years, vampires

Malin's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR15, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, Magic Tides, Malin, mystery, novella, paranormal fantasy, Romance, shapeshifters, the Wilmington Years, vampires ·
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Elliot had a rough few days

The Witches of Silverlake Volume One by Simon Curtis

January 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not familiar with the author or illustrator of this graphic novel but was familiar with Legendary Comics YA the publisher with the reading of Championess by Kelly Zekas making this my second CBR15Passport author unknown. The Witches of Silverlake Volume One is a 3.5 rating but rounded up to a four as there is potential and it is not really a 3. However, there are a few bumps where things do not flow smoothly and/or jump to “the next scene” without warning, or […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Death, family, friendship, glbtq, magic, Simon Curtis, Social Themes, Stephanie Son, The Witches of Silverlake

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:35 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: CBR15Passport, Death, family, friendship, glbtq, magic, Simon Curtis, Social Themes, Stephanie Son, The Witches of Silverlake ·
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“With him, I am forever a night-blooming flower, attracted and repelled by the heat of the sun.”

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

January 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Wren thought she was a normal human girl until the night when scary monsters out of a nightmare came and claimed she was in fact their daughter and had to come back to Faerie with them. Lord Jarel and Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth rip away her human glamour and make sure that Wren sees her human parents reject her faerie self (bluish skin, blue hair, mouth full of razor-sharp teeth) with horror and disgust. The cruel faeries, accompanied by the fearsome Stormhag […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: A Novel of Elfhame, CBR15, emotional abuse, faeries, Holly Black, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, physical abuse, quest, romantic, The Stolen Heir, Trolls, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: A Novel of Elfhame, CBR15, emotional abuse, faeries, Holly Black, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, physical abuse, quest, romantic, The Stolen Heir, Trolls, Young Adult ·
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This ain’t lesser Outlander, okay???

Wyldwood: Book One by Tava Baird

January 2, 2023 by katie71483 1 Comment

I confess, when I was offered the chance at a free copy of Tava Baird’s Wyldwood: Book One in exchange for a fair review, I may have rolled my eyes a bit at the description. I TAKE IT BACK, OKAY? I take it back. It is a beautiful book, obviously a true labor of love. Love of history, love of magic, love of romance, love of culture. My default comparison to Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Saga was not at all a fair one. Understandable maybe, but […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 1746, Culloden, Diana Gabaldon, Faerie, magic, Outlander, scotland, Tava Baird

katie71483's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 1746, Culloden, Diana Gabaldon, Faerie, magic, Outlander, scotland, Tava Baird ·
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Now only the really tragic sections of the story are left

Sandman, Act III by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs

December 31, 2022 by Malin 8 Comments

4.5 stars Act III of the full-cast audio adaptation of The Sandman was suddenly released with what felt like absolutely no fanfare or previous advertising. Suddenly, one day, it was just there on Audible. This installment covers the two collections Brief Lives and World’s End, as well as some of the stories collected in the anthology volume Fables and Reflections (the very first volume I ever read). It means we finally get the full and tragic story of Dream’s son Orpheus and his beloved Euridyce, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Audible, audio drama, brief lives, cbr14, Dreams, Fables and Reflections, family, full cast recording, Graphic Novel, magic, Malin, mystery, Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs, road trip, stories, the Endless, The Sandman, world's end

Malin's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Audible, audio drama, brief lives, cbr14, Dreams, Fables and Reflections, family, full cast recording, Graphic Novel, magic, Malin, mystery, Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs, road trip, stories, the Endless, The Sandman, world's end ·
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Love in the time of magic and war

Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope

December 31, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Song of Blood and Stone is the first novel in the Earthsinger Chronicles by L. Penelope. We meet a bunch of magical kingdoms, but there are two major powers. Elsira and Lagrimar are divided by a magical barrier called The Mantle. We learn through flashbacks they used to be one. The founders received magical gifts and used them to enrich the land. Some people have magic and it gets passed down by generation. That’s until one generation causes a split and epically long war. A brother […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: a song of blood and stone, earthsinger chronicles, fantasy romance, L Penelope, lesley penelope, magic

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: a song of blood and stone, earthsinger chronicles, fantasy romance, L Penelope, lesley penelope, magic ·
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