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“Declan had put his identity crises on hold multiple times for the greater good. Matthew had only been asked to do it once.”

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

December 29, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

This is NOT the place to start if you’re not caught up. Begin either with the start of this trilogy, Call Down the Hawk, or with the start of the previous series (in which Ronan is an essential character), The Raven Boys. This book kicks off a little while after the rather dramatic cliffhanger that the previous book left us with. Ronan and Hennessey are fugitives from the Moderators, learning new and helpful tricks to deal with their mysterious hunters from the enigmatic Bryde. According […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14, Dreams, family, Maggie Stiefvater, magic, Malin, Mister Impossible, mystery, paranormal fantasy, romantic, the Dreamer Trilogy, Young Adult

Malin's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14, Dreams, family, Maggie Stiefvater, magic, Malin, Mister Impossible, mystery, paranormal fantasy, romantic, the Dreamer Trilogy, Young Adult ·
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Beauty and the Beast with no Stockholm syndrome and more magic

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

December 18, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

In 2020 I read Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver, which I found to be an excellent reimaging of Rumpelstiltskin.  I finished the review with,  “Uprooted is going on my “wish list”.  Between then and now I got Uprooted in a Cannonball fundraiser but it has sat on the shelf.  I had this slated for the “Bird” square in Cannonball Bingo because of the bird on the cover.  However, I ran out of time and used Transmetropolitan volume 2: Lust for Life instead. I’ve long been a fan of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: beauty and the beast, cbr14, Dome'Loki, fairytale adaptation, magic, Naomi novik

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: beauty and the beast, cbr14, Dome'Loki, fairytale adaptation, magic, Naomi novik ·
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Jumping on the bandwagon in the middle

A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

December 5, 2022 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

I knew Cannonballers had enjoyed a book about djinn by an author named Clark, but I didn’t pay enough attention and accidentally started at book 2. It was all still easy to follow and I liked it, but I think there are a few parts that would make more sense if I knew the history of Fatma and Siti. Agent Fatma works for a magical Ministry where magic is real and djinns live peacefully alongside humans, after being let out into the world by al-Jahiz. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: djinn, egypt, magic, P. Djèlí Clark

Bothari43's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: djinn, egypt, magic, P. Djèlí Clark ·
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If you like Outlander but prefer no rape and more fantasy magic, this is for you!

Wyldwood: The Spiral Pathways series by Tava Baird

November 30, 2022 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

This completes my first full cannonball since 2019!  A little while back Cannonballer Tava offered up a few free copies of her book Wyldwood.  The description caught my interest and I threw my hat into the ring to get one and I’m glad I did!  Part historical fiction, fantasy, and romance Wyldwood is set in Scotland of 1746, several months after the disaster that was Culloden. Saorsa Macdonald Stuart is the fictional niece of Bonnie Prince Charlie and is on her way to be married against […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, magic, scotland, Tava Baird, witches

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, magic, scotland, Tava Baird, witches ·
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Hair Power

Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

November 24, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Witchy fells kind of familiar; there’s the adolescent with a secret who doesn’t quite fit into their magical world (Nyneve), the kind friend, the former antagonist turned maybe ally (or not) Prill, the seemingly grandfatherly leader of the magical world, the spooky granny figure who provides information and advice, etc. The concept of the magic system is interesting (power usually tied to hair length; more hair suggests stronger power, but too much hair, and the magical police come to execute you (witch burning)) and the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Ariel Slamet Ries, comic, Graphic Novel, magic, witches, Witchy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Ariel Slamet Ries, comic, Graphic Novel, magic, witches, Witchy ·
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I wasn’t ready for the Alex Craft series to end.

Grave War by Kalayna Price

November 14, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo Square: Shadow I’m a big fan of witches and magic mysteries, so I got immediately hooked on the Alex Craft novels. In book one, Alex uses her magic to raise shades, which aren’t quite ghosts. More like the memory imprint of a person after they pass. It’s a very handy skill to have a shade testify in their murder trial. Alex has been quite a few personal revelations, a love triangle, and an angry fae queen by the time we reach the final […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: Alex Craft, bingo, cbr14bingo, fae, Faerie, Kalayna Price, magic, paranormal romance, politics, Urban Fantasy, war, witches

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: Alex Craft, bingo, cbr14bingo, fae, Faerie, Kalayna Price, magic, paranormal romance, politics, Urban Fantasy, war, witches ·
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