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Cover of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales.

Lost tales or lost tension?

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

March 12, 2025 by Jen K 2 Comments

This one was more of 3.5 for me, but rounded down because the others in the series were 4s. Overall, this was a pleasant book and if you liked the others ones in the series, you’ll enjoy this one. I can’t even quite put my finger on what I liked less about that one because all the points that come to mind don’t feel like they are quite the right explanation. I don’t think this was that vastly different from the other books and yet, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cozy fantasy, Emily Wilde, fae, Heather Fawcett, magical academia

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cozy fantasy, Emily Wilde, fae, Heather Fawcett, magical academia ·
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Fantastic witchy YA!

How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy

May 16, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

I got an arc of Aislinn Brophy’s upcoming <u>Spells to Forget Us</u> so being me, I decided to read her debut first, and this was phenomenal. Shay is in her junior year and burning the candle at both ends in the hopes of wining the Brockton scholarship, a scholarship for her school that would pay for college tuition and basically ensures she’d be able to go to a licensing college. There is so much good commentary on access and privilege and the American dream through […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Aislinn Brophy, bisexual, gay, grooming, lesbian, magic, magical academia, queer, Romance, supernatural, Teen Angst, witches

LB's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Aislinn Brophy, bisexual, gay, grooming, lesbian, magic, magical academia, queer, Romance, supernatural, Teen Angst, witches ·
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