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The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

April 8, 2026 by Jen K 1 Comment

Damn … this book is going to be one of those The Last Jedi situations for me, I can already tell. In other words, I was disappointed with the novel/didn’t love it for my own story reasons but a lot of the people leaving negative reviews are doing it for ridiculous conservative reasons. It’s like, “I didn’t have an issue with those things, you book-banning transphobes, I just wanted a more engaging main character/overall story.” It starts off strong, following the main character and narrator, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: book banning, Kate Quinn, magical libraries, portal fantasy

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction · Tags: book banning, Kate Quinn, magical libraries, portal fantasy ·
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If books could kill. (I do not regret this pun.)

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

January 11, 2024 by narfna 4 Comments

Ink Blood Sister Scribe is a contemporary fantasy novel that treads some well-worn tropes and plot structures that make it rather predictable, but because of the execution, still very enjoyable. If you haven’t spent your life reading fantasy books, you probably won’t think this was as predictable as I did, so in that way it might be a good intro to fantasy book, particularly since it’s set in our world. But there really is enough here to interest regular fantasy readers as well (unless you’re […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Books about books, contemporary fantasy, Emma Torzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, magical libraries, narfna, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Books about books, contemporary fantasy, Emma Torzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, magical libraries, narfna, Urban Fantasy ·
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