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Wild Fairies V02 Lily’s Water Woes by Brandi Dougherty

March 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was looking through some older reader copies the other day and came across Lily’s Water Woes by Brandi Dougherty. Unknown to me, it was volume 2 in the Wild Fairies series. I thought it was odd a few pages in when a few things were mentioned (about a festival, decorating a tree) and thought, “Maybe this is a second book.” And when I started to investigate, I did notice the big number two on the cover (oops!) However, even though it is part of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Brandi Dougherty, friendship, Mermaid, nature, Renee Kurilla, surprises, wild fairy

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:105 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Brandi Dougherty, friendship, Mermaid, nature, Renee Kurilla, surprises, wild fairy ·
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This is not a happy story, but hey- neither is The Little Mermaid. 

The Seas by Samantha Hunt

December 19, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

I devoured Samantha Hunt’s previous novel, Mr. Splitfoot, last year and it easily fell into my top 10 of the decade (If you have yet to come across Mr. Splitfoot then I implore you to check it out; it has everything you’ll ever need: ghosts! cults! comets!) but The Seas easily steals a spot among my favorites of all time. The Seas is slim, spare, and haunting.  I have always been drawn to tales of maritime peril, and while there is no shipwreck here there are […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: alcoholism, coastal life, dark, desire, destiny, magical realism, maritime peril, Mermaid, Mr. Splitfoot, ptsd, samantha hunt

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: alcoholism, coastal life, dark, desire, destiny, magical realism, maritime peril, Mermaid, Mr. Splitfoot, ptsd, samantha hunt ·
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I want to scream SHOW DON’T TELL

December 28, 2017 by melanir Leave a Comment

Into the Drowning Deep is Mira Grant’s follow up to her 2015 novella, Rolling in the Deep (we could have had it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall). It’s fine, I guess. It’s a good follow up, and unlike Rolling in the Deep (we could have had it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall) this one is set in the (near) future so Grant gets to play with global warming and other science fictiony things, like super advanced medical tech. The premise is exactly the same, because humans are exactly stupid enough to send out […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Mermaid, Mira Grant

melanir's CBR9 Review No:88 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Mermaid, Mira Grant ·
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