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You’re not paranoid if everyone is actually trying to kill you.

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles Book 1) by Foz Meadows

June 11, 2024 by carmelpie 1 Comment

I felt a sudden, furious rush of sympathy for every Ralian woman who’d ever been the subject of marital bartering; I was ashamed of my prior indifference to the phenomenon, and wondered, with a certain, sick fascination, if being raised in expectation of such a fate made enduring it any easier. ― Foz Meadows, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance I bought this book a couple of months ago as it was on my “MUST ACQUIRE” list. However, I cannot remember how I heard about it […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: assassin, forced marriage, Foz Meadows, friends to lovers, gay romance, political marriage, queer romance, romantasy, trans author

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: assassin, forced marriage, Foz Meadows, friends to lovers, gay romance, political marriage, queer romance, romantasy, trans author ·
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Sibling Rivalry and Royal Romance

Princess of Air by Natalie Cammaratta

April 11, 2024 by Tracy Leave a Comment

“[Air] can’t be seen, so it’s underestimated. Like me.” So says Arabella, the narrator of this character-driven romantasy. She is one of four magical royal siblings in the kingdom of Alchos. Each of them controls one element, air in the case of Princess Arabella. Their mother broke with tradition by having multiple children and dividing control of earth, air, fire, and water among them, and now they must enter a series of trial to determine who will become the heir to the throne. Ara, like […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Elemental Magic, Natalie Cammaratta, romantasy

Tracy's CBR16 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Elemental Magic, Natalie Cammaratta, romantasy ·
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Magical queer historical romance

Of Socialites and Prizefights by Arden Powell

February 10, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Arden Powell has been on my radar for a while and I’ve been collecting their books, but lesbians is what finally broke the seal (I am but a simple lesbian lol) and now I want to dive into the whole Flos Magicae backlist to see all the characters in their own stories. Deepa is a singer at a club and doesn’t believe in love, so when one of her paramours curses her to become a leopard every midnight and tells her the only way to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Arden Powell, chosen family, fantasy romance, Flos Magicae, historical fiction, historical romance, lesbian, magic, queer, romantasy, sapphic

LB's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Arden Powell, chosen family, fantasy romance, Flos Magicae, historical fiction, historical romance, lesbian, magic, queer, romantasy, sapphic ·
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The mute servant says the thing that needs to be said in nearly every romance ever including this one

All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows

December 30, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I got a few books for Christmas that asked for, and I ended up getting into one of them because I wanted something lighter or at least more get-into-able than what I was currently on (I’ll probably finish that early next year). All the Hidden Paths is a sequel, and in a genre that’s starting to emerge called ‘romantasy’. The backstory is that Velasin and Caethari were put into an arranged political marriage, figured out they actually might like each other, and survived some attempts […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, All the Hidden Paths, Foz Meadows, Romance, romantasy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:92 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, All the Hidden Paths, Foz Meadows, Romance, romantasy ·
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Rattle the Stars

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas

Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas

Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas

December 29, 2023 by Owlizabeth 5 Comments

I became a SJM fangirl with A Court of Mist and Fury. I’d read A Court of Thorns and Roses and thought it was decent “girl fantasy” – by which I meant the main protagonist was a young woman and the main plot revolved around a love story (now we’re calling it “romantasy” which I love and loathe in equal measures) – but nothing too amazing. Then Mist and Fury came out and I was hooked. I loved how Maas handled Feyre’s trauma, depression, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, complete series, epic fantasy, Erilea, fantasy series, romantasy, sarah j maas, SJM, Throne of Glass

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, complete series, epic fantasy, Erilea, fantasy series, romantasy, sarah j maas, SJM, Throne of Glass ·
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