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A Great (and Chunky) Prequel

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

February 25, 2026 by Tracy Leave a Comment

My first 5-star read of the year! I liked The Priory of the Orange Tree a bit more because I was 100% engaged all the way through, and with this prequel my engagement dipped occasionally, but it was still excellent. In some ways it was easier to settle into the world because we already know the basics from Priory, though there will still a lot of names and titles to adjust to. One of the things I really loved was seeing the differences between the world now […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: epic fantasy, Roots of Chaos, Samantha Shannon

Tracy's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: epic fantasy, Roots of Chaos, Samantha Shannon ·
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A Dark Force Rising

Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon

December 23, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Even though I enjoy everything I have read by Samantha Shannon and pre-ordered this as soon as I heard about it, I then waited till this past week to read it. I think with this universe in particular, even though Shannon very much made these novels independent enough that they don’t require reading the others to get the story, I still worry about trying to remember and fit them in the larger context before I start reading. I really am overthinking it and creating my […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: multi pov, novella, prequel, Roots of Chaos, Samantha Shannon

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:132 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: multi pov, novella, prequel, Roots of Chaos, Samantha Shannon ·
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