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The Immortals: A horse-girl’s dream (plus environmentalism, political intrigue, and meddling gods)

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce

Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce

The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce

April 21, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

Now that I’ve finished re-reading Alanna, I’ve moved on to the second quartet in the Tortall universe. It’s mostly been a bedtime read, but I also did a move while reading this quartet, so it also served as a nice comfort read for awhile instead of picking up any of my other ongoing books that required more critical thinking. Overall, there were fewer problematic under/overtones in this series than The Song of the Lioness (with one notable exception). We get to skip right past having […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, #YAFiction, animals, shapeshifter, sorcery, Strong Female Character, tamora pierce, Tortall

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, #YAFiction, animals, shapeshifter, sorcery, Strong Female Character, tamora pierce, Tortall ·
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This American Platypus.

Educating the Platypus by Charlie Richards

October 31, 2020 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

Look, I’m going to admit right off that bat the whole genre of shape-shifter romance is completely alien to me. I’m not the broadest reader of romance in the first place and this is a niche that I have not really turned my eyes towards. But then a certain other Cannonballer—who knows who they are and can identify themselves if they want—sent me a picture of this book’s cover, and I’ll be damned if I wasn’t at least going to have a peek to see […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Charlie Richards, Educating the Platypus, Romance, shapeshifter

LittlePlat's CBR12 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Charlie Richards, Educating the Platypus, Romance, shapeshifter ·
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Dragon Lover

Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon

March 22, 2020 by teresaelectro 3 Comments

I’m finally back at the book reviews just in time for Spring! Last year for Cannonball Read 11, I read Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians, which was a steamy hot tale of alien-human with a great mix of humor and heart. I discovered she has another set of books that involves DRAGONS!!! and picked up Fire in His Blood from the library. In the first book of the Fireblood Dragon series, we meet our main character Claudia in jail for scavenging outside the bounds of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: apocalypse, book one, dragons, fire in his blood, fireblood dragons, paranormal romance, reign of fire, Ruby Dixon, Series, shapeshifter

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: apocalypse, book one, dragons, fire in his blood, fireblood dragons, paranormal romance, reign of fire, Ruby Dixon, Series, shapeshifter ·
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“I am not all human women… you are what all women fear in this world”

March 9, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

In my reading habits, I do not read too much fantasy. I have never been a fan of high fantasy, those works that are set in an alternate world. I struggled with The Hobbit for years before finally managing to get through the audio book last year, for example. I do better with “low” fantasy, stories set in the recognizable world which include magical or mythological elements, which is where books like Daughter of Smoke and Bone work much better for me. The Devourers, our […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy Tagged With: faintingviolet, identity, India, Indra Das, shapeshifter, The Devourers, werewolf

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy · Tags: faintingviolet, identity, India, Indra Das, shapeshifter, The Devourers, werewolf ·
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