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Initiation: Sex Wizards Book 1 by Alethea Faust

March 14, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“You’ve proven you have everything you need to start studying at the Crux,” she says. “You have magic in your bloodline, you’re open to new experiences, and you’re not an asshole.” ― Alethea Faust, Initiation I’ll get the world building out of the way first. Wizards train at the Crux, which is a cross between a college campus and a castle. There are different types of magic in which one can specialize, and each one is based on creating specific storable spells by performing different […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alethea Faust, bdsm romance, consent, enthusiastic consent, kink, queer romance, sensory deprivation, sex positive, wizards, wizards in training

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alethea Faust, bdsm romance, consent, enthusiastic consent, kink, queer romance, sensory deprivation, sex positive, wizards, wizards in training ·
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Do you know the gingerbread man?

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

February 23, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 1 Comment

I need to start this off by saying this book was perfect to me. Well, almost perfect, but I’m giving it a five-star review because the good outweighed my little nitpicks, and it felt like it was written directly to appeal to me. However, before I start raving about the parts of this book that just made my heart sing, I want to flag that I have read other books by T. Kingfisher, and those were for adults and a little more creepy than this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, gingerbread, magic, t kingfisher, wizards

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, gingerbread, magic, t kingfisher, wizards ·
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The not so innocent is found by the innocent

Mage and the Endless Unknown by SJ Miller

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have had Mage and the Endless Unknown saved in my online reader copies folder since probably 2022 or at least early 2023.  I am not sure why it was still available, but it was. And SJ Miller’s graphic novel is about a typical innocent who goes into the world only to find out how cruel and evil the story is. And of course, Mage, marvels how beautiful things are, but soon realizes everything in it wants to destroy them. Things are big, bad, scary […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: light and dark, magic, SJ Miller, social concepts, themes, Voyages and travels, wizards

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:779 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: light and dark, magic, SJ Miller, social concepts, themes, Voyages and travels, wizards ·
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A Chorus of Dragons, Series Review

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons

The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons

May 1, 2023 by Owlizabeth 4 Comments

How epic do you like your fantasy? Do you need world-ending battles between gods and demons? Do you love dragons and wizards? Vampires and zombies and shapeshifters? Magic swords and magic stones? How about pirates and kraken? Maybe some political intrigue and betrayal?? Well, buddy, have I got the series for you! I seriously feel like Stefon when I talk about this series, because these books have everything. Also, it’s told in varying timelines, by various narrators, under the conceit that these chronicles have been […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, complete series, demons, dragons, epic fantasy, fantasy series, high fantasy, Jenn Lyons, magic, queer books, wizards

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, complete series, demons, dragons, epic fantasy, fantasy series, high fantasy, Jenn Lyons, magic, queer books, wizards ·
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The Boys Trip

The Hobbit: The Graphic Novel by J. R. R. Tolkien

November 14, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

I have never really had an interest in reading J. R. R. Tolkien, simply because if you can make as many movies from one series (Lord of the Rings) as it has had, and I know that a lot of what is in the novel is taken out, I am thinking they are not for me. However, I do know that The Hobbit is a bit shorter, and since it is just one novel, I thought maybe I could tackle it. It wasn’t until I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: adventures, Chuck Dixon, David Wenzel, dragon, dwarfs, elves, friendship, Gold, Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, wizards

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:555 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: adventures, Chuck Dixon, David Wenzel, dragon, dwarfs, elves, friendship, Gold, Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, wizards ·
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“But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil, damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness . . . . . . which could obviously be redeemed only by passing through the fiery, cleansing inferno of a wizardly digestive tract.”

Skin Game (The Dresden Files #15) by James Butcher

November 13, 2022 by cheerbrarian 8 Comments

In one word: Fun Cannonball Read Bingo: Gaslight I took a mini-hiatus from my Dresden Files read because Butcher’s casual sexism was grating on my nerves, and I wasn’t having much fun.  (When reading becomes a chore, you know it’s time to move on or take a break). I knew I’d be back though because I’m already too deep into the series but more importantly, I don’t know how to quit James Marsters on audio. (Swoon). Disclaimer: it’s increasingly harder to talk about this series […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: as read by james marsters, audio, cbr14bingo, James Butcher, vampires, wizards

cheerbrarian's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: as read by james marsters, audio, cbr14bingo, James Butcher, vampires, wizards ·
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