I don’t really read westerns, unless they’re blended with at least one other genre. In this case, horror and fantasy. Yes, please! In Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian, an unlikely team is forming. There’s Old Tom the witch hunter, Rabbit the mysterious ward of Tom, Moses and Ned the wandering cowboys, and Rose Nettles the …
Tag: historical inspired fantasy
Book Review | Our Divine Mischief
It's been a while since I read a historical fantasy, so here I am! In Our Divine Mischief by Hanna C. Howard, Áila LacInis wants to find out what her role will be in her small fishing village, and the way to do that is to journey to a nearby island to seek out the …
Book Review | The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall, Arthur Doyle is part of a poor family in …
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Book Review | The Other Merlin
In The Other Merlin by Robin Schneider, Emry Merlin is used to being overshadowed—by her father, the court wizard to King Uther Pendragon, and by her twin brother, trained in magic despite his mediocre talent. She had to beg her father to teach her anything, because in their society, girls don’t learn magic. So after …
Book Review | To Shape a Dragon’s Breath
Okay, the internet is wrong. If you read just one dragon book this year, don’t read Fourth Wing. Read this instead! (Like, Fourth Wing was okay, but it pales in comparison to this.) In To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, fifteen-year-old Anequs has grown up on the island of Masquapaug. This place hasn’t …