Review: Burn by Patrick Ness – Dragons, Prophecies, and the Cycle of Violence

Title: Burn Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Quill Tree Books Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Historical Fiction Subject(s)/Themes(s): War, Discrimination, Dragons Representation: Biracial MC, Gay MC Release Date: June 2nd, 2020 Page Count: 384 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10   On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the …

Blog Tour Review: We Rule the Night – Came for Girl Friendships, Stayed for Girl Friendships

Title: We Rule the Night Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: April 2nd, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Steampunk Subjects and Themes: Female Friendships, Feminism, History-Inspired Page Count: 400 (hardback) Rating: N/A Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she’s …

Series Review: The Wode – THIS is How You Do a Robin Hood Retelling

By J. Tullos Hennig Publisher: Dreamspinner Press The Robin Hood legend sat beside King Arthur as "stories I was obsessed with as a kid but am now sick to death of thanks to all the retellings that do the same things over and over" (except Robin Hood: Men in Tights. That one's a masterpiece. Fight …

Review: Where Oblivion Lives (Los Nefilim) – A Nephil’s Quest for a Missing Violin

Title: Where Oblivion Lives (Los Nefilim) Author: T. Frohock Publisher: Harper Voyager Release Date: February 19th, 2019 Genre(s): Fantasy, Historical Fiction Subjects and Themes: Angels/Demons, European History, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 368 (paperback) Rating: 7.5/10     Born of daimon and angel, Diago Alvarez is a being unlike all others. The embodiment of dark and light, …

Review: The Wolf in the Whale – An Inuk, Three Wolves, and a Viking Walk into an Igloo (And Go On a Soul-Searching Journey)

Title: The Wolf in the Whale Author: Jordanna Max Brodsky Publisher: Redhook Release Date: January 29th, 2019 Genre(s): Fantasy, Historical Fiction Subjects and Themes: Inuit Mythology, Norse Mythology Page Count: 560 (paperback) Rating: 8.5/10     Born with the soul of a hunter and the spirit of the Wolf, Omat is destined to follow in …

Review: Los Nefilim – Came for Angels and Demons, Stayed for the Sweet Family Drama

Title: Los Nefilim Author: T. Frohock Publisher: Harper Voyager Release Date: April 26th, 2016 Genre(s): Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, Historical Subjects and Themes: LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 464 (paperback) Rating: 7.5/10     Note: Los Nefilim was originally published as three separate novellas, but they're more like three parts of a single novel, so I suggest reading …