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Review: Warlocks of Evergreen (The Evergreen Journals Book 1) by T.I. Dunsterville

★★★★½

The world of Evergreen is everything its name implies, and more. A living world – a truly living, sentient planet – of beauty and magic.

But there is more to this planet that meets the eye. Settlers begin to experience changes, and lose their interest in leaving as the other races of the strange and beautiful land begin to commune, and even form families together. The planet plunges into war as Paul Rider, a half-human born from colonist and native, starts a great cleansing of non-human species. It falls to sisters Dasimbe and Cierva, as well as their friends, […]

James Grimsby2016-10-13T07:56:22+02:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Journeys of the Agenyre: Masters of the Will: The Hunt for the Golden Watch by Adrian Ray

Journeys of the Agenyre: Masters of the Will: The Hunt for the Golden Watch by Adrian Ray is a young adult fantasy novel with an intriguing premise, making for a good start to a new fantasy series. Aarron Hutches and Anna-Lisa Ammerson are Agenyre, otherwise known as Will Masters, who are able to bend elements at will. This is much more than standard elements like fire and water: they can bend spirit, heart, space, time, energy, and even more. The two teens go on a quest using their abilities to find a magical artifact split into four parts, which could […]

Henry Baum2016-08-31T07:26:00+02:00August 31st, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: The Ever Fiend (Talon Stormbringer Series) by Randy Ellefson

★★★★½ The Ever Fiend by Randy Ellefson

Talon Stormbringer is many things – a thief, a rogue, a legend. Is he a fool too?

Tasked with finding the land of Everway by the very same wizard he tried to steal from in the first place, Talon must join forces with a band of misfits in order to find the legendary silver elixir for his new employer-by-force. The powerful artefact is only known from stories told to children to get them to sleep at night… then again, so is Everway, so who can tell what’s fact and fiction?

For Talon’s sake, one can only hope that tales […]

James Grimsby2016-11-03T09:31:50+02:00August 29th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Blood and Fire (Bloodthorn Series Book Two) by Adam Collins

Blood and Fire is the second book in the Bloodthorn Series, the medieval fantasy series by Adam Collins. The plot introduced in this trilogy is traditional fantasy fare, unmistakable in its genre roots as much for its sprawling world as its colorful characters, which includes dwarves, wizards, princesses, faerie folk, demonic villains, and monsters galore. It is a high fantasy adventure of battles and heroes, supplemented, of course, with nothing less than the staple quest to save a princess.

In Book Two, we continue on with the attempted rescue of Princess Megan by the King’s elite soldiers, as she is […]

Dakota Kemp2016-08-16T10:37:20+02:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Stolen (Bloodthorn Series Book One) by Adam Collins

Stolen If you’re into sword and sorcery, battles, and magic, you’ll certainly find what you’re looking for in the Bloodthorn trilogy, starting with Stolen: Book One, an adventure of the classic type fantasy fans have come to know and love. Hero Brinn has an uncanny climbing skills, perfect to be a Pathfinder with the King’s elite. But he’s been found guilty of murder…of the King’s cousin. However, when the Princess is kidnapped as she travels to a marriage to join kingdoms, the King has to turn to Brinn and his soldiers for help.

A classically-styled saga fantasy filled with the […]

Cate Baum2016-08-16T10:35:50+02:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: Constant Guests by Patricia Nedelea

★★★★½ Constant Guests by Patricia Nedelea

Isa would probably say she’s your average girl. Maybe it’s wishful thinking – with all the turbulence in her home and personal life, it’s easier to drown herself in the party scenes of Paris. Too bad for Isa the unusual circumstances of her birth come crashing into her life as her biological mother – the one she only just found out about, no less – dies in front of her without a word.

Confronted with some uncomfortable truths, the unusual event urges Isa to find more, and into a mystery that her mother was willing to die to solve, […]

Naka Jackson2016-08-17T04:47:29+02:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

The Path of Peace (The Cremelino Prophecy Book 3) by Mike Shelton

The Path of Peace by Michael Shelton is an action-packed and fitting end to the The Cremelino Prophecy trilogy. Darius is now king and still not in complete control of his magical powers. He sees only good in everyone, which works both for and against him in his quest for peace in the realm with many vying for power. The mysterious Cremelino horses may just provide the key magical ingredient to restore balance, making Darius’s path complete.

The novel is packed with multiple story lines that are masterfully woven together. The progression of the characters is satisfying with each character […]

Henry Baum2016-08-12T07:45:23+02:00August 12th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: The Muses: Vengeance of Time by N.L. McEvoy

★★★★

The Muses: Vengeance of Time is the sequel to N.L. McEvoy’s Escaping Montague Manor, following Sarah and Nickolas McGuire on another harrowing adventure with the mystical muses. This time, Sarah and Nickolas aren’t as intent on escaping their Great-Aunt Vivian’s clutches as they are on reentering them.

When the children’s cousin, Simon, comes down with a mysterious and excruciatingly painful illness, they have no choice but to contact the powerful muses, whom they had previously freed from the machinations of their evil great-aunt and her benefactor, Dr. James. With the diplomatic Brigitta, herculean Bard, stoic Deidre, clandestine Charles, […]

Dakota Kemp2016-09-05T10:28:27+02:00August 8th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|