Fantasy
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[Book Review] Long Live The Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw & Bones Coffee Ruff Weather
Fan favorites Sally the ragdoll and Zero the ghost dog take center stage in Long Live The Pumpkin Queen, a new addition to the world of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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[Book Review] Misrule by Heather Walter & Fire And Flow Coffee Aurora
Misrule is the second book in the Malice Duology, a morally grey Sleeping Beauty retelling, and takes place a hundred years after Princess Aurora was cursed into a deep sleep. Alyce, once the Dark Grace, is now Mistress of the Dark Court, a haven for dark magic kind, and a new Fae war is in full swing.
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[Book Review] Malice by Heather Walter & Tuturu Rose Vanilla Ground Coffee
Two parts Sleeping Beauty and one part Cinderella, Malice is a richly detailed dark Sleeping Beauty retelling with a heroine who simultaneously manages to also be the villain. As the saying goes, villains are the heroes of their own stories and this is Alyce's villain origin story as told by Alyce.
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[Book Review] A Criminal Magic By Lee Kelly & Five Watt Coffee Prohibition Blend
A Criminal Magic is set in the Prohibition era, but with magic being outlawed instead of liquor, and instead of underground speakeasies where illegal alcohol is served, they have magic havens where sorcerers perform illegal magic shows and brew sorcerer's shine, a highly addictive magic-infused drink that allows sorcerers and non-sorcerers alike to "see" magic.
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[Book Review] The Bone Witch By Rin Chupeco & Summer Moon Coffee Glowing Ember
Set in a time and place where magic is real and a whole caste system is built around it, The Bone Witch is an absorbing dark folktale told in two interweaving perspectives, flashing forward and backwards in time. The book’s present day parts are from the perspective of a bard encountering a young, powerful bone witch exiled on a beach littered with skeletons, while the parts set in the past are told from the perspective of Tea, the bone witch herself, recounting her journey from a young ingénue ignorant of her own dark power to an initiate into the exclusive magic-wielding world of the elegant and much sought after asha,…
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[Book Review] Frostblood By Elly Blake & Mr Hoban’s Coffee Roastery Flame Girl
Fire. Ice. Long ago, the two nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Frost Nation attacked… Just kidding, although, the Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Greek/Roman Mythology vibe of the book only made me love it more.
