Liviania’s review of The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines Fantasy fiction released by DAW 6 Jan 09 I am a fairytale kind of girl, which I’ve mentioned on my own blog.  I grew up reading fairytales and now I love finding modern rewrites.  Jim C. Hines takes it from the end of Cinderella, in [...]

Gwen’s review of Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton Fantasy fiction released by Ballantine Books 4 Nov 08 The Meredith Gentry novels resonate with me on several levels: they’re fantasy novels, they have lots of action and suspense , they’ve got some good sex (sometimes a LOT of good sex), and [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett Fantasy fiction released by Harper Torch 31 Aug 04 I’ve been resisting reading any of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett for a long time. Fellow fantasy readers keep assuring me they are wonderful, but the first couple I tried did not work so well [...]

Liviania’s review of Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastards, Book 2) by Scott Lynch Fantasy released by Bantam Spectra 29 July 08 I picked up The Lies of Locke Lamora on a whim, shortly before I left for college last year. It had an alliterative title, shiny pink cover, and the back promised thieves. [...]

Shannon C.’s review of The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastards, Book 1) by Scott Lynch Fantasy fiction released by Spectra 26 Jun 07 I’ve been in a fantasy mood lately, and so have unearthed a few fantasy books from my ginormous TBR to assuage this mood. One of these was Scott Lynch’s debut, The [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Fantasy humor fiction released by Ace 1 May 96, re-released by Harper in trade ppb 7 Aug 07 An embarrassing number of people have told me that I need to read both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I had read neither until I [...]

Lawson’s review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling YA fantasy fiction hardcover released by Arthur A. Levine Books 21 Jul 07 Alright, I know, I KNOW, this is a romance blog and here I am talking about Harry Potter. What could I be thinking? I felt this book deserves [...]