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Horizon

Posted: October 10, 2017 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Fran Wilde, Fantasy
Horizon

…book HORIZON will be spoilers. Consider yourself warned. In CLOUDBOUND the politics of the city comes to the forefront as the Spire begins to die–and Singer, blackwing, and tower factions…

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Silence Fallen

Posted: February 9, 2018 by Vanessa in Books We Love Meta: Patricia Briggs, Urban Fantasy
Silence Fallen

…she goes, almost like we’re figuring it out along with her. My only real complaint is that the Mercy Thompson series is so popular they come out in hardback first!…

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Sorcery for Beginners

Posted: April 18, 2018 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Matt Harry, Fantasy, Middle Grade
Sorcery for Beginners

…Owen doesn’t always make the best choices when it comes to using magic. He’s given instructions by Euphemia Whitmore, the woman Owen met at the Codex Arcanum bookstore and who…

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Writers of the Future, Volume 34

Writers of the Future, Volume 34

…a chance at catching my mind afire. As well, it is the extra writings–the essays and sometimes stories from the judges of the contest–that represent what they admire and enjoy…

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Purple and Black

Posted: August 4, 2018 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: K.J. Parker, Fantasy
Purple and Black

…been cool to be reminded of all those old reviews, and see how far the site has come since the early days. While doing so, I realized something that really…

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Dragonfly Falling

Posted: May 6, 2010 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Fantasy
Dragonfly Falling

…Because we say so. Also because of the characters, world, and the introduction to some awesomely sinister stuff brewing behind the scenes. What Tchaikovsky does best, we’ve decided, is make…

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Cold Days

Posted: January 25, 2013 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Jim Butcher, Urban Fantasy
Cold Days

…EBR’s Best of 2012 list and saw COLD DAYS on there, or whatever. I say this in all seriousness; COLD DAYS is in my top three for the Dresden Files….

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Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates

Posted: May 28, 2010 by Steven in Books We Like Meta: Brian Lumley, Horror, Collection, Short Fiction
Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates

As you will all recall, our Fantasy 202 post involved a lot of Horror. It is an under-appreciated genre that contains one of (in our opinions) the best writers out…

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Royal Street

Posted: October 22, 2012 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Suzanne Johnson, Urban Fantasy, Books for Chicks
Royal Street

…Drusilla Jane), who feels like her wizardly training has progressed enough for her to tackle the more complicated jobs sending back those who come across from the Beyond: like vampires,…

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

Posted: February 8, 2013 by Shawn in Books We Love Meta: Catherynne M. Valente, Fantasy, Young Adult
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

…have permeated our culture. There have been dozens of retellings of them in movies and cartoons and comic books. I can’t count how many different versions I’ve seen of Dorothy,…