Book Reviews: Fantasy
Gorse
The Bear and the Nightingale meets Poldark in this folkloric dark fantasy of faith, magic and belief, set in 18th century Cornwall.
The Bookbinder's Daughter
The song surrounded her now, the murmuring of the library insistent, and her foot took the first step on the winding stairs. She knew it wasn’t entirely a dream. It was the library calling her, its...
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient mysteries, and one...
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting, romantic duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice — where love vies...
The Unmaking of June Farrow
With The Unmaking of June Farrow, Adrienne Young delivers a brilliant story with romance, mystery, and a touch of the impossible: a story you will never forget.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
She found magic in the most unlikely of places.
Mika Moon follows three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches. Mika is good at being alone, and she...
A Day of Fallen Night
A Day of Fallen Night sweeps readers back to the world of A Priory of the Orange Tree, showing us a course of events that shaped it for generations to come.
She Who Became the Sun
An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor.
The Witch and the Tsar
Set in sixteenth-century Russia, The Witch and the Tsar upends the stories we know of Baba Yaga as the bony-legged witch of Slavic fairy tales and the stuff of nightmares. For beyond the rumours of...
The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie
A shapeshifting, ghost-filled, paranormal whydunnit – Beetlejuice meets Lockwood & Co with added Tartan Noir