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The Silmaril Awards 2020 Nominations: Most Mischievous Imp

Post published:August 31, 2020
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Welcome, welcome to the opening of the fifth annual Silmaril Awards, where you get to nominate and vote on your favorite literary fantasy characters across ten different categories! YES. It is that time again where we get to spend three-ish weeks celebrating all things fantasy characters. This will be my 2nd year as a host and I am so honored and thrilled to be a part of such an amazing group and bring YOU GUYS such an epic event. This is going to be a journey to remember! So don your cloaks, grab your weapon of choice, and let’s embark…

{Book Review} A Royal Masquerade by Allison Tebo

Post published:August 17, 2020
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Over on Fairy Tale Central we’re celebrating The Goose Girl all August long, and I thought it’d be fun to talk about a delightful Goose Girl retelling here today! And yes, I’m doing a third book review in a row. WHOOPS. I feel like all summer long it’s just been book reviews, which is funny because usually I don’t review books all that much here. I actually meant to do another post today, but this one just worked out better. BUT. This will be the last book review for a while. Next week I’ll have something else and thennn… The…

{Book Review} The Warden of the West March (Seventh Realm #2) by M.L. Little

Post published:August 10, 2020
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Yes, I return with another book review! I know I’ve been reviewing a lot of them lately. Book reviews should slow down soon, but there have just been way too many delicious releases! Today’s review is a sequel to one I read and reviewed last year, and I’ve been so anxious for this second book! Book #1, The Book of Secrets, told the story of four siblings who discover an enchanted book and embark on a dangerous journey that expands realms. It was part Series of Unfortunate Events, part Harry Potter, and part Narnia, all while still being one of…

{Book Review} The Icarus Aftermath by Arielle Bailey

Post published:August 3, 2020
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I HAVE RETURNED! And not only have I returned to the world of blogging, but I return with a full review for not only my favorite book I’ve read so far this year, but one of my new favorite books PERIOD. So yes, hello! I am back from my hiatus and so excited to dive into the world of blogging once more. It was a lovely and much, much needed hiatus, full of The Nether Isle rewrites and virtual Realm Makers and a huge Star Wars marathon and just in general relaxation and fun. I feel like myself again and…

{Book Review} An Echo of the Fae by Jenelle Schmidt

Post published:June 29, 2020
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And I am back to squeal about another new book release! There have just been so many delicious books coming out lately, guys. It’s fabulous. And this one. Oh, this one makes my fairy tale loving heart so happy. Quite a while back, the illustrious, incredible, beautiful fantasy writer and magical human bean, Jenelle Schmidt, posted on her blog the opening of a new story she had begun. A semi-original, semi-Rapunzel inspired fairy tale. The snippet was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING and I needed moooore. Well, praise all that is good, that beginning snippet quickly became a PUBLISHED BOOK. That…

{Book Review} Beast of the Night by E.E. Rawls

Post published:June 22, 2020
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Today I am super excited to introduce you guys to a delectable Beauty and the Beast retelling! If you’ve known me for 0.7 seconds you know I live for all B&B stories, and this one has an Austria flair to it! Um YES. This particularly gorgeous B&B novella just released to the world and I’m so honored to be part of the book tour. I’ll be reviewing the book as my part of the tour because, um, OF COURSE I HAVE TO FLAIL. So let’s jump right in, shall we? Synopsis A one-armed girl. A lord hiding a curse.…

My Journey with Hans Christian Andersen

Post published:June 8, 2020
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It’s nooot exactly a secret that I’m a huge fairy tale nerd. But confession time: I had never read all of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. Until now that is! Though I certainly loved reading fairy tales when I was little, I wouldn’t say I’ve read a broad range of them. There is so much I’ve yet to explore, and so lately I’ve been trying to remedy that! Last year I plunged into reading all the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, which is what I read most of as a child but I wasn’t sure if I had read every single…

{Book Review} Five Magic Spindles

Post published:June 1, 2020
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Happy June! It is Sleeping Beauty month over on Fairy Tale Central and to celebrate I’m kicking this month off with a review of an utterly delightful Sleeping Beauty anthology. I have been following along with Rooglewood’s fairy tale anthologies ever since the first one came out. I adore these anthologies of five novellas from five different talented authors. It’s so thrilling getting so many different takes on one specific fairy tale. Shamefully, I only just recently read Five Magic Spindles. I’ve read all three other anthologies, but this one got put on the backburner for absolutely no reason at…

{Book Review} Diamond by Kirsten Fichter

Post published:May 18, 2020
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The third book of Kirsten Fichter’s Once Upon a Twist Tales series is heeeere! And if it’s not obvious, I’m a little bit excited. Okay, that was a lie. I AM OVER THE MOON, BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS, SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS EXCITED. But wait! There’s moooore. Not just one Rapunzel retelling is releasing but TWO. The lovely, fairy tale enthusiast Kendra E. Ardnek is also launching a new Rapunzel retelling—a short story titled Misfortune. YES. SO MANY FAIRY TALES. I need them alll, precious! Today I’m joining in on the blog tour for these exciting releases and reviewing Diamond.…

{Book Review} The Geppetto Codex by Kyle Robert Shultz

Post published:April 13, 2020
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Synopsis They've got no strings...and they want revenge. The people of the city of Vetri are turning into wooden statues... ...and Beaumont and Beasley are not on the case. Not technically, anyway. This case must fall to two of their employees, the faun Gareth Llewellyn and the dryad Sylvia Kirke. True, Gareth and Sylvia don't have a great deal of experience, but this shouldn't be too difficult. The solution to the mystery is fairly obvious, and the evil magical force at work will be no great challenge to defeat. Unless Gareth and Sylvia make a terrible mistake that puts…