Category Archives: Fantasy

Quicksilver
Fae & Alchemy #1
Callie Hart
Publisher: Forever
Publication date: June 4, 2024
Genre: Fantasy romance
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Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.

In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember.

But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.

When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently re-opens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares… but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed herself in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist’s magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him . . . or her.

Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home.

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A Cage of Crimson
Deliciously Dark Fairytales #5
K.F. Breene
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication date: June 27, 2024
Genre: Fantasy Romance
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Of all the people in the world, why her?

It was supposed to be find the drug maker. Find her, and drag her back to the dragons to deal with. She deserves death for what she’s done.

For someone like Weston, the best alpha in the world, the one who shuts people up just by walking in the room, it would’ve been.

Until he learns what she is…

Finding a fated mate is nearly impossible. Very few are able to do it. But the call of their bond is unmistakable. Against all odds, and in the worst situation imaginable, he’s found his true mate. Her.

Worse? If there could be anything worse than a true mate that has brought the world to its knees – she doesn’t seem to realize what she is. Her animal is suppressed. Locked away, leaving her nearly without magic. She doesn’t know what the feeling is, and she doesn’t care. She claims innocence. She thinks he’s the villain in this story, and she aims to kill him before he destroys her.

It doesn’t change his duty. He must bring her in, nature be damned. Regardless of how much it hurts, he’ll resist the sweet taste of her lips and the heaven between her thighs. She must pay for what she’s done.

He just hopes he doesn’t die inside for the part he’s forced to play in the destruction of his true mate.

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Daughter of No Worlds
The War of Lost Hearts #1
By: Carissa Broadbent
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication date: January 7, 2020
Genre: Fantasy Romance
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A former slave fighting for justice. A reclusive warrior who no longer believes it exists. And a dark magic that will entangle their fates.

Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life.

Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises the Orders.

The Orders’ intentions are cryptic, and Tisaanah must prove herself under the threat of looming war. But even more dangerous are her growing feelings for Maxantarius. The bloody past he wants to forget may be the key to her future… or the downfall of them both.

But Tisaanah will stop at nothing to save those she abandoned. Even if it means gambling in the Orders’ deadly games. Even if it means sacrificing her heart.

Even if it means wielding death itself.

My thoughts…

Wow. This story was really good. I mean, so good that I put the book down 3 months ago due to life, and only just recently picked it back up and then proceeded to devour it. I love the story that the author created and the fact that everything wasn’t polished and clean. Tisaanah has been a slave the majority of her live. A slave that has had to do whatever her master asked of her, and then some in order to survive. After breaking out of her awful life, she heads for the Order to help her free the other slaves. However, there are certain criteria that must be met, and let’s just say that the Order is hiding a lot.

Given that Tisaanah was a slave that had to do a lot of demeaning things, to say that her story and personality aren’t raw and honest would be an understatement. She doesn’t hold back, and she knows how to use her body and girlish innocent charms to fool those around her. Then you have Max who is her crotchety, grumpy instructor that the Order forces to teach Tisaanah how to utilize her magic in order to fight. He has long since left the Order behind and wants nothing to do with them, but here he is, in the middle of it all again. Seeing him and Tisaanah interact and then learning his story as the book progresses was really interesting to me. It was like pulling back the layers of an onion.

Now, I don’t want to go into too much detail because there’s a LOT that happens that I wouldn’t want to spoil. However, if you’re someone looking to read a fantasy novel about two people who for all intents and purposes should have been broken and given up, but pushed through to fight for what they believed in… then you should definitely pick up this book. It had magic, mystery, fight scenes, romance, friendship, and a whole lot of action that I practically stayed up the last few nights reading as much of this book as I could before my eyes grew too tired to stay open.

Frost
(Frost and Nectar #1)
C.N. Crawford
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Oct. 3, 2022
Genre: Fantasy Romance
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On the worst birthday of my life, I come home to find my boyfriend in bed with another woman. Within hours, I’m drunk, homeless, and pledging to stay single forever. And that is when the dangerously sexy Seelie King rolls through town, looking for fae like me.

Every generation, the king holds a competition for Seelie queen. But for reasons he won’t explain, Torin is looking for a charade, not a real marriage. So when I drunkenly sling insults his way, I have his attention.

When Torin offers me fifty million to participate, I think, “What have I got to lose?” The answer turns out to be “my life,” because my competition will literally kill for the crown.

And the more time I spend with the seductive king, the harder it becomes to remember it’s all supposed to be fake. Now, my life—and my heart—are one the line.

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