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Coming of Age

The Odyllic Stone by Alex Scheuermann

April 16, 2025 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: When Aster Rutherford, the postmaster’s son and his childhood friend, Zinnia Hollyhock deliver a letter to the Pelware Mines, they are attacked by a birdlike monster that turns men to stone. Even worse, Buckwheat Village is plagued by an illness that’s incapacitating villagers, including Aster’s own father. A chance encounter with Kara Reeves, the […]

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: Alex Scheuermann, Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published, The Odyllic Stone

Review: Araña and Spider-man 2099: Dark Tomorrow (Marvel Press Novels) by Alex Segura

April 22, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Araña is a Spider-Girl lost in time. . . . Miguel is a Spider-Man who’s lost his way. . . . Together, they’re our only hope. Araña. It means spider—and it also means Anya Corazon. She was a normal Brooklyn teenager with normal Brooklyn problems—until a few months ago, when she was gifted with […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Audiobooks, Coming of Age, Coming of Age, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Time Travel Tagged With: #ArañaandSpiderman2099DarkTomorrow, #Marvel, #MarvelPress, #MarvelPressNovels, #Spider-man, #Spiderman, #Superheroes, #YoundAdult

Review: Undead Samurai by Baptiste Pinson Wu

April 12, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Japan, 1625 A new Drum Master has risen, and soon the nation will fall to the curse of Izanagi. Answering the call of his kotsuzumi, dead warriors abandon their peace to once again roam the land of the living, swinging rusty blades and chattering rotten teeth at his behest. Japan’s last hope lies in […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Asian Inspired, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fantasys, Horror Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Reviews Tagged With: #BaptistePinsonWu, #Japan, #Japanese, #UndeadSamurai, #zombies

Review: Sealed Empire by Norbert Zsivicz

March 13, 2024 by Mada Leave a Comment

-Norbert Zsivicz first book, the Hungarian Literary Award winner Sealed Empire now available in English by the famous translator Tamás Pétersz (Game of Thrones). Blurb Ser Edward, an experienced sailor, embarks on perhaps the most daring expedition of the Kingdom of Esenworth so far. His mission is to try to earn the blessing of the […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Fiction, Hard SciFi, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Magical Realism, Monsters, Occult, Paranormal, Reviews, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Sci-Fi Horror, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Soft SciFi, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Science Fiction, Self Published

Review: Come With Me by Ronald Malfi

March 7, 2024 by George Dunn Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Aaron Decker’s life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence—and her ghost—Aaron goes through her belongings, where he finds a receipt for a motel room in another part of the country. Piloted by grief and an increasing sense of curiosity, Aaron embarks on a journey to discover […]

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Fear For All, Ghosts, Paranormal, Psychological, Reviews, Supernatural Tagged With: Come With Me, Crime, Ghosts, Grief, Grief Horror, Meta horror, Metaphysical, Mystery, Roadtrip, Ronald Malfi

Review: Dark Heart of Ilmoure by Cara N.Delaney

February 17, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Years ago, all she wanted was to leave. Now, a web of secrets might ensnare her forever. When Iris Grey returns to her hometown of Ilmoure years after a bitter parting, she hopes for reconciliation in the face of a tragedy. Instead, she arrives to a town changed for the worse, a cold welcome […]

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Fantasy Horror, Fear For All, Mystery, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Self Published

Review: The Inn At The Amethyst Lantern by J. Dianne Dotson

October 28, 2023 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis  Long after a climate catastrophe, when a utopian future faces an unearthed evil from our present, Gentian “Gen” Lightworth and her friends in the night-living town of Glimmerbight must stop the past from repeating itself by using all their wits and talents…and perhaps a bit of magic. Review When genre-mashes work, they really work. Such is […]

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Reviews, Science Fiction, Soft SciFi Tagged With: Science Fiction

Blog Post: Three Middle Grade Fantasy Series You Should Read

September 24, 2023 by Matt Pittman 1 Comment

There are so many great choices when it comes to fantasy book series. Where might one who is new to the genre choose to start their journey? I’d like to give three options for the new fantasy reader. I read each of these in the last three years and found them to be great places […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Blog Posts, Book Tour, Coming of Age, Cozy Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Middle Grade

Review: Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

May 4, 2023 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

A stunning novel about motherhood, community, herd mentality, and finding what we have lost.

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Dystopian, Fiction, Magical Realism, Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Lit Tagged With: celadon

Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1)

April 30, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never even noticed them. That’s about to change. Their stories spiral around each […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Coming of Age, Coming of Age, Cozy Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Grimdark, Heist, Historical, Magical Realism, Mythology, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: HarperVoyager, Mark Lawrence, The Book That Wouldn't Burn

Review: The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

March 1, 2023 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Cozy, atmospheric fantasy set in a historical setting. The kind of book that makes you feel as if magic is real.

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Magical Realism, Reviews Tagged With: H.G. Parry, Orbit, Orbit Books

Review: Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles #1) by Ed McDonald

February 13, 2023 by chilcottharry Leave a Comment

Daughter of Redwinter is beauty and brutality personified, a perfect melding together of coming of age fiction and the pursuit of finding ones own identity in a world that doesn’t accept you, the exploration of mental health and a character study of one of the most interesting and well realised protagonists I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in the head of.

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Fiction, Low Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: 2022, character driven, Daughter of Redwinter, Ed McDonald, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Folklore, Gollancz, The Redwinter Chronicles

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