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Historical Fantasy

Review: The Sirens by Emilia Hart

April 1, 2025 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Magical Realism, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Historical Fantasy

Review: Babel by R.F. Kuang

March 7, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Synopsis Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute […]

Filed Under: Asian Inspired, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Magical Realism, Philosophical Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Babel, Book Review, British, Dark Academia, Fantasy Books, Harper Voyager, Historical Fantasy, Oxford, R.F. Kuang, the poppy war

TBRCon2023 Highlight: Bringing History into Your Story (Panel)

July 21, 2023 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Every week, we are highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting.

This week, join moderator/author Miles “Christian” Cameron and authors Tasha Suri, P. Djèlí Clark, Leslye Penelope, Freya Marske and Thilde Kold Holdt for a TBRCon2023 author panel on “Bringing History into Your Story.”

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Tube, TBRCon2023 Tagged With: Author Panel, Christian Cameron, Freya Marske, Historical Fantasy, History, Leslye Penelope, Miles Cameron, P. Djèlí Clark, Tasha Suri, TBRCon2023, Thilde Kold Holdt

Author Chat: Claire North

August 30, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and bestselling author Claire North for a chat about her new book Ithaca, her young career beginnings, pen names and passing on your creativity to readers, the power of stories, history, mythology, badass women wielding weapons and much more. And, of course, writing a story about Ithaca, you may wonder, has Claire ever visited the island of Ithaca?

Filed Under: Author Chat, Blog Posts, Book Tube, Interview Tagged With: 84K, Claire North, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Ithaca, Mythology, Notes from the Burning Age, Orbit Books, Redhook, redhook books, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, The Pursuit of William Abbey

Review: The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis

March 10, 2022 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis In the quiet streets of Prague all manner of mysterious creatures lurk in the shadows. Unbeknownst to its citizens, their only hope against the tide of predators are the dauntless lamplighters – secret elite of monster hunters whose light staves off the darkness each night. Domek Myska leads a life teeming with fraught encounters […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Debut, Fantasy, Fear For All, Ghosts, Historical, Monsters, Paranormal Fantasy, Reviews, Vampires Tagged With: 1800, Book Review, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Monster Hunter, Mystery, Nicole Jarvis, the lights of prague, Vampire

Review: The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

June 21, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adult Fantasy, adult fantasy books, ava reid, Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy Books, harper collins, Harper Voyager, Historical Fantasy, hungarian folklore, jewish folklore, SFF

The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni #2) by Helene Wecker

May 24, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra 2 Comments

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adult Fantasy, Book Review, Fantasy, Helene Wecker, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, syrian folklore, the golem and the jinni, the hidden palace, yiddish folklore

Review: The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner

April 13, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy Books, Folklore, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, jewish folklore, Orbit, Orbit Books, rena rossner, SFF, SFF Books, the light of the midnight stars

Review: The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers

March 31, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: circus, constance sayers, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Orbit Books, redhook books, SFF, sparkpoint, the ladies of the secret circus, Thrillers, witchy reads, women authors

TBRcon21 Recap: Thursday, January 28th

February 23, 2021 by David W Leave a Comment

A little bit of a “in case you missed it” type post with full panel recordings. Check the promos above each video to see the topics and panelists. Hope you enjoy!

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: #Scifi, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alina Boyden, Anna Stephens, Christian Cameron, Daniel Kelly, Elisa A Bonin, Essa Hansen, Evan Winter, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, History in SFF, Katherine Arden, Miles Cameron, Nicholas Eames, RJ Barker, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Sebastien De Castell, Sonora Reyes, Stephen Aryan, Sunyi Dean, TBRcon, TBRcon21, The Intersection of Neurodivergence & SFF Writing

TBRcon21: Tuesday, January 26th

December 16, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Andy Davidson, Brian Naslund, But What Scares YOU?, Christian Cameron, Epic Fantasy, FanFiAddict, Fantasy, Graham Austin-King, Grimdark Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Horror, Jeannette Ng, John Gwynne, Jonathan Janz, K. M. Alexander, Lee C Conley, M R Carey, Mike Carey, Mike Shackle, Mike Shel, Miles Cameron, ML Spencer, No More Heroes, Phil Williams, Science Fiction, Scott Oden, Sebastien De Castell, TBRcon, TBRcon21, Tim Meyer, Urban Fantasy

Ep. 20 – T. Frohock is now LIVE!

February 28, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: A Song with Teeth, Audiobooks, Book, Books, Carved from Stone and Dream, Dark Fantasy, Harper, Harper Voyager, HarperAudio, HarperCollins, HarperVoyager, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, In Midnight's Silence, Los Nefilim, Miserere: An Autumn Tale, Podcast, Podcasts, T. Frohock, The Second Death, Where Oblivion Lives, Without Light or Guide

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