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Topic: Political Intrigue

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ARC Review: Bloodleaf {Crystal Smith} - what is the plot even...oh I guess we're done now

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title: Bloodleaf author: Crystal Smith pages: 373 format: Paperback ARC buy it: Amazon | B&N | Goodreads rating: 1/...

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Labels: Category: Young Adult, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Topic: Fairy Tale, Topic: Magic, Topic: Political Intrigue

Topic: Mythology

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ARC Review: Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix {Julie Dao} - Snow White but with more dragon lords

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If you missed my review of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, check it out ! It's a fabulous villain origin story inspiredy by Chinese myt...

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Labels: Category: Young Adult, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Topic: Chinese, Topic: Fairy Tale, Topic: Magic, Topic: Mythology

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Books by Theme: C.J.: Series I've started and a very accurate statistical analysis of whether I'll ever finish them (probably not)

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I'm not super great at finishing series to begin with. If I'm one book behind, maybe. More than that and I'm screwed. It'...

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Labels: Category: Middle Grade, Category: Young Adult, Feature: Books By Theme, Topic: Series, Topic: TBR

Topic: Political Intrigue

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ARC Review: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns {Julie C. Dao} - in which it's impossible not to root for the villain

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I tweet a lot about these fairy tale favorites. Inspired by historical China, they represent the Before and After of an enchanting Evil Qu...

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Labels: Category: Young Adult, Character: Antihero, Character: Chinese, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Topic: Chinese, Topic: Fairy Tale, Topic: Magic, Topic: Political Intrigue

Topic: Political Intrigue

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ARC Review: Beneath the Citadel {Destiny Soria} - rebels losing their memories all over the place

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title: Beneath the Citadel author: Destiny Soria pages: 480 format: e-ARC buy it: Amazon | B&N | Goodreads rating: ...

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Labels: Category: Young Adult, Character: Asexual, Character: Black, Character: Gay, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Topic: Magic, Topic: Political Intrigue

Topic: Political Intrigue

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ARC Review: Descendant of the Crane {Joan He} - the king is dead, trust no one

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title: Descedant of the Crane author: Joan He pages: 368 format: e-ARC buy it: Amazon | B&N | Goodreads rating: 5/5...

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Labels: Category: Young Adult, Character: Chinese, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Genre: Thriller, Topic: Murder, Topic: Political Intrigue

Topic: Supernatural

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ARC Review: The Devouring Gray {Christine L. Herman} - If The Raven Boys were half girls and all of them were bi

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title: The Devouring Gray author: Christine Lynn Herman pages: 368 format: Paperback ARC buy it: Amazon | B&N | Goodr...

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Labels: Category: Young Adult, Character: Bisexual, Character: Disabled, Feature: Review, Genre: Urban Fantasy, Topic: Grief, Topic: Magic, Topic: Monster, Topic: Paranormal, Topic: Supernatural

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Review: The Poppy War (Rebecca F. Kuang} - boarding school, but everyone dies

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title: The Poppy War author: R.F. Kuang pages: 544 format: Hardcover buy it: Amazon | B&N | Goodreads rating: 5/5...

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Labels: Category: Adult, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Genre: Historical, Topic: Boarding School, Topic: Chinese, Topic: Death, Topic: Genocide, Topic: Magic, Topic: War

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Books by Theme: Diverse YA fantasy written by people of color is blowing up 2019 -- with some stunning covers!

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Traditionally published fantasy has been overwhelmingly white and European for a long time, but 2019 is bringing us a slew of diverse you...

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Labels: Feature: Books By Theme, Topic: African, Topic: Arab, Topic: Authors of Color; Genre: Fantasy, Topic: Chinese, Topic: Indian; Topic: Vietnamese, Topic: Latinx, Topic: Own Voices

Topic: Mythology

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Mini Reviews: A Spark of White Fire (Mandanna}, Girls Made of Snow and Glass {Bashardoust}, Damsel {Arnold}

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These are all related in that they are all fantasy about women. Actually they're all fairy tale/foklore related too so yay, good on me...

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Labels: Category: Adult, Category: Young Adult, Character: Indian, Character: Lesbian, Feature: Review, Genre: Fantasy, Topic: Fairy Tale, Topic: Feminism, Topic: Mythology

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