Tag: Indie fantasy
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SPFBOX Opening Reads Day 50 (Covers with Cassidy)
If I made a list of my 10 finalist openings, the 1st opening I read for today would be on it! It’s a triumph of a historical fantasy mystery. Perfectly written and totally charming. 2 other openings didn’t work for me.(Covers with Cassidy group) 113) Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social, Tall & Dark A governess in Vienna…
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SPFBOX Opening Reads Day 49 (Covers with Cassidy)
I read two fantasies with young female protagonists that made me want to keep turning the pages. A third urban fantasy didn’t quite do enough in the pages I gave it to pull me in. (Books from Covers with Cassidy) 110) Karyne Norton, Blood of The Stars A girl with magic in her blood searches…
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SPFBOX Opening Reads Day 48 (Covers with Cassidy)
I read two more distinctly different openings this morning that I wanted to see more from. Both felt like light fun – a witchy contemporary fantasy, and a cozy LitRPG from Covers with Cassidy‘s group 107. SF Henne, The Last Lunar Witch A young witch searches a forbidden archive for a means to control her…
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SPFBOX Opening Reads Day 46 (Fantasy Book Critic)
2 terrific and distinctly different fantasy romances. The 1st is exquisite, measured, sober, fun, sapphic, with a mature sensibility. The 2nd is teen anime, over-the-top dramatic, possibly subversive, & dark. What a pair! 103) Cara N Delaney @CaraD_author, Tomb of Heart and Shadow A fantasy academic buries herself in her work to hide from loss…
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SPFBO9 Opening Reads 190-199
NOTE: This is a backlog of my notes from SPFBO9. It may look a little rough. My apologies! You can read my final thoughts on the contest here: Tom Mock’s SPFBO9’s Opening Reads Final Thoughts | JamReads – Making your TBR closer to infinite The prose is grounded, competent, descriptive, focused on its MC, and…
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