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Author Archives: Jasmine Marchand

The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart

The Gods Below is a new series from the author of The Drowning Empire Trilogy. It is a multi-pov epic fantasy set after mortals destroyed a once

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 2, 2024September 2, 2024Posted inFantasyTags:Andrea Stewart, book review, book review blog, FantasyLeave a comment on The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart

Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright

Mistress of Lies had an intriguing start but suffered from a case of telling and not showing. The book opens with Blood Worker Shan LeClaire committing

Posted byJasmine MarchandAugust 12, 2024Posted inFantasyTags:book review, book review blog, FantasyLeave a comment on Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright

The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley spans a century following Kit’s life and scientific developments. Kit McKinley was born on February 29, 1916.

Posted byJasmine MarchandAugust 4, 2024Posted inFiction, Historical FictionTags:book review, fiction, General Fiction, Historical FictionLeave a comment on The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

The Phoenix Keeper is a cozy fantasy novel that follows the day-to-day life of an earnest zookeeper.

Posted byJasmine MarchandJuly 28, 2024Posted inFantasy, FictionTags:book review, cozy fantasy, Fantasy, fictionLeave a comment on The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

The Hemlock Queen suffers from middle book syndrome. It begins shortly after the events in The Foxglove King, with the three main characters suddenly in

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 8, 2024April 8, 2024Posted inFantasy, RomantasyTags:book review, book review blog, Fantasy, RomantasyLeave a comment on The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

The City of Stardust has spades of beautiful, whimsical writing but lacks character development and world-building. A hundred-years

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 19, 2024Posted inFantasy, Magical RealismTags:book review, book review blog, FantasyLeave a comment on The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene

A Feather So Black is a new fae romantasy series from Lyra Selene. A bloody war resulted in the Fair Folk stealing twelve young girls, including the queen’s

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 11, 2024March 11, 2024Posted inFantasy, RomanceTags:book review, book reviews, Fantasy, fantasy romance1 Comment on A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Wandering Stars is the poignant follow-up novel to Tommy Orange’s There There. This generational novel follows two timelines: what happened after the

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 4, 2024March 4, 2024Posted inIndigenous, Indigenous literature, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Indigenous authors, Indigenous books, Literary FictionLeave a comment on Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson

An Education in Malice was a solid vampire novel, but it left me wanting more. Laura Sheridan begins her first year of study at Saint Perpetua’s College. There

Posted byJasmine MarchandFebruary 6, 2024February 6, 2024Posted inFantasy, FictionTags:book review, book review blog, sapphic, vampire novelLeave a comment on An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson

Coming to Find You by Jane Corry

The blurb for Coming to Find You makes no mention of a second timeline focusing on WWII. I’d probably have passed on this arc had I known about it.

Posted byJasmine MarchandDecember 14, 2023December 14, 2023Posted inHistorical Fiction, ThrillerTags:Historical Fiction, ThrillerLeave a comment on Coming to Find You by Jane Corry

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