Category: Fantasy

Review: Locked in Magic

Locked in Magic by Mynah Clement, Alanna Cole, Kelly Garcia, Thea Hawthorne and Grace Zhu My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: three m/f stories and one m/m Blurb: Locked in Magic: A Forced Proximity Cozy Fantasy Romance Anthology Five upcoming fantasy romance authors invite you to curl up and sink into stories where magic misbehaves—trapping strangers, rivals, and reluctant allies together with no way out. From stormbound nights to lost keys, broken doors, and meddling magic with a mind of its own, every tale delivers close quarters, slow burn tension, and hearts […]

Posted June 19, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Live and Galette Die by Gretchen Rue

Live and Galette Die (Lucky Pie Mystery #2) by Gretchen Rue My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s summer on Split Pine Island and the little community is abuzz with excitement. A popular home renovation show will be spending the summer on the island and doing improvements for some of the local residents and businesses. Local pie-maker Este March may not be able to make her own luck with her magical baking skills, but she is over the moon when she finds out that her unfinished house will be the […]

Posted June 15, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Rite of Lies and Loyalty by Laura Greenwood

Rite of Lies and Loyalty (House of Blood and Roses #8) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Beatrice has to untangle the lies and work out the truth about her allies. With her brother’s lies piling up, Beatrice realises that she has to make a choice about whether she can trust him, even if she already knows the answer deep within. But it isn’t just Bastian she has to figure out, all of her allies have agendas of their own, and she has to work out who she […]

Posted June 12, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Crystals and Conspiracies by Beth Dolgner

Crystals and Conspiracies (Crones of a Feather #4) by Beth Dolgner My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: An accused vampire, a disgruntled witch, and dark sorcery. At this magic shop, death has no expiration date. Hazel Underwood and Adeline Beaumont do not get along. But the vampire who runs the local magic store will have to put her trust in Hazel when someone is murdered in the store, and Adeline is blamed for it. A vengeful customer might have framed Adeline, but Hazel begins to hear whispers of something much […]

Posted June 5, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Sea Blooms by H.P. Lane

Sea Blooms by H.P. Lane My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A heartfelt cozy urban fantasy about family, identity, and fighting for the place you call home. In a modern day San Francisco where magical beings live openly among humans, Odysseus “Oddie” Saltbrook, a merfolk man in his twenties, has built a careful life on land, helping run Maple Street Florals while secretly crafting ocean inspired arrangements in his free time. He tries to live up to the expectations of his traditional merfolk parents while quietly nursing feelings for Lily, his […]

Posted May 29, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 6 Comments

Review: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

The Fossil Door (Mysterious Powers #2) by Celia Lake My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Rathna has a gift for doorways. When a portal in the Scottish Highlands stops working, she is one of the only Portal Keepers able to travel to investigate. On the other hand, the location presents some challenges. As a London-born Bengali woman, she’s nothing like the villagers. And of course, there’s the worrying question: […]

Posted May 27, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson

The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Romantic-Comedy/ Paranormal Romance/ Omegaverse Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Two wolf shifters reluctant to love discover there’s no fighting the call of the wild in this steamy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson. Contractor Tess Covington has spent her entire life as a regular non-shifter human, so after she lands in the Denver ER with flu-like symptoms, it comes as a complete shock to be told that, no, she’s not sick – she’s actually a late-presenting omega wolf shifter. With her family in dire […]

Posted May 25, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments