Category: Fantasy

Review: Secrets of the Sword I by Lindsay Buroker

Secrets of the Sword I (Death Before Dragons #7) by Lindsay Buroker narrated by Vivienne Leheny My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: After helping my steady dragon Zav with his family problems, I thought life would get back to normal. As normal as it can be when you’re a hit woman responsible for hunting down bad guys. That was before a strange artifact showed up in a bog and turned my ancient dwarven sword into a magical beacon. Now my enemies can sense it from hundreds of miles away. More than […]

Posted October 7, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 1 Comment

Review: The Stag and the Baroness by Laura Greenwood

The Stag and the Baroness (The Shifter Season #3) Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Historical Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A widowed deer shifter discovers that the new Baron is more than she could ever have hoped for. After a loveless marriage, Lady Lydia Ferrington has thrown herself into throwing events that are the talk of the shifter social calendar. But when Jonathan returns from abroad to take his place as the new baron, Lydia finds herself unwilling to give up hers. Despite knowing they shouldn’t, the two of them soon find themselves […]

Posted October 5, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Master of Hounds Book 2 by R.A. Steffan

Master of Hounds: Book 2 (Master of Hounds #2) R.A. Steffan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: One man cannot take on an empire. Or rather, he can try—but it should come as no surprise when he’s crushed by the vast powers arrayed against him. Caius Oppita knows this, but after what he’s seen, it suits him better to go down fighting than to crawl on his hands and knees. The empire he’s served faithfully since he was a boy now wants him dead, and the lover he thought he could […]

Posted October 3, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Magic Dark, Magic Divine by A.J. Locke

Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword #1) by A.J. Locke narrated by Bianca Drew My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Falling asleep for almost 300 years was never part of Pennrae’s plan. Of course, when you’re a mercenary with magical abilities and defy a spellbinding prophecy…bad stuff happens. Now, magic is long gone from the world. So Penn works as a karate instructor, trying very hard to dodge her hot, flirty, and super annoying colleague, Callan. All is well until a Jigori – a nightmarish magic-eating monster – […]

Posted September 27, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 3 Comments

Review: Succulents and Spells by Andi C. Buchanan

Succulents and Spells (Windflower #1) Andi C. Buchanan My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: Laurel Windflower is a witch from a family of magic workers – but her own life is going nowhere. Living in the damp, sunless side of Aro Valley, she works in a café, unable to produce anything more powerful than the most basic herbal potions. Until, one winter morning, Marigold Nightfield knocks on her door. Marigold is a scientist, but she knows plenty about magic. There are strange things happening in her house, and her future […]

Posted September 23, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Party Hats For Sweet Minotaurs by Laura Greenwood

Party Hats For Sweet Minotaurs (Obscure Academy) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: True feelings come to light when a minotaur plans a birthday party. When Sage’s birthday plans fall through, she’s disappointed, but at least the handsome minotaur who lives in her flat is willing to lend her a supportive ear. If only she could stop thinking about if they could be more. Castor’s feelings for Sage have been growing with every passing moment, so when he has the chance to throw the witch a birthday […]

Posted September 21, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Review: Once a Rogue by Allie Therin

Once a Rogue (Roaring Twenties Magic #2) Allie Therin My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Two reformed scoundrels have renounced the battlefields and scandals for one another, but their troubled pasts could destroy everything they hold dear… New York, 1925 Cranky and jaded Lord Fine—Wesley, now, to the kindhearted lover he cynically doubts life will let him keep—arrives in Manhattan with one goal: find the American paranormals and get their help with the relic burdening Sebastian. His plans are upended when the other paranormals seem to have vanished, and a […]

Posted September 19, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 4 Comments