High Fantasy | Metaphors and Moonlight

Quick Reviews: Witchmark, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Treasure, Ever After

I try to group my quick review posts around a theme (or a series) as much as possible, so this time I’ve got four m/m fantasy romance books! One is historical fantasy set in our world, the rest are high fantasy set in made-up worlds. But all of these have a kind of similar vibe,...

Graphic Novel Review: Life of Melody by Mari Costa

Razzmatazz is a fairy godfather who's not too great at his job, so he finds a baby in the woods and decides he's going to raise her to make sure the fairy tale goes perfectly. But a beast also decides he wants the child, so they angrily agree to raise the child together, falling in love along the...

Book Review: The Free Bastards (The Lot Lands Book 3) by Jonathan French

Fetching is setting plans into motion to war with Hispartha and free the half-orcs from human oppression, and Oats has always been ready and willing to fight, but he also has family he cares about, and his path forward is starting to seem murky. When he goes with some of his hoof to play politics, Oats realizes he has some potentially life-changing decisions to...

Mini Reviews: Queer Fantasy – A Bargain of Blood and Gold, Lord of the Last Heartbeat, Courting Nightfall

In A Bargain of Blood and Gold, a hunter goes to a small town only to mistakenly befriend the vampire and team up against a bigger threat. In Lord of the Last Heartbeat, a mage runs away from his crime lord mother and is taken in by a man whose home is cursed. In Courting Nightfall, a half dark elf joins an adventuring party and heads out to kill the vampire wreaking havoc on town, though he has...

Book Review: The Voyages of Trueblood Cay by Suanne Laqueur

Pelippé Trueblood, son of the kepten of the ship he grows up on, is 19 when he finds out he's part of an important prophecy, along with his closest friends and a beautiful winged horse shifter named Fen. Fen doesn't want part in anything that means giving up his freedom, but he doesn't have much choice, and the two men finds themselves falling in love while trying to fulfill their...

Book Review: Blood of Elves (The Witcher Book 1) by Andrzej Sapkowski [Audiobook]

Ciri, an orphaned princess, is Geralt's destiny, but now that she's under his care, he has to figure out how to train her and protect her. Ciri will have to learn how to use a sword and magic, but all the while, an oncoming war is...

Book Review: Sword of Destiny (The Witcher Book 0.75) by Andrzej Sapkowski [Audiobook]

Geralt continues going about his life, fighting monsters, helping to keep people safe, and occasionally hanging out with his best friend or having chance meetings with the woman he loves. But he has a destiny, and whether or not he believes in it, he won't be able to escape...

Book Review: Ruthless Gods (Something Dark and Holy Book 2) by Emily A. Duncan [Audiobook]

With a coup at their doorstep, Serefin, Nadya, Malachiasz, and friends flee the palace and end up on a quest into a dangerous forest of legend. Each has their own goals and motives, but each might be nothing more than a pawn to the gods in a much bigger...

Book Review: Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy Book 1) by Emily A. Duncan [Audiobook]

Nadya can communicate with the gods, and she may be the last cleric in Kalyazin who can do so, which is why she's been hidden away in a monastery---in the hopes that she will turn the tide of the war in favor of her country. But when her monastery is attacked by the enemy---Tranavians---she flees and teams up with three others, including a Tranavian blood mage, in order to sneak into Tranavia,...

Book Review: Night of the Dragon (Shadow of the Fox Book 3) by Julie Kagawa [Audiobook]

Half-kitsune Yumeko and her friends are still on a mission to stop the Master of Demons from summoning the dragon and making a wish that will destroy the world as they know it, and the situation is more dire than ever. But secrets, plans, and enemies, both known and unknown, lie in wait to throw them off course at every...