Book Review: The Scarlet Alchemist

Title: The Scarlet AlchemistAuthor: Kylie Lee BakerGenre: YA Historical FantasyRating: 4.5 stars Zilan Fan is an orphan who lives with her two cousins and her aunt and uncle in Ancient China. She is also an alchemist. Her family is poor so she uses her alchemy to raise people from the dead and make some extra

Book Review: The Alchemy of Moonlight

Title: The Alchemy of MoonlightAuthor: David FerraroGenre: YA fantasy, LGBT+Publication date: May 2023Publisher: Page StreetRating: 3.75 stars Emile is a young marquis trying to hide from his aunt who wants to force him into a straight marriage, even though he is gay. While working as a footman in a household, Emile befriends Henry, the son

Book Review: The Jasad Heir

Title: The Jasad HeirAuthor: Sara HashemGenre: FantasyPublication date: July 2023Publisher: Orbit BooksRating: 4.25 stars Jasad is a country that has been decimated and the royal family destroyed – or that’s what everyone thinks, but the daughter of the Malik and Malika (King and Queen) survived and ends up a lowly orphan in Omal. When Arin,

Book Review: Nic Blake and the Remarkables

Title: Nic Blake and the Remarkables – The Manifestor ProphecyAuthor: Angie ThomasGenre: Middle grade fantasyPublication date: April 4, 2023Publisher: Frenzy BooksRating: 5 stars Nic Blake wants to be a Manifestor like her dad – a Remarkable person in an Unremarkable world. When she discovers that people think her dad stole a special artifact and he

Book Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Title: Ink Blood Sister ScribeAuthor: Emma TorzsGenre: FantasyPublication date: May 30, 2023Publisher: Harper Collins CanadaRating: 5 stars!! Joanna and Esther are estranged half-sisters that grew up with a dad obsessed with magical books. When their father is killed by a rogue magical book, the sisters must work together to save their collection of books and

Book Review: Flowerheart

Title: FlowerheartAuthor: Catherine BakewellGenre: YA fantasyPublisher: HCC FrenzyPublication date: March 2023Rating: 4 stars Clara Lucas has uncontrollable magic that cannot be trained. All she wants is to become a licensed witch but she cannot pass the test. When she accidentally curses her father, she calls on an old family friend and offers a bargain to

Book Review: Mr. and Mrs. Witch

Title: Mr. and Mrs. WitchAuthor: Gwenda BondGenre: Romance, fantasyPublication date: March 7, 2023Publisher: St. Martin’s PressRating: 3.75 stars Savannah is a witch, but her fiancé, Griffin, doesn’t know that she is one. Savvy doesn’t know that Griffin is a witch hunter, sworn to hate witches. When they discover each others secrets, and find out that

Book Review: Bone Weaver

Title: Bone WeaverAuthor: Aden PolydorosGenre: YA fantasyPublication date: September 2022Publisher: HCC FrenzyRating: 4.25 stars Toma lives in the forest with her adoptive family; however, her family are undead. When her sister Galina is kidnapped, Toma teams up with Mikhail, the Tsar who was betrayed and ambushed, and Vanya, a local magician. Together they must face

Book Review: The Golden Enclaves

Title: The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance #3)Author: Naomi NovikGenre: Dark academia, fantasyPublication date: September 27, 2022Publisher: Penguin Random House CanadaRating: 4 stars Since this is the third book in a trilogy, I won’t post a synopsis as I don’t want to spoil anything. I thought this book was enjoyable, but I didn’t like it as

Book Review: A Broken Blade

Title: A Broken BladeAuthor: Melissa BlairPublisher: Union Square PublishingGenre: FantasyRating: 4.5/5 stars Keera is the King’s Blade tasked with the quest to find the Shadow, who is a threat to the throne. When Keera realizes that things are more complicated than she thought, she looks for answers and for a way to complete her quest.