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    Lady Knight by L.J. Baker (2007)

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    Show me a story about a lady knight who falls in love with a noblewoman and I will show you MY HEART omfg this was so good! Crazy stressful, because it’s set in pseudo-medieval times where everybody is against a woman knight (even if she can kick all y’all’s asses) and nobody wants a rich noblewoman to date her and there is ALSO a religious fanatic who wants to start a holy war and it’s so, so stressful.

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    Spectr vol. 1 by Jordan L. Hawk

    September 25, 2015

    Sand and Ruin and Gold by Alexis Hall

    July 13, 2015

    Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    July 29, 2015
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    Threshold by Jordan L. Hawk (2013)

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    This is the second book in the Whyborne & Griffin series and it is much like the first: wonderful plot, great characters, iffy sex scenes[1. more unfortunate word choices ruining otherwise okay sexytimes, although at least each sex scene involves important character/plot development things. I hate when you can cut out sexytimes entirely and lose nothing from the book; what’s the point of having them if they don’t DO anything?] and fun historical paranormal mysteries. Well, not FUN. More like terrifying.

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    The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

    September 27, 2014

    Hotblood! vol. 1 & 2 by Toril Orlesky (2014)

    March 25, 2015

    The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

    June 3, 2014
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    Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall (2013)

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    As you know, I am a huge fan of Alexis Hall’s Prosperity series, which is a steampunk historical romance horror thing with amazing characters and a fantastic setting. Her Kate Kane series, meanwhile, is an urban paranormal mystery series with romance elements set in modern day London. I burnt out on urban paranormal mystery romances some years ago, but I had faith that AH wouldn’t just regurgitate the same old tropes that originally turned me off the genre. And he didn’t! A lot of the story elements ARE the same as other urban fantasy series– there are werewolves and vampires and witches, the protagonist is a half-faerie princess PI with…

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    The Only Option by Megan Derr

    October 25, 2016

    Fighting Gravity by Leah Petersen

    July 7, 2015

    Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

    July 9, 2015
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    Hotblood! vol. 1 & 2 by Toril Orlesky (2014)

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    I think I found this series through Tumblr? Maybe? It’s a historical fantasy crime Western with centaurs, and it’s available free online. All things I enjoy! I ended up accidentally reading the equivalent of two volumes (plus a bit more) over the course of one evening. The art is so lovely. The limited color palette makes it kinda dreamy-looking, in a stark kind of way It’s a nice mix, and the pages are very pretty to look at.

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    The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper (2007)

    January 12, 2015

    Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk

    July 29, 2015

    Steampunk and court intrigue: a review of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

    April 1, 2014
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    Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk (2012)

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    I somehow stumbled across Widdershins while browsing through something on Scribd. I’m so glad I did, because I ended up having an amazingly fun time reading it.

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    Spectered Isle by K.J. Charles

    April 8, 2018

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    June 5, 2013

    Think of England by K.J. Charles

    October 2, 2016
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    Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling (1997)

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    So this turned out to be one of those books that was SO GOOD it made it impossible for me to read another book for a few days. I didn’t want to! I just wanted to keep thinking about Stalking Darkness, and the characters, and their world, and EVERYTHING. Best new character POV goes to Beka, a soldier and secret Chosen One. (That wasn’t a spoiler because it’s pretty obvious from the get-go.) She’s so great! She’s learning how to be a leader in the middle of war, while also being pulled along by a prophecy she knows nothing about. I’d read an entire book with just Beka, tbh. More…

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    June 5, 2013

    Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall (2013)

    April 30, 2015

    Spectered Isle by K.J. Charles

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    The Just City by Jo Walton (2015)

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    I’ll be honest: my philosophy 101 class was so boring and terrible I’ve mostly forgotten everything about it. The only thing I DO remember is the thing about the caves, and that’s only because it came up in some of my other (non-philosophy) classes. So when I saw that Jo Walton had written a book about a city built based upon Plato’s Republic, I was super worried it’d be dry and boring. Even though I LOVE Jo Walton’s writing! I was still worried, because of the subject matter. My darling readers, it was not dry or boring and it was WONDERFUL. SO WONDERFUL.

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    The Bone Key by Sarah Monette

    July 3, 2015

    Fighting Gravity by Leah Petersen

    July 7, 2015

    False Colors by Alex Beecroft

    December 15, 2014
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    Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles (2014)

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    I don’t know why I bother preordering books (see: this post), as I almost always put off reading them until way later anyway. Case in point: this book! I’ve had it since pub date, but I waited ages to read it. I suppose it’s the excitement of knowing that it’s going to show up in my mailbox/Kindle? And I WAS/AM excited for Flight of Magpies to be published! It’s the third book of a series I’ve very much enjoyed, with characters I like and a wonderful fantasy-mystery plot. So in the previous book, A Case of Possession, Crane and Stephen worked through some problems in their relationship: namely, do they…

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    Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

    July 9, 2015

    Clariel by Garth Nix

    November 12, 2014

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