Search Results
463 results found for "fantasy"
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Restless Truth, the second book in Freya Marske's historical fiction fantasy Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy
- Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder
Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong but I had trouble locking into the story's tone, which wavers into extended dark, vindictive revenge fantasies
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
pregnancy; the real story of a beloved figure from stage, film, and song; a missing-person mystery; and a fantasy in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite fantasy Sarah Rees Brennan is also the author of the fantastic character-driven young-adult fantasy In Other
- Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab
Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, and in this final book, darkness threatens to upend the delicate balance the few, essential, magical Antari The fantastic main players are back: Kell, the ward of the Red London's royal family who once thought Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements The series is adult fantasy but would be appropriate for a young adult reader--if not averse to Lila's
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition
Kuang In Kuang's dark academia fantasy novel, Alice Law is a graduate student in a ruthlessly competitive
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition
Chakraborty's Daevabad fantasy trilogy, The City of Brass ; and I'm reading Olivia Hawker's upcoming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition
In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).
- Review of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
over, paid for, published, successful, and various rights are sold all feels like a happy dream-state fantasy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition
Chakraborty I'm listening to the first wonderful installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy , and smart, with wonderful banter, a gruff and independent, saucy main protagonist in Amina, and a fantastic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/21/25 Edition
Schwab's historical fiction-fantasy story about vampires linked together through centuries.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition
01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/30/24 Edition
preacher Beth Moore's memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life ; I'm listening to Melissa Caruso's time-travel fantasy
- Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books
I could have listed so many fantastic young adult titles here, but I picked these varied, wonderful six With true friendship, loyalty, and fantastic, clever, clever ladies overcoming obstacles in their paths
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/27/25 Edition
rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You here and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction fantasy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/25 Edition
And I'm listening to The Blood of the Old Kings , the first in Sung-Il Kim's fantasy series in which
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition
Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy Paper & Blood is a quirky, lighthearted fantasy with entertaining pop culture references, copious Scottish
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/2/22 Edition
Blanchet's young adult fantasy Neath Trilogy--and her debut novel--to be published next week. Blanchet In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend has disappeared,
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying. The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition
stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra; Rachel Griffin's young adult fantasy often leaps over it. 02 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, as an audiobook, which was narrated by the fantastic Lameece Issaq and Amin El Gamal irresistible main protagonist in the feminist Muslim character of Amina; and the sea adventure with various fantastical She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust Glory examines deep matters in a fascinating chain of events, reflections, unexpected do-overs, and fantastic
- Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical He imagines a rich imaginary world full of fantastical visions, and these thoughts sustain him through
- Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
She is also the author of The Khorasan Archives fantasy series (The Bloodprint is the first book in the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition
excited to read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery
- Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
The details of everyday life are fantastic, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a fun nonfiction book. 05 Silver Elite by Dani Francis While I should probably stop reading "romantasy" because I prefer my fantasy
- Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Morris offers some revenge-fantasy satisfaction, but there are some grave casualties in the world of
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition
the only home she's ever known in order to save her genetic brother, she realizes that the revenge fantasies
- Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition
This Woven Kingdom is the first in Tahereh Mafi's fantasy trilogy of the same name.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young , Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy
- Review of My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
the Lady Janies trilogy is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball fantasy This is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition
newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This month my favorite reads consisted of multiple fantasy reads, aka escapes from reality--one magical For my full review of this book--and for links to my reviews of other fantasy books--please see Voyage
- My Favorite Science Fiction Reads of the Year
the Greedy Reading lists of past years' Bossy favorites: Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition
Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; Maas I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while.
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
But for me, the story didn't support these romantic, sexy fantasies--I remained somewhat irritated by
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
multimillion-copy bestselling book (or the Tony award-winning Broadway musical based upon it, or the fantastic made it even more rich. 04 Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin The first book in Mahurin's young adult fantasy
- Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage
For example, his fantasies upon seeing her wearing red lipstick take an instantaneous, (for me) alarmingly
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition
Happy Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy
- Review of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You here and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction fantasy
- Six Books I Want, Bossy Holiday 2022 Edition
Kuang explores colonialism, resistance, knowledge, and power in this hefty (454-page) fantasy, published this year and on many "top fantasy" lists. 02 Inciting Joy by Ross Gay Who's in for some inciting of
- Review of In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
This is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy, but the book is truly character driven. In Other Lands is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy—there’s a portal; there are mermaids, elves #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Weir provides Grace with unexpected company, fascinating collaboration, fantastic interpersonal relationships Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I hereby present to you historical fiction, literary fiction, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. fiction-feeling story, a Sherlock Holmes and Watson-type investigatory relationship, and fascinating otherworldly fantasy
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather
- Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
That book introduced the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen. It can be, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn’t about the fantasy of being
- Review of The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical fiction and fantasy #nordic, #Vikings, #series, #fantasyscifi
- Review of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The tone of Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth was unlike any fantasy novel I’ve read—Gideon’s speech is #fantasyscifi, #series, #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
Eason is also the author of the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series.
- Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen
darkly funny, and the situations range from that of a Sarah who is being paid to act out necrophilia fantasies


















































