Dark Fantasy

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“King knocks it smoothly out of the park.”

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Rust in the Root is an absolute delight of a book, with thick worldbuilding, a complex magic system, discussions of race, power, gender, and sexuality—all wrapped

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“master craft level of world building that offers much more to the fantasy genre than the usual fare.”

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“Readers who enjoy political intrigue in their fantasy will find Beaton’s debut deeply satisfying.”

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“Editor Melissa Edmundson has produced a valuable collection for scholars and curious readers alike.”

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The Four Profound Weaves is a beautifully articulated exploration of queer identity and transformation.

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“With affable characters intelligently written, it is the world-building that sets this book apart from the usual fare.”

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“These Southern Stepford wives will match Scarlett O’Hara for sheer determination and surpass Buffy the Vampire Slayer with their courage, while giving the reader an unexpected ironic chuck

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The world of fantasy is alive with short fiction, and those wild-growing stories are bundled together by a league of anthologists who carefully arrange tales by theme.

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“This is top rate action/adventure horror with the right amount of humanity to keep the reader’s attention from cover to cover.”

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“New readers and seasoned veterans alike will enjoy this dive back into the land of talking unicorns, demon-dead queens, brooding sex, and the Blood politics that made the series a favorite

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“A well-written bit of escapism that offers a few hours of easy reading fun.”

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“The long-awaited third novel of the Relic series is here.

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“The Grand Dark doesn’t rise above the pulpy, overwrought drama of the eponymous theater’s productions.

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“The end result is that Johnston delivers a kick-in-the nuts, edgy, and dark book that excites on every level.”

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“Any reader who likes the literary convention of placing real-life people in fictional situations will wholeheartedly enjoy Stoker’s Wilde.”

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“The Razor is science fiction written at a thriller pace.

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Titanshade satisfies well enough to make you start over at the beginning to see what you missed.”

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“far-reaching, ambitious, and urgently queer. . . . it contains magnificent work worth diving into, even at the risk of drowning or being devoured.”

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“It’s rare to find a genre novel so satisfying in its commitment to political realism . . .”

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“this novel is definitely a heart-pounder, and a good incentive to sleep with the lights on. Kudos to Anonymous for a chilling addition to stories of this urban legend.”

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Reader warning: This review contains spoilers.

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“this story is full evidence that ghosties and ghoulies inhabit places other than the United States and Transylvania.”

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“Sisyphean is a challenging read, but love it or leave it, one will come away with a deep admiration for its ideas, genre boundary breaking, immersive world-buildi

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“In Queen Phela, authors Golden and Lebbon have created a female villain rivaling Lady Macbeth.”

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