Tag: #fantasy

• Sandra Proudman Interview

  Sandra Proudman is a proud Mexican-American author and literary agent at the Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency. She graciously took the time to answer my questions in her first interview for her debut novel, Salvación. Enjoy! 1. To start from the beginning, who are some of your literary inspirations? It’d be too hard to just…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 2, 2024

  Interview

  #fantasy, #fiction, #historicalfantasy, #historicalfiction, #latinx, #mexicanamerican, #rachelreads&reviews, #relitremix, #salvación, #sandraproudman, #YA, books, literary-agents, publishing, writing

• Sept Books

  Hera by Jennifer Saint Hera usually gets a bad rap by modern perspectives. A shrew, a horrible mother, a jealous bitch are the most common modifiers. Her husband cheats but she punishes the mistresses instead of Zeus himself. Then again, it’s not like she can go on a one on one attack with the King…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 30, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #avonromance, #cinderella, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #enchanters, #fairygodmother, #fairytale, #fantasy, #feliciagrossman, #flatironbooks, #greekmythology, #hera, #historicalromance, #jencalonita, #jennifersaint, #marrymebymidnight, #middlegrade, #prequel, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #retellings, #snowwhite, #wakememostwickedly

• The Reckoning of Roku Review

  It’s always a delight to return to the world of the Four Nations and the Avatar that keeps them in balance. Here, Ribay delves into one of the most well-known of them all, at least if you watched the original series. Roku, Aang’s predescessor whose friendship with Fire Lord Sozin is a bond turned tragic.

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 19, 2024

  Reviews

  #amuletbooks, #avatarthelastairbender, #fantasy, #rachelreads&reviews, #randyribay, #rokuduology, #theavatarchronicles, #therecokoningofroku, #YA

• Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions

  I have finished my mission to read all the Merlin Missions. And the series except for the latest book because it has a long waiting list as it should. Some series don’t stand the test of time much less resonate with a new generation (usually by retconning the old which makes no one happy) but…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 24, 2024

  Book/Author Highlight

  #blizzardofthebluemoon, #dangerinthedarkesthour, #fantasy, #forthefuturebenfranklin, #historicalfiction, #lowergrade, #magicalrealism, #magictreehouse, #marypopeosborne, #merlinmissions, #nightofthenewmagicians, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic

• Waterfire Saga: Sea Spell Review

  The grand final book in the Waterfire Saga has the merls facing up to their biggest challenges yet-Overthrowing Vallerio and his accomplices and destroying Abbedon and Orfeo. It’s a thrilling book with some surprise conclusions that I hadn’t seen coming and filled with action that kept me at the edge of my seat. But there…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 27, 2024

  Reviews

  #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #jenniferdonnelly, #mermaids, #rachelreads&reviews, #seaspell, #urbanfantasy, #waterfiresaga, #YA

• Waterfire Saga: Dark Tide Review

  Donnelly gets right into the action with a heist! I love heists. Sera has grown in her confidence and badassery, formulating and succeeding in divesting the throne’s treasurey. Just in time too because they’ll need that gold to convince the goblin tribe to join their covert Blackfin army when they fight Sera’s traitorous uncle. But…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 26, 2024

  Reviews

  #darktide, #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #jenniferdonnelly, #mermaids, #rachelreads&reviews, #urbanfantasy, #waterfiresaga, #YA

• Waterfire Saga: Rogue Wave Review

  Since the fall of Cerula and finding out she is part of a greater prophacy, Serfina is left to pick up the pieces of her life and figure out where her talisman is before Abbadon is released. Meanwhile, her best friend, Neela had returned to her kingdom of Mitali to warn her family of the…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 25, 2024

  Reviews

  #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #jenniferdonnelly, #mermaids, #rachelreads&reviews, #roguewave, #urbanfantasy, #waterfiresaga, #YA

• Waterfire Saga: Deep Blue Review

  In the darkest deep, there be monsters and despite centuries of protection and magical spells, the circumstances have converged to allow Abbadon break free, and the ancestors of the original Six Who Ruled to rise.

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 24, 2024

  Reviews

  #deepblue, #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #jenniferdonnelly, #mermaids, #rachelreads&reviews, #urbanfantasy, #waterfiresaga, #YA

• Soul of the Deep Review

  Happy blog anniversary to me! Can you believe it’s been two years. time flies. Anyway, it’s been several months since Simidele made her deal with oisa of the dead, Olokun, that in exchange for helping to capture Esu, she will keep him company in the Land of the Dead. The bitter currents never leave her…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 26, 2024

  Reviews

  #fantasy, #mermaids, #natashabowen, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #soulofthedeep, #westafricanmythology, #YA, #yorubamythology

• Skin of the Sea Review

  Simidele is one of Yemoja’s Mami Wata, mermaids who collects the souls of the dead tossed from ships and blesses their journeys to the beyond. But Simidele remembers her life as a human, in bits and pieces, she is the only one who doesn’t want to let the water wash away her memories as it…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 25, 2024

  Reviews

  #fantasy, #mamiwata, #mermaids, #natashabowen, #oisha, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #skinofthesea, #westafricanmythology, #YA, #yorubamythology