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  • Book ReviewsFantasy

    Joe Abercrombie: The Devils Review

    by Jefferz August 30, 2026
    August 30, 2026

    The Devils by Joe Abercrombie Series: The Devils #1 Genres: Adult, Adventure, British Literature, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Paranormal, LGBTQ+ Published by Gollancz on May 5, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 565 Source: Goldsboro Books Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread… And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency. For its congregation of convicted monsters there are no sins that have not been committed, no lines that will not be crossed, and no mission that cannot be turned into a disastrous bloodbath. Now the hapless Brother Diaz must somehow bind the worst of the worst to a higher cause: to put a thief on the throne of Troy, and unite the sundered church against the coming apocalypse. When you’re headed through hell, you need the devils on …

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    Kate Golden: Half City Review

    by Jefferz July 29, 2026
    July 29, 2026

    Half City by Kate Golden Series: Harker Academy #1 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Dark Academia, Paranormal, Romantasy, Urban Fantasy, New Adult Published by Arcadia on February 19, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 475 Source: FairyLoot Welcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. Keep your daggers sharp, and your wits even sharper. Viv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless job, and is dating a guy she doesn’t even like in the hopes of winning her prickly mother’s approval. She just also happens to be a demon hunter. Ever since her father’s murder, she’s been forced to hunt deviants alone, meaning everyone, including her family, sees her as an outsider. . . . Until the day she crosses paths with a dangerously alluring demon, Reid Graveheart. The reformed deviant tells her of a school for people just like her: Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. If she enrolls, she’ll learn to hone her craft, work with other hunters, and never be alone again. But Viv has a deadly secret. One that not even her new friends at Harker can know about. Not when the school …

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    Mackenzie Reed: I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell Review

    by Jefferz June 19, 2026
    June 19, 2026

    I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell by Mackenzie Reed Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Paranormal, Romantasy, Romance, Road Trip Published by Berkley on August 31, 2026 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 352 Source: Netgalley When staying late at the office leads to witnessing an exorcism, Brie Benson’s mundane life takes a hellish turn…literally.&nbsp After her parents’ death, twenty-seven-year-old Brie has mastered the art of compartmentalization to survive her mind-numbing routine as a receptionist at a life insurance company. But when she accidentally catches her hot, uptight boss, Luke, performing an exorcism on Debra from accounting, her carefully ordered world implodes.&nbsp Swearing Brie to secrecy, Luke reveals he’s from a line of demon hunters and that demonic activity is spiking. But when her emotional support coworker vanishes, Brie is determined to find her. With nothing left to lose, she convinces Luke to let her join his rescue mission.&nbsp The problem? Their destination is hell. And the entrance is in Times Square.&nbsp Now Brie and Luke must navigate a corporate underworld of monsters and bureaucratic nightmares while racing to save their colleague and repair a tearing veil between worlds. All before their growing feelings become irrelevant and hell claims …

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    Mark Lawrence: Daughter of Crows Review

    by Jefferz May 27, 2026
    May 27, 2026

    Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence Series: The Academy of Kindness #1 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Dark Academia, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Magic, Paranormal, Gothic Published by Harper Voyager on March 23, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 375 Source: The Broken Binding Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters.&nbsp The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies—known as the kindly ones—against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three will emerge.&nbsp The Academy’s halls run with blood. The few that survive its decade-long nightmare have been forged on the sands of the Wound Garden. They have learned ancient secrets amid the necrotic fumes of the Bone Garden. They leave its gates as avatars of vengeance, bound to uphold the oldest of laws.&nbsp Only the most desperate would sell their child to the Kindnesses. But Rue … she sold herself. And now, a lifetime later, a long and bloody lifetime later, just as she has discovered peace, war has been brought to an old woman’s doorstep.&nbsp That was a mistake. Paranormal dark …

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    Rosie Danan: Fan Service Review

    by Jefferz April 24, 2026
    April 24, 2026

    Fan Service by Rosie Danan Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Paranormal, LGBTQ+, Romance, Contemporary Romance Published by Priatkus on March 10, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 412 Source: Afterlight The truth is stranger than fan fiction in the new sexy, paranormal romcom from the bestselling author of The Roommate and The Intimacy Experiment.&nbsp The only place small-town outcast Alex Lawson fits in is the online fan forum she built for Arcane, a long-running werewolf detective show. Her dedication to archiving fictional supernatural lore made her Internet-famous, even if she harbors a secret disdain for the show’s star, Devin Ashwood. (Never meet your heroes – sometimes they turn out to be The Worst.)&nbsp Ever since his show went off the air, Devin and his career have spiralled, but waking up naked in the woods outside his LA home with no memory of the night before is a new low. It must have been a coincidence that the once-in-a-century Wolf Blood Moon crested last night. The claws, fangs, and howling are a little more difficult to explain away. Desperate for answers, Devin finds Alex – the closest thing to an expert that exists. If only he could convince her to stop hating …

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