Schlagwort: fantasy
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Ninth House and Hell Bent (Leigh Bardugo)
I have a love-hate relationship with these books. (…) These books are as dark as it can get. I had to pair it with a lighter read to keep my mood up. You can find a specific trigger warning down below. (…)
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Want something heartwarming, light, quirky and fun? Then I can just recommend you to read „Howl’s Moving Castle“ by Diana Wynne Jones. (…)
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Legends & Lattes (Travis Baldree)
Dipping into something cozy and soothing is a concept most of us came to appreciate during the last difficult years, I believe. With the pandemic, but also our hectic modern life, enjoying the simple things and the conncetion to others became something to strive for again. The retreat into the sanction of the home or…
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Shannon Chakraborty)
Easiest. 5 stars. Ever. This was pure enjoyment! I love me a good pirate story and somehow Shannon Chakraborty managed to put all the elements I love together in this book, which is – thank God – the first one in a new series (The Amina-al-Sirafi Series). This book was a blast from the first…
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Galatea (Madeline Miller)
I stand with Madeline Miller concerning the interpretation of the greek myth. The Pygmalion myth is a prime example of misogyny and fetishization of female bodies and „pure character“ for the male pleasure. (…)
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The Waking Forest (Alyssa Wees)
Today! Todays this sweet little audiobook is coming out (28th of March 2023). I got to chance to listen to it as an ARC and I did enjoy it. In „The Waking Forest“ we are following the story of a witch in the forest and also the story of a girl, Rhea, wo is living…
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Godkiller (Hannah Kaner)
Hannah Kaners ‚Godkiller‘ is an epic fantasy tale that lives off of world building, a page-turning plot as well as likeable and deeply human characters. A beautiful tale about a world where gods were part of the everyday life before they were banished for good, or were they?
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