Fantasy Archives - Plugged In https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/book-genre/fantasy/ Shining a Light on the World of Popular Entertainment Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:51:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.pluggedin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/plugged-in-menu-icon-updated-96x96.png Fantasy Archives - Plugged In https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/book-genre/fantasy/ 32 32 Island of Whispers https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/island-of-whispers/ Tue, 28 May 2024 15:12:21 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31777 Young Milo must take up his father’s job when the grim man is killed. The job? He must ferry the souls of the dead.

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]]> On the misty island of Merlack, the lingering dead will cause great harm if they’re not carried to a place where they can move on. And with his father’s murder, young Milo must take on the job … of the ferryman.

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]]> Bookshops & Bonedust https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/bookshops-and-bonedust/ Tue, 21 May 2024 22:32:41 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31722 Orc adventurer Viv is badly wounded and must leave the smashing and bashing life behind while she recoups in a small village.

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]]> During her first big gig with a respected mercenary crew, Viv the orc goes too hard too fast and gets badly wounded. Now she’s left to recover in a small village in the middle of nowhere. But this place has interesting residents to meet. And Viv has lessons to learn.

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]]> Elf Dog and Owl Head https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/elf-dog-and-owl-head/ Mon, 13 May 2024 15:12:52 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31666 In M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head, Clay’s life forever changes when he finds a magic dog in the forest.

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Clay can’t see his friends because of a virus that has shut down the world. But then he meets a strange dog that leads him to magical places he could never find on his own.

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]]> A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series) https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/court-of-frost-and-starlight/ Mon, 06 May 2024 19:31:26 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31603 The war is over. But now how will Feyre, Rhys and their friends rebuild?

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]]> Feyre, Rhys, and their friends are busy rebuilding and recovering from the war that changed everything. But the faerie land’s Winter Solstice celebration is finally upon them, and perhaps everyone can take a well-earned break.

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]]> Fog & Fireflies https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/fog-and-fireflies/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:07:59 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31568 After a wizard’s war scarred the world, only children can face off with an ever-encroaching, deadly fog.

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In Ogma’s world, only children can fend off a foul fog that threatens everyone over a certain age. And now this 14-year-old girl must also face an even larger danger: an all-powerful wizard.

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]]> Waverider (Amulet #9) https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/waverider/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:38:49 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31223 Emily Hayes is a Stonekeeper, and she must use that magical stone’s power to fight the shadows.

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]]> After finally coming to understand the true power of her magical amulet, Emily Hayes must join together with new friends to face the corrupting forces of evil.

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]]> The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/invisible-life-of-addie-larue/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:14:06 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31176 Addie LaRue made a deal with a devil to live forever free. But she is also forever forgotten.

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Addie LaRue wanted nothing to do with the 18th century life set before her, so she made a deal with a devil. Now she will live forever … and be cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

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]]> Dune Messiah https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/dune-messiah/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:51:00 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31134 The war has been won and planets conquered, but now Paul Atreides—the man christened Maud’Dib—must learn what it is to rule.

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]]> Paul Atreides has become ruler of the known universe. But the machinations and conspiracies of his enemies may bring everything he values to ruin.

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]]> Fourth Wing https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/fourth-wing/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:03:41 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=31080 Fourth Wing is a hodgepodge of typical teenage dystopian ideas and worldbuilding—but with a lot more adult content.

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]]> Ever since Violet Sorrengail joined the Riders Quadrant, she’s spent her days learning how to avoid being chargrilled by dragons and skewered by her enemies. And as more deadly secrets are revealed, Violet will be forced to rethink everything she’s ever known.

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]]> Once a Queen https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/once-a-queen/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:19:55 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=30807 When young Eva spends the summer with the English grandmother she’s never known, she’s introduced to an unexpected and fantastic world.

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]]> American Eva Joyce has never met her English grandmother. But when she spends the summer at the family’s mysterious manor house, she finds hidden secrets of a fantastic world behind magic portals.

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