I’m back for another round of the Quick Fire Fantasy Tag, updated with fantasy books I’ve read since W&W 2023. This tag was originally created by The Bookworm Dreamer, and it’s a quick fun tag. Join in if you’d like!
5 Star Book:
Both of these books made my Top 5 Books of 2023, so of course I’ll use any excuse to talk about them again! Dreambound by Dan Frey is a story about a father looking for his lost daughter, and it’s an unforgettable story.
Likewise, The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan is a story of friendships and ghosts, and like everything Morgan writes, reading it will give you a warm tingly feeling.
Always going to Recommend:
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is one of the author’s most accessible books. It’s a fantasy murder mystery with an emphasis on “mystery.” Lots of fun and the start of a series too!
Own it but haven’t read it yet:
I preordered The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, but a heavy review TBR has prevented me from getting to it yet. Hopefully I can read it this year:-)
Would read again:
I just recently reviewed The Silverblood Promise by James Logan, and already I’m dying to revisit these characters and this world.
In another world:
A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall is one of the most magical, imaginative worlds I visited recently. It’s worth reading for many reasons, but the worldbuilding is wonderful.
Back on Earth:
There were a few books that could have fit in this prompt, but I decided to pick The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden, set in a very gritty, realistic WWI setting, because I’m still thinking about it longer after reading it.
I definitely want to read some of these. The Silverblood Promise and The Tainted Cup are probably the ones I’m most looking forward to but I really like the sound of A Letter to the Luminous Deep as well 😀
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All are really good:-)
I recently read The Tainted Cup and enjoyed it even more than the first Foundryside book: the world-building is nothing short of amazing and I loved the duo Din-Ana 🙂
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I’m glad you loved it! I can’t wait for the next book:-)
I’m currently reading The Familiar and although I’m not suuuuper far in yet I’m really enjoying it. Can’t wait to read more of it!
Yay, I can’t wait to read it as well:-)
Ooh, I might have to try this tag!
I’m glad you did the tag, so fun:-)
I read and thoroughly enjoyed A Letter to the Luminous Deep, which you made me aware of, so thank you very much for the recommendation. The others I have not read, but The Tainted Cup looks interesting.
Oh I’m so glad!!
I loved The Tainted Cup and plan to read a few of the others.
They are all good:-)
There are a number of the above I haven’t read – but I completely echo your comments regarding The Tainted Cup and A Letter to the Luminous Deep:)). Thank you for sharing.
I love highlighting my favorites when I can:-)
Well I have finished The Familiar (audiobook) this week and I loved it!
Oh cool! I’m so glad, everyone seems to say the same thing.
Ugh I really need to read The Tainted Cup! I really loved this previous trilogy.
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It’s so good!
I remember you raving about DREAMBOUND! I have THE FAMILIAR on my list and actually got about 50 pages in or so. But I put it aside to tackle a bunch of ARCs before I went on vacation. But I do plan to finish it this year.
I would read Dreambound again, it was so good:-)
I’ve not read any of these yet, but the two highest on my list are The Tainted Cup and The Silverblood Promise.
Both excellent, you can’t go wrong with either:-)
Cool. I’m going to do this tag in the coming week.
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I’ll come check it out!
I’m really curious about Tainted Cup and Silverblood Promise so hopefully I’ll get a chance to check them out sometime. I’m also definitely ordering Warm Hands Of Ghosts into the library sometime this year. I hope you get a chance to check out The Familiar soon too. It’s still my favourite read so far this year.
Ooh that makes me want to read The Familiar even more:-)
Great answers.
Lynn 😀