Genre: Fantasy & Magic

THE ASSASSIN’S GUIDE TO BABYSITTING By Natalie C. Parker

Short and Sweet Review Tru has spent her entire life hiding. In a world where people are born with different Talents, hers is the one everyone fears most, she’s a bastion, meaning her body is basically indestructible. Her parents were murdered because of it, and before her mom died, she sent Tru to live with […]

RED AS ROYAL BLOOD By Elizabeth Hart

Short and Sweet Review Ruby has spent her whole life as a servant in the castle, quietly solving puzzles and playing secret chess matches with one particular prince… and then suddenly the king dies and names her—a maid—his heir. No warning, no explanation, just instant “congratulations, you’re queen now.” And of course the castle is […]

THE REBEL AND THE ROSE By Catherine Doyle

Short and Sweet Review Seraphine and her Order of the Merchants are in a remote town and they plan on eradicating shade magic with lightfire. Seraphine doesn’t have total control of her powers yet but it makes her a target and as destiny will have it she’s brought back to Fantome. Ransom on the other […]

GILDED IN VENGEANCE By Lyssa Mia Smith

Short and Sweet Review Emmy went to the ball with her best friend Grace and only one of them walked away a free woman. Ever since that night two years ago Emmy has been locked up and everyone in high society knows her as a fraud. When Jack Fontaine opens Emmy’s cell he makes her […]

COLDWIRE By Chloe Gong

Short and Sweet Review In a future split between the shiny virtual “upcountry” and the crumbling “downcountry,” Eirale and Lia are living completely different lives and yet, somehow, they’re pieces of the same puzzle. Eirale gets framed for an assassination she didn’t commit and is forced into a dangerous mission in Medaluo, while Lia is […]

A FATE SO COLD By Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman

Short and Sweet Review In Alderland Summer is peaceful but when went comes it’s a brutal six weeks, where towns are obliterated and lives are lost. Magicians bond with wands of summer to defend against winter. Domenic doesn’t want the responsibility but he has no choice but to accept when one of the strongest summer […]

THE HOUSE SAPHIR By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review Mallory Fontaine is a fraud and she’s not ashamed of it. She and her sister Anais come from a long line of witches but the only ability Mallory has is to see ghosts. Mallory makes money by selling fake spells and jewelry and also giving tours at The House Saphir. Mallory […]

THE PRINCE OF MOURNING By Jenn Bennett

Short and Sweet Review Molly is a nursing student and she’s doing pretty well. When a stranger calls upon Molly to become his live in nurse, Molly has no choice but to accept this new position. When Molly arrives at the secluded mansion she doesn’t immediately meet her new employer Voss, but has more interactions […]

RIGHT WHERE WE BELONG By Farrah Penn

Short and Sweet Review It’s Delaney’s final year at her boarding school Ivernia and it’s not off to a great start, her father recently passed and she doesn’t know what she wants to do with her future, to make matters worse Ivernia might be closing its doors. Delaney makes a wish hoping to save the […]