Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy, a blog dedicated to all things fantasy and speculative fiction, from book reviews to essays on world building, characters, and favorite novels.

Book Review: The Crane Moon Cycle (The Phoenix and the Sword, The Shoreless River) by J.C. Snow

The Crane Moon Cycle Series: Omnibus (The Phoenix and the Sword, The Shoreless River) Author: J.C. Snow Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Across wars and worlds, through death and life, in mortal and immortal hearts, the binding of the phoenix holds. Aili Fallon is determined to escape her past, and won't let anything get in the …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Daniel Meyer with CREDIBLE THREATS

Hey again! For today's SPFBO 9 Spotlight (and you can find out more about the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off here) we have Daniel Meyer, among whose fears we can list the attempt of at least some things he considers to be realistic or achievable. Wonder what that implies about his books? Anyway, his SPFBO 9 entry …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: W.D. Kilpack III with CROWN PRINCE

Hello all! The end of the second official month of SPFBO9 is coming up! And this time, we have W.D. Kilpack III, who's had an amazing number of publications to precede this one, and the first book of his new series ... Crown Prince The future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Will …

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Book Review: The Wings of Ashtaroth (The Sands of Hazzan) by Steve Hugh Westenra

The Wings of Ashtaroth Series: The Sands of Hazzan, #1 Genre: Dark Fantasy Author: Steve Hugh Westenra Book Description: The great city of Qemassen is at a crossroads. A powerful empire from beyond the ocean threatens to reignite a centuries-old feud. A slave rebellion brews in the tangled labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city streets. …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Nicole Pierman with DANU’S CURSE

Hi! As a Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off entrant myself, I am offering other SPFBO9 Authors a spotlight on the blog ... regardless of their book's status, whether cut or semi-finalist or not yet! Today, we have Nicole Pierman with us, and she is a prolific author who bakes and writes fantasy of Ireland. Here is her …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Anne Mattias with KINGSRISE

Hi everyone! It's moving later in the Summer, and the 9nth Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off is going its way. Today, we have Anne Mattias, whose first draft was sucked into another world via a haunted cellar, and her SPFBO9 entry is ... Kingsrise A sleepy town on the west coast of England. Nothing really happens …

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Saturday Art: The Plains of Zharda

Hello, everyone! It's another Art Saturday! This time, we've got a landscape concept art that I painted digitally. The Plains of Zharda lies between the mountains and the western sea, on the continent of Galen. They are cut off from the rest of the continent by the Mountains of the Sun's Rising (as their people …

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Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9 Author Interviews and Book Spotlights on Enthralled By Love (Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy)

SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: J.C. Snow with THE PHOENIX AND THE SWORD

Hi! It's almost half-way through July, so one and a half months since the official start of the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. This week's theme seems to be red covers, immortals, queer love, and authors whose names start with 'J.C.'. This Thursday, we have J.C. Snow with ... The Phoenix and the Sword Cursed …

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SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: JC Rycroft with THE BLOOD-BORN DRAGON

Hello, everyone! As a three-times Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off entrant (and that's counting this one), I am doing spotlights and interviews for SPFBO9 books and their authors! This 11nth of July, we have The Blood-Born Dragon, an adventurous sapphic story, by JC Rycroft, who loves bringing together apparent contradictions. The Blood-Born Dragon A bond she didn’t …

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