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: Winds of Chaos (Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening) by Laura Brewer

Winds of Chaos Series: Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening, #1 Author: Laura Brewer, Roland Brewer Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Welcome to the training grounds of the Armies of Heaven. Born on a world full of dangerous creatures and agents of darkness, Alvinar and Rowan are rigorously trained to hunt and fight all manner of things to …

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SPFBO 9 Author Interview: Helen Rygh-Pederson with THE BRIAR CROWN

Hello! This time, I'm featuring Helen Rygh-Pederson, who was on here last year for an SPFBO 8 Spotlight with Waking Ursa Minor. Helen is back again in this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off with a novel featuring plant magic: The Briar Crown They say love conquers all… but can the conquered ever love the conqueror? Twenty-five …

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SPFBO9 Book Feature: New Cover for THE VOW THAT TWISTED FATE by Katherine D. Graham

Hello! Today, I am bringing you a book feature, with the new cover for one of this year's many fantastic SPFBO 9 books: The Vow That Twisted Fate by Katherine D. Graham. Sort of an intriguing title, right? Three Queens Scattered Across Time, and a Fate That Binds Them All Together Born Into Peace... For …

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Always a Shard of Light: Author Interview and Book Spotlight with Jenelle L. Schmidt (Noblebright Spotlight)

It's been a while ... but that doesn't mean the noblebright spotlights are gone for good, and here's another one! (They're like the rare plant growing here and there, that you come across at random intervals, lol). Jenelle resides in a wintry tundra that she maintains is almost as good as Narnia - having opened …

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SPFBO 9 Author Interview: Daniel Maidman with THE EXILE OF ZANZIBAR

Hello! As a three-time SPFBO contestant, I'm doing interviews and spotlights with fellow entrants in the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Today, we have author and artist, Daniel Maidman, with us, and his SPFBO9 entry ... The Exile of Zanzibar Claire built a device to fold space and time. It had a flaw... When the …

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This Day Thou Shalt Be With Me in Paradise: A Meditation

“This day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise.” Recently, I remembered these words of Jesus to the criminal who hung beside him on a cross, over and over, as a kind of hymn or refrain among the quieter moments of my thoughts. “Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.” “This day thou …

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Book Review: Eldest (Inheritance) by Christopher Paolini

Eldest Series: The Inheritance Cycle, #2 Author: Christopher Paolini Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Darkness falls …. Swords clash …. Evil reigns …. Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel forces from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of …

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SPFBO 9 Author Interview: B.N. Reele with VANISHING INK

Hi! It's half-way through June, the first month of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Today, I'm featuring Vanishing Ink, a not-super-long fantasy, by my fellow SPFBO 9 author, B.N. Reele, a lover of both animals and video games. Vanishing Ink Twenty-year-old Maylee finds herself transported into a world by a book she finds in her grandmother's …

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SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Benjamin Aeveryn with SALT IN THE WOUND

Hi! It's almost half-way through June, and as I am scheduling these ahead of time, I really have no idea how the first weeks of the 9nth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off are going ... I hope there's been no more drama though. And with that let me present Benjamin Aeveryn, who has a jumpy cat and …

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