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.

ARC Review: Dust of a Moth’s Wing (The Age of Fire) by R. Ramey Guerrero

Dust of a Moth's Wing Series: The Age of Fire, #1 Author: R. Ramey Guerrero Genre: Fantasy Release Date: March 25th, 2022 Book Description: The age of Fire begins in six days. For fifteen hundred years, Slate and the other rebels have trained students to return Fire's energy to the city of Wen. All have …

Continue reading ARC Review: Dust of a Moth’s Wing (The Age of Fire) by R. Ramey Guerrero

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.

2022 Updates and Expectations (and a 2021 Wrap-up/Summary)

Hello. I am tagging this post in the Paths of Fantasy category/blog because most of what I'm going to share here is more in that category. However, the Enthralled By Love Blog is still active. I split my blog posts into two categories in December. The Enthralled By Love Blog is the majority of what …

Continue reading 2022 Updates and Expectations (and a 2021 Wrap-up/Summary)

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: Cursed Song by Samantha Kroese

Cursed Song Series: Standalone Author: Samantha Kroese Genre: Fantasy (Fairy Tale Romance X Horror) Book Description: Bound by Song. Cursed by Fate Ruyne, Leader of the Dusksinger bards, travels with his band from town to town, thrilling crowds with inspiring music born from an ancient magic. He leads a charmed life with his brother, and …

Continue reading Book Review: Cursed Song by Samantha Kroese

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.

Review: Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost

Obsidian: Awakening Series: Obsidian, #1 Author: Sienna Frost Genre: Historical Fantasy (Grimdark) Blurb: A war fought for peace. A former slave who trades away his freedom. An oracle tormented by his visions. A wife who lives to kill her husband. A half blood son born from hatred. A tyrant who fights for unity. A girl …

Continue reading Review: Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost

Review: The Stars Wait Not by Anne Wheeler

The Stars Wait Not Series: The Star Realms Saga, #1 Author: Anne Wheeler Genre: Sci-fi Romance Blurb: Ryllis Camden has a secret – she can talk to nature, and it speaks to her in return. But her gift is forbidden by the Vilarian Star Realm who controls her planet, and the penalty is death. When …

Continue reading Review: The Stars Wait Not by Anne Wheeler

Indie Author Blog Tag

Greetings, this Monday! Some of you may be unaware that I am an independently published author of several fantasy novels. Others of you doubtless already know this. Anyway, I occasionally do Blog Tags, and I decided to do this Indie Author Blog Tag by R.M Archer (https://rmarcher.com/2021/11/indie-author-blog-tag-and-giveaway-winner-announcements/). I discovered it on E.G Bella’s blog (https://egbella.com/2021/11/19/indie-author-blog-tag/). …

Continue reading Indie Author Blog Tag

Silmavalien and Minth (Art for DragonBirth, Book One in the Return of the Dragonriders Trilogy)

It's been about a month since my last post, so here is a post for a piece of art I did quite a long time ago! Actually, I did it along with a very kind friend, who drew the picture for me, since I am not very good at drawing faces! In fact, I am …

Continue reading Silmavalien and Minth (Art for DragonBirth, Book One in the Return of the Dragonriders Trilogy)