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: Silver Fire (Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening) by Laura Brewer

Silver Fire Series: Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening, #2 Author: Laura Brewer, Roland Brewer Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Rowan and Alvinari’s smooth routine is shattered by hordes of mordkii, larger and far better equipped than any they’ve ever seen, approach their borders. Rowan calls up every fighter and mage across the kingdom. Odin musters Asgard, but …

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DragonSword, Return of the Dragonriders Book Three, by Raina Nightingale. A black dragon with red wings rises out of a volcano that is overflowing its mountain. Art by Midnight Rose.

Saturday Art: Cover Reveal for Revised DRAGONSWORD

Hello everyone! I said I hoped to have DragonSword done by December, and here we are, not even half-way through November, and it's done. The paperbacks will probably be ready by January, but for now the lovely art by Midnight Rose for this series finale! Now that you've seen that gorgeous cover, that I think …

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Book Review: Unbound (Songs of Chaos) by Michael R. Miller

Unbound Series: Songs of Chaos, #2 Author: Michael R. Miller Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Sometimes the world needs a little chaos. Holt and Ash saved the kingdom of Feorlen against all odds. Now they are outcasts, alone on an impossible quest to unite the Elder Dragons. But they are children playing in a game of …

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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.

November Updates, Expectations, and Book Features!

Hello, everyone! It's November now, and that is quite a busy month. Even if we are ignoring the Holiday Season (which I usually do), and even if we're not doing NaNoWriMo (which I never do either, but have all the fun if you are!!). Honestly, October was BUSY too. I released Scars of Fire and …

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Book Review: Brisingr (Inheritance) by Christopher Paolini

Brisingr Series: The Inheritance Cycle, #3 Author: Christopher Paolini Genre: Fantasy Book Description: OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide. Following the colossal battle against the Empire’s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for …

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Silver Fire by Laura and Roland Brewer, Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening, Book Two. A Norse-mythology inspired Christian slice-of-life X gamelit epic fantasy. Shows a woman with white fiery wings rising above a battlefield.

Cover Reveal/Book Feature: SILVER FIRE by Laura Brewer with Roland Brewer

Hi everyone! Today I have a book to feature and a cover to show off! A while ago I read Winds of Chaos (you can read my full review here), and I've now gotten to ARC read Silver Fire, the second book in the series, which is Chronicles of Asgard: Awakening. My review for that …

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A white dragon with wings outspread flies away from the viewer, bearing a reader on his back, into an evening sky. Below soars a gold dragon with white wings, barely visible.

Saturday Art Cover Reveal: New Cover for Revised DRAGONWING

Hello everyone! This month ends with another Saturday Art, featuring another Cover Reveal, once again by the talented Midnight Rose, and this time for book two in the Return of the Dragonriders Trilogy, DragonWing. (You can see DragonBirth's cover here.) I did, in fact, follow through on having the revised DragonWing ready by November, even …

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Book Review: Dragon Latitudes (Airship Dragons) by Amy Campbell

Dragon Latitudes Series: Airship Dragons, #1 Author: Amy Campbell Genre: Fantasy Book Description: As a dragon-hunter, he never imagined he'd be the one hunted – until a recruit tossed him overboard to prove that he was no different from the dragons they were after. And just like that, Elazar's life changed forever. Not for the …

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Raina’s Fantastic Ramblings: Is it Anthropocentric to Write Non-Human Points of View?

Is it anthropocentric to write non-human point-of-view characters? A few weeks ago, I had a short conversation on social media that touched on why I only rarely write the perspectives of non-humans. I've thought about this before, but I had sort of forgotten about it, so I'm revisiting it, and I decided it might make …

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Book Review: Child of the Forest (Child of Prophecy) by Audrey Simmons

Child of the Forest Series: Child of Prophecy, #2 Author: Audrey Simmons Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Even as bait, Neoma thought she would have a little more time to have fun with her best friends on Tour before things got serious. But Tobias' words still ring in her ears. A chilling prophecy about tangled destinies, …

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