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.

Art for HEART OF FIRE: Sylvara, Rider of Shimmer

Hello! It is another Art Saturday for Heart of Fire, with another character portrait drawn by yours truly. Sylvara, like Camilla, was born and grew up in the forests of Ilesh, one of many human slaves kept by the Wood Elves of Ilesh. She is about the same age as Camilla, and has always been …

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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.

Epoch of the Promise Cover Reveal

Hello everyone! I have been super busy recently, so I'm not able to provide a book review this week. However, I think the following post and links will explain some of why I have been busy! I am finally re-releasing Epoch of the Promise: Dawn Unseen and Epoch of the Promise: Vision's Light (previously Knights …

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Spotlight Sample for Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost (No Happy Ending)

Hello, you all! Everyone who's found this because of my irregular Noblebright Spotlight series might be in for a little bit of a shock, though it might not be that much of one if you read the last part of the title (or have been following my musings and reviews for a while): Obsidian: Awakening …

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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/). …

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The Gods and the One Who is Not Challenged

Early on, the majority of those who confessed Jesus to be the Son of God, crucified and risen again, decided that there were no gods, that all the gods of the Pagans were either figments of their imagination or demons from hell, and that anyone was a heretic who acknowledged the existence of governing spirits …

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Guest Post: Raina Nightingale & Kingdom of Light — Mariella Hunt

Louisa’s village – and the entire known kingdom – lives in complete darkness, using crude torches for what light they must have, and sleeping and going about their work either in the poor light of the torches or in complete darkness.Guest Post: Raina Nightingale & Kingdom of Light — Mariella Hunt

Never Have I Ever - Writers' Edition - Blog Tag

Never Have I Ever – Writers’ Edition – Blog Tag

This tag was created by Bree at The Long Voyage, and I decided I'd try it. First of all, the rules: Link and thank the blogger who tagged you (I got this tag from E.G Bella) Include the graphic somewhere in the post (or make your own!) Answer the questions truthfully and honestly. Tag 3 …

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