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 Dragon That Never Was by Timothy S. Currey

The Dragon That Never Was Series: Standalone (Novella) Author: Timothy S. Currey Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Every young woman in the village receives a dragon egg when she comes of age. Young Kleia watched every single egg hatch with a heart full of longing. Raising a dragon of her own was her destiny. Her reason …

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Raina’s Fantastic Ramblings: A Different Approach to Right vrs. Wrong

I'm not quite sure how I'm going to go about writing on this topic, even though I've been wanting to for a long time. There's a reason I write – and read – fiction. I think – and articulate – much better in fiction, or at least using fiction. And that means it's much harder …

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Book Review: Stranger Back Home (Fantastic Stranger) by E.L. Haines

Stranger Back Home Series: Fantastic Stranger, #1 Author: E.L. Haines Genre: Fantasy Comedy Book Description: One day, your father is a renowned diplomat. The next day, he's an infamous terrorist. When Sparrow is summoned to the reading of his father's last will and testament, the most he hoped for was a minor bequest. Instead, he …

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Book Review: Magic’s Promise (The Last Herald-Mage) by Mercedes Lackey

Magic's Promise Series: The Last Herald-Mage, #2 Author: Mercedes Lackey Genre: Fantasy Book Description: The wild magic is taking its toll on the land. Many Heralds and Herald-Mages have died fighting to preserve the peace. Even Vanyel, the most powerful of the Herald-Mages is almost at the end of his strength, in need of a …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: K.E. Andrews with The Assassin of Grins and Secrets

Hello! Autumn is really coming up on us, and we have another Spotlight for the lovely authors of the 8th annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Today we have K.E. Andrews with The Assassin of Grins and Secrets, and her main character (the assassin, I believe), Serein, has synesthesia (which, incidentally, I also experience, so how cool …

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SPFBO 8 Author Spotlight: Jean Gill with Queen of the Warrior Bees

Hello! As a SPFBO 8 author (whose entree was incidentally cut early in the Blog-Off) I am doing a Spotlight series for any authors who have books in the 8th annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, no matter when their book was cut or how far they make it. Today's Spotlight is for Jean Gill, who has …

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Raina’s Fantastic Ramblings: What does Time mean?

Time. I said I'd write about time. And what does that even mean? What does Time mean? Well, I was talking about Goodness being final and happiness being real, no matter the “ending,” and that I couldn't see a real distinction between that and the ultimate/final/primal I-NEED-A-WORD-THAT-DOES-NOT-HAVE-CONNOTATIONS-ABOUT-TIME-OR-BEGINNINGS-OR-ENDINGS, and I know that ETERNITY won't do at …

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