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Emily Roberson, “Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters” (FSG, 2019)
Emily Roberson
Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network October 23, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Welcome to New Books in Fantasy and Adventure, a podcast channel on the New Books Network. Today we’ll be talking with Emily Roberson about her debut YA novel, Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), a mythological retelling. In this modern version of the myth of Theseus... Read More
Melissa Albert, “The Hazel Wood” (Flatiron Books, 2018)
Melissa Albert
The Hazel Wood

Flatiron Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network September 6, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Melissa Albert‘s novel The Hazel Wood (Flatiron Books, 2018) is a shivery delight, like a dazzling vintage ball gown of paisley silk, slithering over your head. Reading it is like drowning in musk rose petals and damson wine. It begins in an almost conventional manner, with a missing person mystery.... Read More
Eyal Kless, “The Lost Puzzler: The Tarakan Chronicles” (Harper Voyager, 2019)
Eyal Kless
The Lost Puzzler
The Tarakan Chronicles
Harper Voyager, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in Literature July 30, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

A picaresque novel about a serious boy with special powers, The Lost Puzzler takes place in an impoverished, technologically backwards world. After the fall of the advanced Tarakan Empire, the remaining population struggles to get by on what remains of their technology. Others turn to a rural existence, adhering to... Read More
Sharon Shinn, “Echo in Onyx: Uncommon Echoes” (Audible Studios, 2019)
Sharon Shinn
Echo in Onyx
Uncommon Echoes
Audible Studios, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network July 4, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Brianna, our narrator, is the daughter of a country inn-keeper. Her quick thinking and compassion during a job interview earn her a coveted position as lady’s maid for Lady Marguerite, the daughter of the governor of Orenza. Like many members of the nobility in this fantasy world, Marguerite has Echoes,... Read More
R. Scott Boyer, “Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy” (Koehler Books, 2019)
R. Scott Boyer
Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy

Koehler Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books Network May 31, 2019 Jim Stein

When sixteen-year-old Bobby Ether is abducted and brought to the secluded Jade Academy in Tibet, monks teach him and other special students how to tap into their Anima—the universal energy that connects all living things. But the headmistress of the academy is secretly exploiting the students, looking for genetic triggers... Read More
R. F. Kuang, “The Poppy War” (Harper Voyager, 2019)
R. F. Kuang
The Poppy War

Harper Voyager, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network May 29, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Rin, an orphan raised by a family that treats her badly, is no Harry Potter, despite the superficial similarities. No kindly wizards await her; there are no summons from a cute feathered familiar. She studies day and night to be able to attend the military academy at the city of... Read More
Madeline Miller, “Circe” (Little, Brown and Company, 2018)
Madeline Miller
Circe

LIttle, Brown and Company, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FantasyNew Books in Historical FictionNew Books in LiteratureNew Books Network April 8, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Circe is an immortal naiad, the daughter of the Sun God, Helios. Ignored or belittled by her divine kin because of her human-sounding voice, dull-colored hair, and quiet manner, she turns to her little brother for company, and then eventually, meets a human man who seems to offer her adoration.... Read More
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