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2 weeks ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
All I knew about The Gryphon King before going in was that it was promised to have (queer) sword-wielding female knights on winged, man-eating horses, and that was honestly enough to know I needed this in my life. Turns out, that is only one of the many (many!) aspects that make this dark, epic, political fantasy so wonderfully intriguing and breathtakingly brilliant.
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4 weeks ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
You know, The Connections series has been excitingly unique and unpredictable from the very start, but I somehow still wasn’t prepared for the number of surprises that Christina K. Glover had in store in The Lineman. It takes all the best elements of the previous two books and just weaves every single thread together in one hell of an epic finale full of action, emotion, heart, and hurt.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
You would think that Dinniman would run out of new ways to keep this insane dungeon crawling adventure exciting at some point, but ooooh no, instead The Eye of the Bedlam Bride might just be the best and most refreshing instalment in the series yet. What can I say that I haven’t already said before? This series just has absolutely zero business working as well as it does, and yet here we are.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
GRASPING AT THREADSIf there’s one thing Henley Yu has learned, it’s that nothing is easy when it involves Chief Operator Kittinger. The pair can finally face the world together, focused on the pursuit of the Ethereal lord who escaped into the Actuality. This time the mortal world won’t be a silent victim, and Kit and Henley will hunt their quarry with the help of mages who have plenty to lose. But Kit punched through something he shouldn’t have in the battle for the Order Headquarters.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
They always say not to judge a book based on its cover, but I think Dragon Along would have to be the exception to that rule. I mean, it’s just as cute, cozy, charming, fun and endearing as it is promised to be, and my heart was honestly bursting with joy the entire way through this unconventional dragon fantasy adventure.If you come here expecting a rehash of the wild dragon bonding shenanigans that Upscaled delivered, then you better think again.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
Dave Lawson delivers blood, banter and brutal gut punches in The Pawns of Havoc. Set twelve years before the start of The Envoys of War, this standalone prequel novella gives a glimpse into the mysterious backstory of the enigmatic Cork, and you better believe it’s not a happy tale. Now, out of all the many exceptionally intriguing characters from The Envoys of War, Cork was easily a standout for me, so I was just about jumping with joy to get a peek into his past.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
Filled with equal parts heart and hurt, Digital Extremities is a Black Mirror-esque collection of eight cyberpunk sci-fi short stories that span decades, continents and many different minds. It’s thrilling yet quiet, hopeful yet cautionary, soothing yet gut wrenching, but most of all, it’s an extraordinary exploration of what it means to be human in a world that grows increasingly alien.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
Abercrombie is back with a mad vengeance in The Devils, and holy smokes, it’s just full-on crazy mode from page one. This brand-new dark fantasy adventure might be utterly unhinged and possibly a bit too long, action-packed and tongue-in-cheek for its own good, but god damn it, if it didn’t end up being one hell of a delightful, deranged, and diabolically wild ride anyway.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
Equal parts heart warming and heart wrenching, Shade Spells with Strangers is one hell of an emotional rollercoaster full of magic, mayhem and meddling. This third instalment in the Fae & Human Relations series is cuter, spicier, angstier, and more deliciously slow-burn than ever before, but most of all, it’s simply everything you never knew you needed from a cozy, queer-normative, Regency-inspired fantasy romance.
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1 month ago | 
beforewegoblog.com | Esmay Rosalyne |Beth Tabler
You know, it would be the understatement of the year to say that my expectations for A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping were absolutely out of this world, but Sangu Mandanna just proved that it is indeed possible to catch lightning in a bottle twice! Yes, this story is chaotic, yes, it’s batshit crazy, and yes, it’s so sickeningly sweet that your insulin levels will probably rise just from reading it, but I think that is exactly where its magic and irresistible charm lies; this is simply...
