Fantasy May 2020 Wrap Up

This month has been an eventful one for me. I signed up to read lots of Fantasy books as part of Wyrd And Wonder. My enthusiasm spilled a bit into the book-nook channel on WriteHive Discord and we decided to celebrate Fantasy May in our own way – with live readings and book discussions. In this post, I’m going to give a shout out to all the wonderful books that people shared on the book-nook channel, and Fantasy books I read this month.

Fantasy May – Book-nook picks

Below is the list of Fantasy books recommended by the community. If you are interested to read full discussions, please head over to the book-nook channel.

Standalone Fantasy books

• Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger [Recommended by Erynn]
• Angel Mage by Garth Nix [Recommended by Lauren]
• The Chaos Circus by Renee Dugan [Recommended by Jerusha]
• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan [Recommended by Izzy]

Fantasy series

• The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) by Brent Weeks [Recommended by Sam]
• The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss [Recommended by Fariha]
• Last Herald Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey [Recommended by Jesse]
• A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons #1) by Milla Vane [Recommended by Kyndall]
• Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire #1) by Michael J. Sullivan [Recommended by SKaeth]
• The Reach Between Worlds (The Arclight Saga #1) by Cameron M. Hayden [Recommended by SKaeth]
• Asperfell (Asperfell trilogy Book 1) by Jamie Thomas [Recommended by Jay Lawless]
• Sand Dancer by Trudie Skies [Recommended by Jay Lawless]

• The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising #2) by Susan Cooper [Recommended by Blue]
• Tiger’s Curse (The Tiger Saga #1) by Colleen Houck [Recommended by Blue]
• The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty [Recommended by Ysabelle]
• The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1) by Roshani Chokshi [Recommended by Ysabelle]
• Beyond the Deepwoods (The Edge Chronicles: The Twig Saga #1) by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell [Recommended by Arina]
• Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6) by Terry Pratchett [Recommended by Arina]
• Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1) by Juliet Marillier [Recommended by Jerusha]
• Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth #1) by Terry Goodkind [Recommended by Kriti]
• Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor [Recommended by Kriti]

Live Readings by Fantasy Authors

If you didn’t know, the WriteHive Discord has lots of writers and published authors. When we are talking about books, authors get their special place to shine!

• The Order of the Key by Justine Manzano
• Spirit of the Dragon by Erynn Lehtonen
• Fae Noir: The Murderer in blue by Katelynn Alexandrea
• Pillars Of The Kingdom, Volume One: The Forming by Jesse Pohlman
• Between Starfalls by S Kaeth
• His Heart’s Song by Amber Scott

Fantasy May – Books I read

My original plan had been to read the following as part of Wyrd And Wonder:

• Erynn and I devoured Strange the Dreamer and Muse of Nightmares. You can check out our discussion for Strange the Dreamer here and keep an eye out for Muse of Nightmares next week.
• I finished The Chaos Circus yesterday. Review and interview with Renee Dugan out in June.
• Stealing Thunder was a bitter-sweet book which reminded me of home. Full thoughts here.
• The Four Profound Weaves was an interesting Fantasy novella that introduced me to the Birdverse.
• The Gatewatch was a fun read with tons of mythology. Check my review and interview with Josh.

Apart from these Fantasy books, books that were not on the TBR but got read:

• I read Catalyst for The WriteReads blog tour next month.
• Ariel and I finished reading Woven In Moonlight. Our discussion will be up tomorrow.

What I did not get to in Fantasy May:

• Alex and I decided to keep The City of Brass for another time and tackle our review requests stress first. June is our Review Reads month and you can pledge some books too!
• I could not make time for The Jealousy of Jalice this month but I have heard great things about it and hope to soon!

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We are all geared up to celebrate Sci-Fi June next and are planning to do some readalongs for diverse books in July. You are welcome to join us in our Discord community!