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Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rachel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Rachel A. Greco
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The Gift of Dragons
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2022
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The Hope of Dragons
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Tales from the Forest (Fairytale Anthology #4)
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25 Fantasy Books with Enchanted Forests
Craving to lose yourself in an ancient forest where the very air seems alive and shimmers with magic? Fantasy books with enchanted forests combine some of my favorite loves: nature + magical elements. So many beloved fantasy books feature enchanted forests, and they continue to capture our imagination today. Whether you’re in the mood for cozy fantasy, epic adventures, or dark fairy tales, these b
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"This was an amazing book. She weaves together several classical stories: the Twelve Dancing Princesses, Transylvanian vampire lore, and others (I wouldn't want to give any twists away by saying which ones), and does so seamlessly and without a feelin"
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"Some years ago I had the great pleasure of being on a panel at the World Fantasy Convention with John Connolly and Guy Gavriel Kay, discussing fairy tales and retellings. The conversation was lively, and fascinating, and I came away determined to rea"
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A Hearthful of Hatchlings: A Cozy Fantasy Romance (Healer of Dragons, #1)
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I had the privilege of backing this book on Kickstarter. The baby dragons were super duper cute! Unfortunately, they didn't stay little for long. I did wish there was more of a plot to the story, more world building and background for the characters. ...more |
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The Anatomy of Magic (Darkest Divine, #1):
"Such an exciting story! A unique world building with retro vibes. A complex magic system. The heroine with interesting skills and occupation and a tortured hero with mysterious past. Their slow-burn romance grows alongsite the plot of government oppr"
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“Instead of being awed by the sea’s vastness as she had when she first saw it, she now felt overwhelmed.
How could she find anything in that plain of never-ending water? She was just one human—a mere bubble in the limitless ocean.”
― The Hope of Dragons
How could she find anything in that plain of never-ending water? She was just one human—a mere bubble in the limitless ocean.”
― The Hope of Dragons
“All the shadowed faces turned toward Adelaide. They still looked to her for leadership. Once, it had been like the weight of Cyr on her shoulder: uncomfortable and irritating at times, but worth it.
Now it was like trying to juggle torches: dangerous and terrifying.
For she now knew that her actions could scorch them.”
― The Hope of Dragons
Now it was like trying to juggle torches: dangerous and terrifying.
For she now knew that her actions could scorch them.”
― The Hope of Dragons
“It was an awesome and terrible sight, and she couldn’t tear her eyes away. So strong and fierce in form, yet so beautiful in their jeweled scales, in the curve of their necks, in the pain and love in their all-seeing eyes.”
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“All the shadowed faces turned toward Adelaide. They still looked to her for leadership. Once, it had been like the weight of Cyr on her shoulder: uncomfortable and irritating at times, but worth it.
Now it was like trying to juggle torches: dangerous and terrifying.
For she now knew that her actions could scorch them.”
― The Hope of Dragons
Now it was like trying to juggle torches: dangerous and terrifying.
For she now knew that her actions could scorch them.”
― The Hope of Dragons
“Instead of being awed by the sea’s vastness as she had when she first saw it, she now felt overwhelmed.
How could she find anything in that plain of never-ending water? She was just one human—a mere bubble in the limitless ocean.”
― The Hope of Dragons
How could she find anything in that plain of never-ending water? She was just one human—a mere bubble in the limitless ocean.”
― The Hope of Dragons
“It was an awesome and terrible sight, and she couldn’t tear her eyes away. So strong and fierce in form, yet so beautiful in their jeweled scales, in the curve of their necks, in the pain and love in their all-seeing eyes.”
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“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is no true end to any fairy-tale): this joy, which is one of the things which fairy-stories can produce supremely well, is not essentially "escapist," nor "fugitive." In its fairy-tale -- or otherworld -- setting, it is a sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur. It does not deny the existence of dyscatastrophe, of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance; it denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat and in so far is evangelium, giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy, Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.”
― Tolkien On Fairy-stories
― Tolkien On Fairy-stories