Life Prevents Blogging, 2025 Edition. I haven't even had time to check out the Cybils winners!
Saw this excellent post: 23 Fun and Delightful Light Fantasy Novels
I've read several and have now added several more to my TBR. And I thought, I could very much make a list of my own, since Fun and Delightful Light Fantasy is pretty much exclusively what I've been reading for a while now (not that I've been reading a lot at all these days, sigh). And a blog post made of cutting and pasting shouldn't take that long, right?
In the order in which I think of them, then, here's my list:
T. Kingfisher's World of the White Rat books. Some horror-adjacent elements (if I can handle them they can't be that horrific!) but tons of belly laughs and nice romance:
The Clocktauer Wars. Duology; romance is a minor element. Seriously awesome, weird world!
Swordheart: A widow inherits a sentient sword.
The Paladin series: Romances with an overarching
slightlycreepy mystery.
Some really well-done middle-grade:
The Demon Sword Asperides. This title makes me smile every time. About a sword and a boy.
Accidental Demons, Clare Edge. Diabetic blood-witch can't help conjuring demons.
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez. Title says it all, really. (They do fix it.)
Inkling, by Kenneth Oppel. Sentient splotch of ink befriends a boy.
The Girl Who Could Not Dream, by Sarah Beth Durst. She dreams a Monster. He's awesome.
Ambassador and Nomad by William Alexander. Duology. Alien builds quantum entanglement device in a dryer.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fairies. Curmudgeonly professor of fae studies.
The Legendary Inge, by Kate Stradling. You had me at gender-reversed accidental Beowulf.
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer. YA, sentient AI wants more pictures of cats.
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, Megan Bannan. Undertaker, undead monsters, romance. You know, the usual.
Regency and Victorian Faery Tales series by Olivia Atwater. Short, easy reads, great characters.
