Speculative Fiction I Love
 
 







  
Rangers at Roadsend5 reviews
Jane Fletcher

Bold Strokes Books, 2005

Another exciting Celaeno adventure

+ A truly wonderful story!
+ Fascinating!
+ Speculative Fiction at its best! Review by Cheri Rosenberg
+ Excellent book! However, WARNING!! Previously released under different title.
  
  











  



  
Woven in Life's Tapestry (The Adepts of Calluna)1 review
Lesley Davis, 2006

A nice book

This is the third book of the series of Calluna. There are only very slight references to the two previos books. None of the characters are from the other books either. It works, this book did have suspense in it as you never know who the bad guy is til late in the book. But also it ends a ...
  
  











  



  
Constellations of the Heart (The Adepts of Calluna)2 reviews
Lesley Davis

Windstorm Creative, 2002

A Charming Tale of Star-Matched Lovers

+ A Wonderful Fast Paced Action Adventure and Love Novel!

We've all read stories about star-crossed lovers and their disastrous affairs of the heart. This is a tale about star-matched lovers, whose paths cross unexpectedly, and although they might like to fight the connection between them, they find they can't. Their adventures along the way teach them ...
  
  











  



  
Spires of Spirit3 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1997

A wonderful companion piece

+ A very good book. I recomend it.

I was thrilled when I learned Gael Baudino had published a new book in her series on elves and magic! This book gives wonderful new insights into our favorite characters, provides intimate details, and fills the gaps between her previous novels. I would strongly recommend reading the first four ...
  
  











  



  
Dragonsword1 review
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1991

Fantasy at it's best

I got into the fantasy genre fairly late, and this was the first book that I read. The characters are finely drawn, and as the mystical and mistical world of Gryylth and it's inhabitants become solid, you really do want to find out what's going to happen to Alouzon, Dythragor, Marrget, Wykla, and ...
  
  











  



  
The Traitor And the Chalice (Lyremouth Chronicles)2 reviews
Jane Fletcher

Bold Strokes Books, 2006

A story of mystery and adventure that keeps you reading

+ An excellent sequel, worthy of the series

"The Traitor And the Chalice" is the 2nd installment of the Lyremouth series. In Book One "The Exile And the Sorcerer (Lyremouth Chronicles)" introduces two main characters Tevi & Jemeryl and how they encounter. The main mystery is that chalice and finding it is Tevi's "quest". Who brought it to ...
  
  











  



  
Return to Isis7 reviews
Jean Stewart

Rising Tide Press (AZ), 1992

She caught me by surprise

+ Enjoyable Read...
+ Amazon Sci-Fi

For a long time, I avoided reading Jean Stewart's Isis series. I was under the misconception that they were the stories of Amazon women in some past or alien society. Only recently did I learn that they are post-apocalyptic stories...and I LOVE post-apocalyptic stories. So, I started the series a ...
  
  











  



  
The Red Line of Yarmald (The Hadra Series)1 review
Diana Rivers

Bella Books, 2003

New Fan

I am not a particular fan of lesbian science fiction fantasy but there is one author I will read again and again, her name is Diana Rivers. Her Hadra characters are more than your average "smultzi" lesbian sci-fi fantasy heroines. They have developed powers that go beyond "gaydar" into the realm of ...
  
  











  



  
Duel of Dragons (Dragonsword)2 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1991

Alouzon Dragonmaster searches for the Grail

+ Gryylth faces new threat

The best book in the trio, DoD brings in Sol's exwife, and gives Marrget, and Wykla something to live for. We also get to go deeper into Alouzon's psyche. Not for the faint at heart, I highly recommend this book and the rest of the trio.
  
  











  



  
The Temple at Landfall (Celaeno)8 reviews
Jane Fletcher

Bold Strokes Books, 2005

The art of storytelling

+ Intelligent humor
+ 2005 Lambda Literary Finalist
+ Jane Fletcher is the consummate story teller and plot wizard
+ Celaneo Series...read me
  
  











  



  
Clouds of War2 reviews
Diana Rivers

Bella Books, 2002

Unfortunate letdown

It is unfortunate that this book is not at all like the others. I was very disappointed in the way the story was told, as well as the shallowness of its characters in comparison to the other Hadra books. One thing I believe made the other books better was that they where written in the first person ...
  
  











  



  
Dragon Death (Dragonsword)1 review
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1992

Dragon Death - Dragonsword Vol. III

Dragon Death is the third in the series by Gael Baudino, known as Dragonsword. The series in itself is on of the most powerfull, most moving series of books I've ever read. Layer upon layer of magic, love, hate, treachery, light, and dark fill the books page after page ending in the stunning ...
  
  











  



  
Warriors of Isis4 reviews
Jean Stewart

Rising Tide Press (AZ), 1995

Much better third book

+ I Love Isis...
+ Girls In Action
+ Just reread the series!
  
  











  



  
The Empress And the Acolyte: Lyremouth Chronicles3 reviews
Jane Fletcher

Bold Strokes Books, 2006

An Engrossing Story

+ An excellent installment for this imaginative series
+ The empress and the acolyte

"The Empress and the Acolyte" is the 3rd installment of the Lyremoth Chronicles, though the book itself can be considered as a stand-alone. And it is as fascinating as before. After completing the previous assignment, Jemeryl and Tevi stayed in Tirakhalod for more than two and half years so that ...
  
  











  



  
The Dove Looked In (Book II of Water!)3 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc Fantasy, 1996

...An' ne'er the twain shall meet.

That's how I usually end up describing how I believe people will feel about Baudino's "Water!" trilogy. Either you love it, or you hate it...an' ne'er...well, you get it. So why did I love it? Mostly it was the challenge. There's *so* much going on in these books that sometimes I just had to sit ...
  
  











  



  
The Exile And the Sorcerer (Lyremouth Chronicles)5 reviews
Jane Fletcher

Bold Strokes Books, 2006

Knockout Fiction, Tantalizingly Told, & Beautifully Packaged

+ An above-average fantasy in a well-wrought world
+ My new favorite lesbian author (Sorry Radclyffe)
+ Not 'fast food' reading
+ Waiting for others
  
  











  



  
Gossamer Axe10 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1990

Enchanting and Exciting!

+ Do you believe in Magic?
+ Gossamer Axe
+ GREAT rock & roll fantasy
+ A sensitive, convoluted, incredibly absorbing tale
  
  











  



  
Strands of Starlight19 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1989

Out of stock? I think I'm going to cry.

+ Destiny is a Harsh Mistress
+ One of the best works of fiction of the 1990's
+ A world of magic and discovery
+ Loved it!
  
  











  



  
Shroud of Shadow6 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc, 1993

A story in the best tradition of Science Fiction/Fantasy

+ Last Elf trys to find hope!

The best of science fiction/fantasy doesn't just tell old worn familiar stories with new props (dragons instead of horses); it helps us live another vision, another time in history, another point of view. It challenges our thinking, makes us walk in the other persons shoes, and kicks our butts out ...
  
  











  



  
O Greenest Branch! (Book I of Water!)5 reviews
Gael Baudino

Roc Fantasy, 1995

...And ne'er the twain shall meet.

+ Read it with an open mind.

That's how I usually end up describing how I believe people will feel about Baudino's "Water!" trilogy. Either you love it, or you hate it...and ne'er...well, you get it. So why did I love it? Mostly it was the challenge. There's *so* much going on in these books that sometimes I just had to sit ...
  
  











  






   



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