Welcome to the Fantasy section of T.L. Branson. This is where I keep everything fantasy-related in one place—series reading orders, standalone reading guides, reviews, summaries, and curated lists—so you can either dive deep into one world or browse for your next obsession.
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Truthwitch is the first book in the Witchlands series by Susan Dennard.
I’m a sucker for beautiful covers as you well know if you’ve followed my reviews as of late, and Truthwitch is no exception. I first saw this book a year or so ago and have had my eyes on it since.
I hadn’t picked it up sooner for …
Warrior of the Wild is a stand-alone fantasy adventure by Tricia Levenseller, author of Daughter of the Pirate King.
I want to say a quick thank you to Macmillan for sending me an advanced copy of this book. Warrior of the Wild is set to publish on February 26th, 2019.
I love this cover so much. Who …
The Stiehl Assassin is the third book in the Fall of Shannara series by Terry Brooks.
If you haven’t read Book 1, The Black Elfstone, I’d recommend you check out my review of that first.
From the very beginning, I have been vocal about my love for these covers. But the further I get into the series, the …
The Skaar Invasion is the second book in the Fall of Shannara series by Terry Brooks.
If you haven’t read Book 1, The Black Elfstone, I’d recommend you check out my review of that first.
I absolutely love the covers for all of the books in this series. It’s what initially drew my attention to The Fall of …
The Black Elfstone is the first book in the Fall of Shannara series by Terry Brooks.
A brief disclaimer up front, this is the first book by Terry Brooks that I have read. I snagged an ARC copy of The Stiehl Assassin to review and so I’m going back and reading the previous books in the series first.
From …
Disclaimer: If you have not yet read City of Brass, do not read this review. There will be no spoilers for Kingdom of Copper in my review, but by the very nature of the book, even talking about it will spoil some things in Book 1, so please, go read my review of City of Brass first.
Everyone else? …
The City of Brass is the debut novel for author S.A. Chakraborty and the first book in the Daevabad Trilogy. The second book, Kingdom of Copper, launches tomorrow, January 22nd, 2019.
I didn’t know what to think of this book going in. I’m not one for “real world” type books, but I was very pleasantly surprised that we …
Prism Cloud is Book 4 in Jeff Wheeler‘s Harbinger series. It is set to release on March 5th, 2019. I received an advanced review copy courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley.
Fans of Wheeler’s are sure to be thrilled in this next installment of his latest series. The intensity ratchets up and prepares for the final book in the …
Dark Shores is Book 1 in a new series by Danielle L Jensen, author of the Malediction Trilogy, and is set to release on May 7th, 2019. I received an advanced review copy courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley.
Though this is a new series for followers of Jensen’s works, Dark Shores was actually the first book that …
Andy Peloquin is an author of epic and dark fantasy novels. He’s also an admin over on one of my Facebook groups, Indie Fantasy Addicts.
With the release of his new Heirs of Destiny series looming just on the horizon (due to release on January 22nd, 2019), I thought it would be a good time to get to …