{"id":1752,"date":"2018-11-20T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2018-11-20T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:55:07","slug":"reviewseasons-of-sorcery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1752","title":{"rendered":"Review:Seasons of Sorcery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smallseasons_promo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1753\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smallseasons_promo2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smallseasons_promo2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smallseasons_promo2.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I may have mentioned, once or twice, okay so all the time, of my love for short stories, and my adoration for anthologies. \u00a0When I read about the Seasons of Sorcery anthology, I squeed a bit, mostly because it has stories set in two of my favorite worlds by two of my favorite authors Jeffe Kennedy and Grace Draven. As a bonus, I was treated to stories by two new to me authors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I devoured the collection, staying up past my bedtime again, enthralled by this excellent collection of stories. \u00a0This anthology is a fantastic twist on the typical seasonal collection of short stories. And mind you, I have nothing against that sort of thing, but this collection of stories fits together like a well-made pair of chain-mail gloves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I particularly loved Grace&#8217;s story that puts a new hella sexy twist on merfolk, and if you are a fan of Jeffe&#8217;s Twelve Kingdom&#8217;s series you know that any story <\/span>featuring<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Harlan and Ursula is going to be filled with witty dialog, and aching sexual tension. I had not read Amanda Bouchet or Jennifer Estep before this, but after reading their stories, I am ready to dive into their fantasy worlds as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every story in the collection works as a stand-alone, with well-paced plots and solid story arcs. If you are looking for a\u00a0 seasonal read that is out of the ordinary (in a good way), then Seasons of Sorcery is the book for you. It is out now an all the usual e-book retailers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/seasons-of-sorcery\">Seasons of Sorcery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An anthology of fantasy novellas for all seasons from the hottest authors of fantasy romance and urban fantasy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amandabouchet.com\/\">Amanda Bouchet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gracedraven.com\/home\">Grace Draven<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffekennedy.com\/\">Jeffe Kennedy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferestep.com\/\">Jennifer Estep<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WINTER&#8217;S WEB BY JENNIFER ESTEP<\/p>\n<p>An assassin at a renaissance faire. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, if you\u2019re Gin Blanco. This Spider is trapped in someone else\u2019s icy web\u2014and it seems like they don\u2019t want her to leave the faire alive . . .<\/p>\n<p>A CURSE FOR SPRING BY AMANDA BOUCHET<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A malevolent spell strangles the kingdom of <\/span>Leathen<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in catastrophic drought. Prince Daric must break the curse before his people starve. A once-mighty goddess trapped in a human body might be the key\u2014but saving his kingdom could mean losing all that he loves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER BY <\/span>JEFFE<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> KENNEDY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As unofficial consort to the High Queen, former mercenary Harlan Konyngrr faces a challenge worse than looming war and fearsome dragons. His long-held secrets threaten what he loves most\u2014and he must make a choice between vows to two women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A WILDERNESS OF GLASS BY GRACE DRAVEN<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The stretch of sea known as The Gray rules the lives of those in the village of <\/span>Ancilar<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, including widow Brida Gazi. In the aftermath of an autumn storm, Brida discovers one of the sea&#8217;s secrets cast onto the shore\u2014a discovery that will change her world, mend her soul, and put her in the greatest danger she&#8217;s ever faced.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may have mentioned, once or twice, okay so all the time, of my love for short stories, and my adoration for anthologies. \u00a0When I read about the Seasons of Sorcery anthology, I squeed a bit, mostly because it has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1752\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,319,317],"tags":[401,402,400,399],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-fantasy-romance","category-jeffe-kennedy","tag-amanda-bouchet-jennifer-estep","tag-book-review-seasons-of-sorcery","tag-grace-draven-jeffe-kennedy","tag-seasons-of-sorcery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}