Book Reviews

Uptown Oracle Reads… These Witches Don’t Burn | A Cute Contempoary Fantasy

These Witches Don’t Burn is a contemporary fantasy which focuses on a small coven of witches in Salem. As a whole, the book reads as more of a contemporary in the writing style and some plot points with fantasy elements dotted in as part of the mystery.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Iron Crown | Brand New Exciting High Fantasy with Dragon Spirits

The Iron Crown is L.L. MacRae’s latest fantasy adventure and I loved it just as much as her other books. This world has dragon spirits (completely on-brand for MacRae) who live off the power of certain natural landmarks. For example, there’s the spirit of the ocean, a massively powerful spirit, or the spirit of a…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Once and Future Witches

pectations going into it too as it’s closer to historical fiction (with some magical elements) than it is to a pure fantasy book.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Wicked As You Wish

Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (Affiliate Links) When a hidden prince, a girl with secrets, a ragtag group of unlikely heroes, and a legendary firebird come together…something wicked is going down. Many years ago, the magical Kingdom of Avalon was left encased in ice when the Snow Queen waged war. Its former citizens…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Year of the Witching | Stunning, Dark, Feminist Fantasy

The Year of the Witching Alexis Henderson (Affiliate Links) A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet’s word is law, Immanuelle Moore’s very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Fairies Path

The Fairies Path Ava Corrigan (Affiliate Links) At the Alfea International School, students come from all over the Otherworld to train. To learn magic. To discover how to control their powers. Inside the school’s castle, five students-complete strangers-are assigned as roommates: Aisha is an athlete and a classic overachiever whose control over water is the envy…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Hierarchies | Thought-Provoking Story About a Sex Robot Achieving Sentience

Overall I found The Hierarchies to be a thought-provoking, but definitely had themes which some people may struggle to read about. I found the overall story to be gripping and you want to know what will happen to Sylv.ie next, although the pace can be very slow at times.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Sprite and the Gardener | A Wonderful Whimsical Graphic Novel

The Sprite and the Gardener Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt (Affiliate Links) Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But when humans appeared and began growing their own gardens, the sprites’ magical talents soon became a thing of the past. When Wisteria, an ambitious, kind-hearted sprite,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Fae Child

Fae Child is a charming faerie-tale into the Otherworld through our main character Abbie who accidentally gets called through a pond. Luckily she meets Foster, a young fae boy, who plans to help her find her way back to the human world. On top of this journey, we have POV chapters from Dan, Abbie’s father,…