{"id":2846,"date":"2022-04-05T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T22:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T22:15:11","slug":"favorite-fantasy-novellas-of-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=2846","title":{"rendered":"Favorite fantasy novellas of the winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2847\" src=\"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/rec.jpg\" alt=\"Fantasy novella recommendations\" width=\"768\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/rec.jpg 768w, http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/rec-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was recently approached by the new website Shepherd.com to share <a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.com\/best-books\/werewolves-for-lovers-of-adventure-and-romance\">my all-time favorite werewolf books for lovers of fantasy and romance<\/a>. These are the classics I&#8217;d recommend to someone who just discovered how awesome werewolf books can be and didn&#8217;t know where to start diving into the massive backlist. Perhaps even those of you who&#8217;ve been reading for quite a while will find something new there?<\/p>\n<p>If not, I read three definite crowd pleasers recently:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3r63JiY\">Silent Blade<\/a> by Ilona Andrews &#8212; I&#8217;m not sure how I missed this delightful series of novellas that combine action, fantasy\/light sci-fi, and romance in perfect proportions. I can only suppose the covers threw me off. Don&#8217;t let yourself fall for the same avoidance tactics!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38A6Auh\">Tarnished Knight<\/a> by Bec McMaster &#8212; This is part of the author&#8217;s paranormal Victorian\/steampunk series, some of which I like more than others. This particular novella is tight and delightful, with a fascinating setting that combines gritty city streets and Christmas cheer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DXO7U5\">A Spindle Splintered<\/a> by Alix E. Harrow &#8212; My final recommendation is a bit on the young adult side and is a fairy tale retelling rather than straight fantasy. But it&#8217;s such a delightful, self-aware fairy tale retelling, complete with lovely art, bits of research, and great characters. I suspect you won&#8217;t be disappointed if you give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently approached by the new website Shepherd.com to share my all-time favorite werewolf books for lovers of fantasy and romance. These are the classics I&#8217;d recommend to someone who just discovered how awesome werewolf books can be and didn&#8217;t know where to start diving into the massive backlist. Perhaps even those of you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[14,140,7,27,23,8],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-fantasy-paranormal-romance-fantasy-romance-reviews","tag-paranormal-books","tag-romance-books","tag-shifter-books","tag-urban-fantasy-books","tag-urban-paranormal-romantic-fantasy","tag-werewolf-books","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2848,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}