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Eleni A.E.

Eleni’s Top Reads of 2024

December 26, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

I’ve decided to do something a little different than my usual top five for this year’s top reads given that, while I may not have totaled an awful lot of books over the past year, the majority were pretty dang great. So, I figured I’d treat you to a longer list and the ensuing cover extravaganza! As always, if I’ve reviewed these here, I’ll link that to the book title so you can have some fun with my longer rambles, if you so wish.

With a solid mix of various subgenres, you will find highly anticipated sequels, standalones, or brand-new series openers that hold onto you from beginning till the end.

Filed Under: Best of the Year, Blog Posts, List, Recommendations Tagged With: Andrea Stewart, Best of 2024, H.M. Long, Isabel Canas, James Logan, Jennifer Thorne, Katherine Arden, Kerstin Hall, Megan Bannen, Miles Cameron, Robert Dinsdale, Sebastien De Castell, Taran Hunt

Review: The Unkillable Princess (The Kystrom Chronicles #2) by Taran Hunt

October 13, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

In between breakneck action worthy of the Mission Impossible franchise, reckless yet efficient spaceship piloting, and badass hand-to-hand combat, Hunt delivers another truly excellent romp, across planets and moons this time, that is in no way lacking in tons of heart and hilarity. You just need this in your life.

Filed Under: Cloning, Comedy, Genetic Engineering, Heist, Military SF, Murder Mystery, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Solaris, Taran Hunt, The Kystrom Chronicles, The Unkillable Princess

Review: The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant #1) by Andrea Stewart

October 7, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

The Gods Below is a grand start to a series which promises even more twists, intrigues, feels, romance, political machinations, and magic! Nailing the psychology of different kinds of trauma, cultish manipulation, the weight of familial expectations, and the forced shouldering of responsibilities that you are ill prepared for or didn’t deserve, Stewart presents readers with a story full of heart and drive and stubbornness.

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Andrea Stewart, Orbit, The Gods Below, The Hollow Covenant

Cover Reveal: The Fall Is All There Is (Four of Mercies #1) by C. M. Caplan

October 3, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

Hello again dear reader or listener, you know we at FFA love doing cover reveals and even more so when it’s for one of our own!
Allow me, then, to share with you all the brand new cover for C. M. Caplan’s, SPFBO9, BBNYA, and Indie Ink Awards Finalist, The Fall is All There Is!

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal, LGBTQ+, Self Published Tagged With: C M. Caplan, Four of Mercies, The Fall is All There Is

Review: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

October 2, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

In short, Isabel Cañas’ Vampire of El Norte is everything you could possibly wish for in a Mexican gothic, with rich folklore, beautiful and atmospheric prose, complex characters, and a forbidden romance rooted in cultural and historical authenticity, to die for. Not to mention how incredibly it shows the “other side” of the Mexican-American war of the late 1840s, in ways you rarely see in mainstream media.

Filed Under: Creature Feature, Fear For All, Gothic, Historical Horror, Monsters, Reviews, Supernatural, Supernatural, Vampires, Vampires, Western, Western Tagged With: Isabel Canas, Solaris, Vampires of El Norte

Review: And He Shall Appear by Kate Van Der Borgh

September 30, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

And He Shall Appear is very much a spec-fic character and psychology study, with few and unexpected answers, beautiful if at times self-indulgent prose (which fits perfectly in context) and very lyrical narration carried out by an unreliable and (very cleverly) unnamed narrator.

Filed Under: Fear For All, Fiction, Ghosts, Grief, Mystery, Reviews Tagged With: And He Shall Appear, Kate Van Der Borgh, Union Square and Co

Review: Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

September 3, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

While I have not read anything else by Dawson, I can certainly tell why she is so loved. Her writing is clean and quick, flowing expertly from the page with the economic yet evocative emphasis of a high-level storyteller.

Filed Under: Body Horror, Fear For All, Reviews Tagged With: Delilah S. Dawson, Guillotine, Titan Books

Review: Asunder by Kerstin Hall

August 29, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

Synopsis:We choose our own gods here.Karys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact with Sabaster, a terrifying eldritch entity—three-faced, hundred-winged, unforgiving—who has granted her the ability to communicate with the newly departed. She pays the rent by using her abilities to investigate suspicious deaths around the troubled city she calls home. When a […]

Filed Under: Body Horror, Dark Fantasy, Demons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Fear For All, LGBTQ+, Reviews Tagged With: Asunder, Kerstin Hall, Tordotcom Publishing

Review: Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2) by Miles Cameron

July 22, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

If you loved Artifact Space you’re gonna love Deep Black! You’re going to be breathless from all the action, only to catch it long enough to be either cocooned by the warm found family feels or devastated by the emotions and romance. You will be amused, bemused, worried, entertained, stressed, and impressed. And you’re going to love every second of it.

Filed Under: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Deep Black, Gollancz, Miles Cameron

Review: Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea #2) by H.M. Long

July 8, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

H. M. Long raises the bar on what epic high seas fantasy and character work are supposed to be. And she does so spectacularly, by grabbing you by the proverbial lapels and flinging you into edge of your seat action, humor, and so much heart.

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Nautical fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Black Tide Son, H. M. Long, Titan Books

Review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

June 30, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

With The Spellshop, Durst brings us a tale of bravery and change in the face of life altering events and she does so through characters that are endlessly relatable by virtue of highlighting how we all are but an echo chamber of all those who came into our lives and left something behind, all the events that shaped us into who we are, and all those feelings that we sort through each day regardless how ugly or good they might be. And, finally, this is a book about how sometimes settling or even languishing into certain roles is more dangerous than squaring your shoulders and trying the daunting thing.

Filed Under: Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy Tagged With: Bramble Romance, Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

Review: The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade #1) by Charlotte Bond

May 28, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

The Fireborne Blade is a speedy yet enthralling and gritty read to enrich your afternoon with knightly heroics, dragons, magic, and a badass female protag making her way in a man’s world, while trying to reclaim her honor by slaying the dragon and retrieving a legendary magic sword. This is the kind of fresh and modern epic fantasy I am glad to be getting to read more of because it has everything that I love about classic fantasy but is more nuanced and seamlessly inclusive towards its current readership and not everything is like it seems.

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Novella, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Charlotte Bond, The Fireborne Blade, Tor

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