Summary: Edward Ashton’s Antimatter Blues is the thrilling follow up to Mickey7 in which an expendable heads out to explore new terrain for human habitation. Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive—that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that […]
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COVER REVEAL: Mrs. Covington’s by K.R.R. Lockhaven
I am SO excited to take part in the cover reveal for K.R.R. Lockhaven’s new cozy fantasy novel, Mrs. Covington’s. A big thank you to both the author as well as Escapist Book Company/Tours for inviting me. P.S. This is my first cover reveal! Alright, enough about me, on to the real star of the […]
Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty
Humor, swashbuckling, adventure, and a strong female lead all come together to make a fantastic novel.
Book Tour Review: The Sparrow and the Oak Tree by Jamie Jackson
Synopsis Unicorns don’t exist, and dragons aren’t real, but the Fae are. And they are to be feared. Or so the tales say. As the sole sorceress within the Lion King’s court and kingdom, Isolde is valued for her power, provided she fulfills the king’s commands. Her task? Deal with a child who has emerged […]
Review: The Mountain of Souls (The Chosen #1) by Marcus Lee
The Mountain of Souls is about the thrilling, brutal journey of a girl named Malina as she’s thrown into a cult-like assassin school after being sold at an auction.
Author Chat: J. Dianne Dotson
J. Dianne Dotson is the author of The Questrison Saga — a four-book space-opera epic — and The Shadow Galaxy — a collection of short stories that range from sci-fi to horror to romance, and everything in between. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dianne to talk about her experiences writing The Shadow […]
Bender’s Top 10 Fights in Fantasy Books
Bender’s Top 10 Favorite Fights in fantasy Books
Review: Assassin’s Creed: The Golden City (#1) by Jaleigh Johnson
A young emperor’s life hangs in the balance in ancient Constantinople, and only the Brotherhood of Assassins can save him, in this action-packed historical adventure from the award-winning Assassin’s Creed universe Constantinople, 867 – A murderous plot is afoot. Assisted by the Order of the Ancients, the emperor schemes to assassinate his son and throw the city […]
Review: The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Summary Welcome to Apex City, formerly Bangalore, where everything is decided by the mathematically perfect Bell Curve. With the right image, values and opinions, you can ascent to the glittering heights of the Twenty Percent — the Virtual elite — and have the world at your feet. Without, you risk falling to the precious Ten […]
TBRCon2023 Highlight: Plotting, Pantsing & Approaches to Writing (Panel)
Every week, we are highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting.
This week, join moderator/author Dan Fitzgerald and authors Chelsea Abdullah, Richard Swan, Christian “Miles” Cameron, J.S. Dewes and Brian Naslund for a TBRCon2023 author panel on “Plotting, Pantsing & Approaches to Writing.”
Review: World Running Down by Al Hess
There’s a huge amount of love in this book. WRD was meant to be a palette cleanser for me in the all-you-can-eat buffet of space opera sci-fi out there at the moment but it shone as a wonderful book in its own right.
Review: Chronicles of the Fid by David H Reiss
A superhero fantasy adventure with a lot of heart.