Synopsis “Through apocalypse, dystopia, and renewal, the throughline of empathy, love, and human determination in Barrington’s THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS keeps the story profoundly human. An impressive debut that leaves the reader with a bittersweet, hard-won hope that feels especially resonant in our uncertain political moment.” – Seth Haddon, author of VOLATILE MEMORY […]
Reviews
Review: Victorious (Villains, #3) by V.E. Schwab
Synopsis: The triumphant conclusion to the Villains trilogy from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a […]
Review: The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson
Synopsis Award-winning author Micaiah Johnson invites you to Abernathy House. A house, itself, is nothing. It’s not a shelter until it is sheltering someone. A house is a housefire, waiting for its match. A house is a ghost story, waiting for its death. At the end of the Civil War, a daughter of the Confederacy […]
Review: Tales from the Territory: A Cosy Collection of Legends & Lattes Short Stories by Travis Baldree
Synopsis: From Sunday Times bestseller Travis Baldree, Tales from the Territory is a beautiful collection of cosy fantasy tales, set in the much-loved world of Legends & Lattes. There are many tales yet untold . . . ‘GOBLINS & GREATCOATS’: Chaos goblin Zyll is involved in a case of mistaken identity, where she solves a murder at an inn whilst simultaneously […]
SPFBO XI Finalist Review: The Honorable Con
Today, Team Fanfiaddict is back with another finalist review. We’ll be taking on The Honorable Con by Michele C. Shaw. Let’s see what the judges had to say! Michael Vadney: What impressed me most about The Honorable Con is how well Shaw understands people. This is a story about levers, about what makes people move, […]
Review: The Escher Man by T.R. Napper
The Escher Man is a violent story, though beneath that bloody exterior is a thoughtful narrative that is deeply concerned with technology’s impact on memory.
Review: Those Left Behind by N. C. Scrimgeour
Synopsis A dying planet. A desperate mission. A crew facing impossible odds. Humanity’s last hope lies with them… Time is running out for the people of New Pallas. Nobody knows that better than Alvera Renata, a tenacious captain determined to scout past the stars with nothing but a handpicked crew and a promise: to find […]
Review: The Bookshop Book by Mark Lawrence
Synopsis: A fantasy adventure through cozy, cluttered bookshops and into the pages of classic literature itself, set in the world of international bestselling author Mark Lawrence’s groundbreaking The Library Trilogy. Bookshops have always been places where worlds collide. Places where ideas make war, where cultures meet and mingle. For Frederick “Red” Archer, a young man […]
Review: Blood Drunk by Ben Shepherd
Dead good Synopsis Freddie Burns just wants ten pints, football violence, and the chance to take over his uncle’s fading gangland empire. But when a routine hit goes tits up, Freddie discovers a new kind of organised crime – one where vampires are real and monsters hide in plain sight. Good thing Freddie has a […]
Review: The Odyllic Stone by Alex Scheuermann
Synopsis When Aster Rutherford, the postmaster’s son and his childhood friend, Zinnia Hollyhock deliver a letter to the Pelware Mines, they are attacked by a birdlike monster that turns men to stone. Even worse, Buckwheat Village is plagued by an illness that’s incapacitating villagers, including Aster’s own father. A chance encounter with Kara Reeves, the […]
Secret Loot Box
Congratulations! You’ve found a secret Cello’s Gate Treasure Hunt loot box! Appropriately called “NeilTheLootBoxGuy”! Woohoo! All you have to do is click the chest and you’re off to the races! Unless it’s a mimic.. Then you’re dead! Good luck! This loot box is brought to you by NeilTheBookGuy. Happy hunting!
Review: The Fires of December (Hoid’s Travails #3) by Brandon Sanderson
Synopsis: In the next Cosmere standalone novel, Hoid has an epic tale to share: In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a young woman named December learns a devastating plague is on its way. But who will believe her? Against impossible odds, she sets sail up the River Violet to warn […]