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Review: Hall of Bones by Tim Hardie

March 19, 2025 by Mike Roberti Leave a Comment

Synopsis In the remote land of Laskar the seven ruling clans have vied with each other for power for over a century. The son of the Reavesburg Clan Chief, Rothgar, has been groomed all his life for a role supporting his elder brother, Jorik, in leading their kingdom when their father’s time finally comes to […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Reviews Tagged With: Brotherhood of the Eagle, Hall of Bones, SPFBO, Tim Hardie

Book Review: The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless

March 18, 2025 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Irish history brought to glorious life with magic, manipulation, battles, and intrigue aplenty. Synopsis: They think they’ve killed the last of us… 981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend […]

Filed Under: High Fantasy, Historical Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

March 9, 2025 by A.J. Calvin Leave a Comment

Synopsis: A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Reviews

Review: Babel by R.F. Kuang

March 7, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Synopsis Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute […]

Filed Under: Asian Inspired, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Magical Realism, Philosophical Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Babel, Book Review, British, Dark Academia, Fantasy Books, Harper Voyager, Historical Fantasy, Oxford, R.F. Kuang, the poppy war

Review: Goodbye Dolly A Story of World War One by E.J Lake

February 24, 2025 by Mada Leave a Comment

In late 1944, the American Flying Fortress, “Dangerous Dolly”, plunges into an electrical storm to escape destruction by a Nazi jet fighter. Captain Jack Ronan and her aircrew emerge over wartime England in the year 1915. There, they make a forced landing on the estate of an outcast politician named Winston Churchill. Desperate to restore […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Adventure Fantasy, Alt History, Cosmic, Historical, Historical, Military SF, Science Fiction, Time Travel

Review: Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II edited by Henry Herz

February 11, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Combat Monsters edited by Henry Herz

Synopsis Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II. New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Anthology, Anthology, Demons, Fantasy, Fear For All, Ghosts, Heroic Fantasy, Historical, Indigenous, Military Fantasy, Monsters, Occult, Paranormal, Paranormal Fantasy, Reviews, Supernatural, Werewolves, Witches Tagged With: Andrea Tang, Anthology, Bishop O'Connell, Catherine Stine, David Mack, Eugen Bacon, Gaby Triana, Harry Turtledove, Henry Herz, Jane Yolen, Jeremy Robinson, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Lee Murray, Mary Fan, Military, Monsters, Peter Clines, Scott Sigler, Short Stories, Tanya Huff, Tori Eldridge, Werewolves, World War 2

Book Review: A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay

February 3, 2025 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Beautifully lush writing, noble and compelling characters, and a story that takes its time to build to an emotional ending. Synopsis: From the critically-acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry comes an epic fantasy novel of love, both courtly and forbidden, and two kingdoms endlessly opposed… Blaise of Gorhaut is a warrior. He fought […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Historical Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: This Too Shall Burn by Cat Rector

January 22, 2025 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis Arden has lived in the woods near the deeply religious town of Arrothburg all her life, practicing magic and keeping balance with nature. She heals the sick, as her mother did before her. No matter how deeply the people of the village hate witches, they still arrive at Arden’s cabin in the dead of […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Reviews, Slice of Life Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, feminist, Self Published

Review: The Fright Before Christmas by Jeff Belanger

December 5, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Step into the dark roots of Christmas past where the Krampus punishes the bad boys and girls. Christmas time is truly the darkest and creepiest time of the year filled with devilish creatures lurking in the shadows waiting to get us. Best known is the Krampus who has been the subject of films and […]

Filed Under: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Historical, Mythology, Nonfiction, Reviews Tagged With: #Christmas, #JeffBelanger, #Krampus, #NewPageBooks, #TheFrightBeforeChristmas

Review: Miss Percy’s Guide to the Care & Feeding of British Dragons (A Miss Percy Guide #1) by Quenby Olson

November 27, 2024 by A.J. Calvin Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Miss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon. Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves… Miss Mildred Percy is a spinster. She does not dance, she has long stopped dreaming, and she certainly does not have adventures. That is, until her great uncle has the audacity to leave her an inheritance, one that includes a […]

Filed Under: Cozy Fantasy, Dragons, Fantasy, Historical, Reviews

Review: Loreland Bestiary by Hope Christofferson

November 11, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Turn your gaze toward the skiesWhere wyvern, lung, and phoenix fly.As mermaids swim through oceans blue Under Arctic ice, past coral hues. Accounts arise from here and there, Of manticores in hidden lairs, And faeries dance ’round mushroom caps As brownies steal your fabric scraps. But beware the moon and mind the howls For many hungry beasts doth prowl.  My dearest […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Mythology, Reviews Tagged With: #HopeChristofferson, #Illustrated, #LorelandBestiary, #PageStreetPublishing

Review: Loreland Bestiary by Hope Christofferson

November 4, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis An illustrated mythology of the world’s most fantastical creatures. Turn your gaze toward the skiesWhere wyvern, lung, and phoenix fly.As mermaids swim through oceans blue Under Arctic ice, past coral hues. Accounts arise from here and there, Of manticores in hidden lairs, And faeries dance ’round mushroom caps As brownies steal your fabric scraps. But beware the moon and mind […]

Filed Under: Art Book, Dragons, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Historical, Middle Eastern Inspired, Reviews Tagged With: Art Book, Fantasy Books

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