• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
FanFiAddict

FanFiAddict

A gaggle of nerds talking about Fantasy, Science Fiction, and everything in-between. They also occasionally write reviews about said books. 2x Stabby Award-Nominated and home to the Stabby Award-Winning TBRCon.

  • Home
  • About
    • Reviewers
    • Review Policy
    • Stance on AI
    • Contact
    • Friends of FFA
  • Blog
    • Reviews
      • Children’s / Middle Grade Books
      • Comics / Graphic Novels
      • Fantasy
        • Alt History
        • Epic Fantasy
        • Fairy Tales
        • Grimdark
        • Heroic Fantasy
        • LitRPG
        • Paranormal Fantasy
        • Romantic Fantasy
        • Steampunk
        • Superheroes
        • Sword and Sorcery
        • Urban Fantasy
      • Fear For All
        • Demons
        • Ghosts
        • Gothic
        • Lovecraftian
        • Monsters
        • Occult
        • Psychological
        • Slasher
        • Vampires
        • Werewolves
        • Witches
        • Zombies
      • Fiction
      • Science Fiction
        • Aliens
        • Artificial Intelligence
        • Alt History
        • Cyberpunk
        • Dystopian
        • Hard SciFi
        • Mechs/Robots
        • Military SF
        • Space Opera
        • Steampunk
        • Time Travel
      • Thriller
    • Neurodivergence in Fiction
    • Interviews
      • Book Tube
      • Authorly Writing Advice
  • SFF Addicts
    • SFF Addicts Clips
    • SFF Addicts (Episode Archive)
  • TBRCon
    • TBRCon2025
    • TBRCon2024
    • TBRCon2023
    • TBRCon2022
  • FFA Book Club
  • FFA TBR Toppers
    • Advertise Your Book on FFA!
  • Writer Resources
    • Artists
    • Cartographers
    • Editing/Formatting/Proofing

Mythology

Review: Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell

April 17, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell

Synopsis This second novel from Nebula Award-winning John Wiswell brings a humanizing, redemptive touch to the Hercules story in this mythological fantasy for fans of Jennifer Saint and Elodie Harper Heracles, hero of Greece, dedicates all his feats to Hera, goddess of family. Heracles’ mother raised him to revere Hera, as her attempt to avoid […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, Mythology, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: 12 Labors, Book Review, DAW Books, Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Hera, Heracles, Hercules, John Wiswell, Mythology, NetGalley

Review: Is it Real? The Loch Ness Monster by Candace Fleming

December 19, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Put on your detective hat and prepare all your investigative tools, because you’ve been assigned a new case to solve: the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster! Follow along as award-winning author Candace Fleming uses all of her nonfiction tools and storytelling prowess to investigate the enduring mystery surrounding the existence of the Loch […]

Filed Under: Children's / Middle Grade Books, Mythology, Nonfiction, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CandiceFleming, #IsitReal?, #Scholastic, #ScholasticFocus, #TheLochNessMonster

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: Academy of Villains (Academy of Villains #1) by Ever King

December 4, 2024 by Ashley Brennan Leave a Comment

This is the first book in the Academy of Villains series, a dark academia fantasy romance where each installment is inspired by a Greek mythology love story.

Filed Under: Debut, Fantasy, Mythology, Reviews, Young Adult Tagged With: Ever King, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published, Young Adult

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: In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King

October 21, 2024 by Adam Bassett Leave a Comment

In the Garden of Monsters

In the Garden of Monsters brings together art, history, and mythology, all wrapped up in a delightfully fun romance novel.

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Historical, Mythology, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy, Standalone Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Mythology, Romance

Review: Tribes of the Gods Endure by Kay Ni C.

September 22, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Tribes of the Gods Endure is a fictional mythological tale about the concealed mysteries of Ireland and the Irish people. The ancient gods of Ireland have been forgotten for a long time and rarely talked about, but they are shared from one generation to the next by older people in local bars. They are […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Debut, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Mythology, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery, Witches Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: Mist Gallows (The Prophecies of Ragnarok #3) by Meri Benson and Marie Sinadjan

May 21, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Are you ready for the battle of a lifetime? The end has begun. Ragnarok has arrived as prophesied. The Great Winter has brought Midgard to its knees, and it’s only a matter of time before the gods and their armies clash on Vigrid one last time. Desperate to save the realms, Victor leads his […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Military Fantasy, Mythology, Norse Mythology, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: #JenniferPratt, #MarieSinadjan, #MeriBenson, #MistGallows, #Mythology, #NorseMythology, #ThePropheciesofRagnarok

Review: The Devising (The Dark Oak Chronicles #3) by Jacob Sannox

April 22, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis The Third and Final Book of The Dark Oak Chronicles.After all of the victories and the losses, with fortresses toppled and armies broken, a once united human realm has been shattered; its people scattered within unending forests.Dark Oak, former King of the Dryads, stands ready to unleash his forces against not only humanity, but […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Monsters, Mythology, Reviews, Wilderness Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Review: Age of The Dryad (The Dark Oak Chronicles #2) by Jacob Sannox

April 12, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis The second book of The Dark Chronicles. The dryads have risen up against humanity. Queen Cathryn’s realm is broken, her people have scattered, and the future is uncertain.She gives Tolucan, a newly knighted commoner, a seemingly impossible, secret quest; to seek out the sole weakness of Dark Oak, King of the Dryads, and to […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, Mythology, Reviews, Wilderness Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Intro to Indie Horror + Representation

April 3, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Also feel free to check out my original Intro to Indie + Rep post for Fantasy here. Not just where to start with horror or underrated horrors, but horror from authors you […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Historical, LGBTQ+, List, Mystery, Mythology, Novella, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #AhmedHAlameen, #AnthonyEngebretson, #BadHandsBooks, #BestGhost, #BrianMcAuley, #CandyCainKills, #CJDaley, #CranberryCove, #EightNightmares, #EmmaEMurray, #EReyes, #GothicHorror, #HaileyPiper, #HarvestNights, #HungersAsOldAsThisLand, #Imago, #IntrotoIndieHorror, #Jewish, #KillerVHS, #Lumberjack, #MatthewZakharuk, #NativeAmerican, #NativeAmericanMythology, #NightmaresfromaDesk, #Representation, #ShortwaveMedia, #Shortwavepublishing, #StuartTudor, #TenebrousPress, #TheHouseonMoonCreekAvenue, #VeloxBooks, #Western, #WhentheDevil, #WhereDreamsAreLost, #WillieRHeredia, #ZacharyRosenberg

Review: Harvest Nights by Ahmed H. Alameen

March 19, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis “A Lovecraftian horror tale inspired by Native American Myths and colonial times” Harvest Nights is a story told through a young boy named Chua (Snake), who narrates the story of how the days were gone and replaced by nights when a strange shooting star appeared in the sky in 1811 Colonial America (Great Comet […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Folk, Monsters, Mythology, Novella, Reviews, Self Published, Supernatural Tagged With: #BodyHorror, #HarvestNights, #Horror, #NativeAmericanMythology

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Sponsored By

Use Discount Code FANFI For 5% Off!

FFA Newsletter!

Sign up for updates and get FREE stories from Michael R. Fletcher and Richard Ford!

What Would You Like To See?(Required)
Please select the type of content you want to receive from FanFi Addict. You can even mix and match if you want!

FFA Author Hub

Read A.J. Calvin
Read Andy Peloquin
Read C.J. Daily
Read C.M. Caplan
Read D.A. Smith
Read DB Rook
Read Francisca Liliana
Read Frasier Armitage
Read Josh Hanson
Read Krystle Matar
Read M.J. Kuhn

Recent Reviews

Recent Comments

  1. Mark Matthews on COVER REVEAL: To Those Willing to Drown by Mark MatthewsJanuary 7, 2025
  2. Basra Myeba on Worth reading Jack Reacher books by Lee Child?January 5, 2025
  3. Ali on Review: Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav BarsukovJanuary 5, 2025
  4. Carter on So you want to start reading Warhammer 40,000? Here’s where to start!January 4, 2025
  5. M. Zaugg on Bender’s Best LitRPG reads of 2024January 3, 2025

Archive

Copyright © 2025 · Powered by ModFarm Sites · Log In