We’re back again with another semifinalist and a few more cuts! This is our second to last semi-finalist and second to last post with cuts! Here are the cuts: Blind Chaos: Budding Rhythm by Crimcat What the judges had to say: Isabelle: Blind Chaos: Budding Rhythm by CrimCat is a LitRPG book with a big […]
Reviews
Review: The Hive by Ronald Malfi
Synopsis: The residents of Mariner’s Cove are changing… In the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost […]
Review: The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu
Synopsis: The Subtle Art of Folding Space , is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum. This isn’t your usual jaunt through quantum physics. Ellie’s universe, and this one, is falling apart. Her ailing mother is […]
Review: Shadow Reaper by Lynette Noni
Synopsis: NEVER BARGAIN WITH A REAPER. The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist that kills all it touches and reapers who roam the streets, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. Seventeen-year-old reaper hunter Viridia Solace has made it her life’s mission to capture their leader―the man who murdered […]
Mother of Death and Dawn by Carissa Broadbent (The War of Lost Hearts 3)
Tell me, little butterfly, what would you do for love? In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people’s fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within the walls of Ilyzath, Max’s mind is a shadow of […]
Review: Sarafina by Philip Fracassi
Synopsis: During one of the most violent battles of the Civil War, three brothers fighting for the Confederate army decide to go AWOL and make their way home, willing to risk execution rather than be killed in a losing war. After several exhausting weeks of rough terrain, the brothers find a miracle deep in the […]
Review: Innamorata (House of Teeth 1) by Ava Reid
Synopsis: Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy. A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic. But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living […]
Review: We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
Synopsis: We Burned So Bright is the heartfelt, queer, road trip of a novel from TJ Klune, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Cerulean Chronicles and The Bones Beneath My Skin Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good, long life. Together, they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt […]
Review: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen
Synopsis: The starship Horizon’s crew spent ten years trapped across the expanse of space. Now they’re finally home—only it’s not the home they knew. The Cluster, once a peaceful coalition of planets, has fractured in the wake of civil war. Captain Demora Kim wants nothing more than to protect her surviving crew. It’s what she owes […]
Review: Seek The Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth
Synopsis: A new epic romantic, dystopian fantasy begins in Seek the Traitor’s Son, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. Elegy Ahn did not ask for destiny to find her. She is happy with her life as a soldier, defending her small country from the Talusar, a powerful nation who worships a deadly Fever. A fever […]
Review: Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake. Sebastian knows the Beast. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience, he […]
SPFBO XI: A Third Semifinalist and more cuts!
Huzzah! We’re back again with our third semi-finalist, and a few more books that we have to cut. We’ll have five total semi-finalists, so there are still two more posts to come! Let’s start with today’s cuts: The Snatcher by Amanda N. Newman What the judges had to say: Arun: Interesting world but not fleshed […]