Synopsis When a shadowy creature appears on the long night of the solstice festival, Brohr is blamed for the grisly murder it commits. He flees the noose, one step ahead of his people’s otherworldly oppressors, into the hinterlands, where dark magic, family secrets, and a band of broken rebels await. Overhead, a grim omen spells […]
Reviews
Review: Something Bad Happened Here by Zoe Rosi
Synopsis Lost and unmoored after her mother’s death, Carmen drifts from place to place. Moving from one Airbnb to the next, she is a ghost in the towns she passes through—an outsider, never quite belonging. With her inheritance dwindling away, and determined to stop drifting, Carmen decides it’s time to settle. Time to buy a […]
SPFBO XI Review: The Sorcerer’s Valley (Ferrian’ Winter #1) by Megan Leigh
Synopsis: Ferrian has been running his whole life. Running, because he has no choice. Wherever he goes, Winter follows. Wherever he sleeps, frost creeps at his door. From town to town he hastens, frightened, tired; forever trying to keep one step ahead of the cold, the snow and the devastating storms. It is a kind […]
Review: Villains Rule (Shadow Master #1) by MK Gibson
Synopsis This is the story of Jackson Blackwell, the Shadow Master, and the top villain adviser. Sadly, even the top villain occasionally gets double-crossed. Trapped in one of the fantasy realms, Jackson has to use his skill and wits to exploit the rules, points out the genre flaws, undermine godly authority, and win the day. […]
Review: Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine #1) by Matthew Woodring Stover
Synopsis Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does. At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of […]
Review: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
Synopsis: An unforgettable fantasy set in a city peopled with ruffians, spies, malcontents and murderers. Experience out-of-this world adventure and dangerous politics as Maggie tries to survive waking up in her favourite fictional world. A heart-pounding epic from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews. When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy and […]
Dragon Mage (Rivenworld #1) by ML Spencer
Synopsis Aram Raythe has the power to challenge the gods. He just doesn’t know it yet.Aram thinks he’s nothing but a misfit from a small fishing village in a dark corner of the world. As far as Aram knows, he has nothing, with hardly a possession to his name other than a desire to make […]
Domestication (Battle Mage Farmer #1) by Seth Ring
Synopsis A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A secret forged in the flames of war. A chance to start over. For John Sutton, only one of those three things matters. Retired from a decade of brutal war, he wants nothing more than a quiet pastoral life while he does his best to stem […]
Review: Darkmage (Rhenwars Saga #1) by ML Spencer
Synopsis Darien Lauchlin has already lost everything. Now the only thing he has left to lose is his soul.The Well of Tears was created to harness the power of the Netherworld to prevent a magical apocalypse. Now Darien Lauchlin is the last surviving mage capable of reversing the destruction the Well unleashed. Darien will be […]
Review: Marla by Jonathan Janz
Synopsis From beloved horror author Jonathan Janz, Marla is a slow-burn, full-throttle horror novel about the families we inherit, the guilt we carry, and the terrible gravity of a gaze you can’t forget. Turn the page-if you dare. Every small town has ghosts. King’s Branch has Marla. A reclusive young woman who lives with her mother in a […]
SPFBO XI: A Second Semi-finalist and More Cuts!
We’re here today to announce Team Fanfiaddict’s second semi-finalist and some more of the books that we sadly have to cut. Please check all of these books out! We’ve had some awesome reads in the first round! Without further ado, here are today’s cuts: Black Powder, Black Heart by Seth Hobbs What the judges had […]
Review: A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper
Synopsis This epic crime novel tells a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge—and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down. Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein’s monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn together into something like […]