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SPFBO Articles

SPFBO XI: Semifinalist #4!

April 7, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO 11

SPFBO XI: A Third Semifinalist and more cuts!

April 2, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO, SPFBO 11

SPFBO XI: A Second Semi-finalist and More Cuts!

March 26, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO 11

SPFBO Review: Hearts of Bark and Scale by Nicole Leland

March 24, 2026 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis The world is blood and pain, but still there’s love. All Kvisti has ever wanted is to protect her desert village in a way that would make the Mother Tree proud. Unfortunately, an old injury has left her once-potent dryad powers broken, and she can’t even stop the ruthless magic poachers that invade her […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Nicole Leland, Romance, Self Published

SPFBO XI: First Cuts and Semifinalist Announcement!

March 22, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

We’re here today to announce our Team Fanfiaddict’s first semi-finalist and some of the books that we sadly have to cut. With 30 books and only 1 finalist, great reads will inevitably get cut in the first round, so we encourage you to check all of these books out! Without further ado, here are today’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, SPFBO

SPFBO XI Review: A Smattering of Dave’s Reviews

March 19, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

Hello, hello! Today, I’m here with short reviews for all of SPFBO XI books I’ve read so far but haven’t published a review for yet. I’m just one reviewer and these are my personal thoughts. They don’t represent the entire team or any cuts, etc. So without further, adieu, lets get started! The Dragoneers of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO 11

SPFBO Review: Blackwater (Serpents and Shadows #1) by Emily Blakeney

March 17, 2026 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis There is much to be done when the kingdom isn’t looking. Iona Strider is a ruthless pickpocket cursed with a disobedient shadow. Violent, too. Worse, she can’t remember who cursed her, or why. But she does know one thing: with each passing day, her control of the shadow dwindles. In her relentless pursuit of answers, she […]

Filed Under: Nautical fantasy, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Romantasy, Self Published, SPFBO

SPFBO XI Review: No More Levels by Benjamin Barreth

March 9, 2026 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

No More Levels by Benjamin Barreth

Synopsis: Life sucks when you’re a potato farmer. That’s why Rin can’t wait to turn sixteen and conquer the nearest beginner dungeon. Only then can he acquire a powerful class in the Game of the Gods and begin the earnest grind to leveling up. With enough monster kills, he might even become someone truly strong, […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, LitRPG, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Clean Fantasy, LitRPG, Self-Published, SPFBO

SPFBO XI Review: Grave Covenant by Tobias Youngblood

March 7, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Ridley faces hell when his fiancee disappears, leaving only a cryptic note. On a quest to get her back, his fate becomes intertwined with an insectile shapeshifter and an enigmatic, knife-wielding young girl with an agenda of her own. If Ridley is to have a prayer at saving his fiancée, he will need the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO 11

SPFBO XI Review: Shadows of the Sundered Lands by Corbin Rook

February 15, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The walls that kept the darkness out are beginning to fall. One hundred and fifty years ago, the Sundering drowned Avoni in darkness, twisting every living thing into a nightmare. The only survivors live under the Aurora Shrouds, mystical barriers shielding isolated towns from the horrors outside. When a Vanguard Courier, uncovers evidence that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO 11

SPFBO XI Review: The Forgotten Dawn by Laura A. Blake

February 7, 2026 by Dave Lawson Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Where lies are currency, the price of truth is blood. Brida Larrow has no right to be among the Fae Courts, but she’s willing to risk everything to save her dying father. Armed with a forged invitation and a fierce determination, she enters the treacherous Fae Trials, a deadly contest crafted to break even […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published, SPFBO 11

SPFBO XI Review: Budding Rhythm by CrimCat

February 6, 2026 by Michael Vadney Leave a Comment

Synopsis Thousands of years ago, the five great gods created the world of Pallos. A land of mysticism where mighty beasts and beings struggled to carve out their respective territories, empowered by the System. On this world, a Paladin in service to Xaoc, the god of chaos, struggled and perished. And then woke up as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, LitRPG, Reviews, SPFBO Articles Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published, SPFBO 11

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