Thanks to Angry Robot and Stacey for allowing FFA to help reveal the cover for Valley (Glacian Trilogy #3), hitting shelves on September 10th, 2024. If you aren’t familiar with the series, I have provided the covers and blurbs for the first (2) novels, along with series recs. For fans of The Bridge Kingdom by […]
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Steamforged Sorcery by Actus
Mad Max meets Indiana Jones but with magitech. A fun adventure entertainer with trap filled treasure hunts, lost magic, lots of action and a fast paced plot.
Review: The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell
Synopsis: Patrick Torrington’s aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated too. His experiences at the […]
Review: The Knowing by Emma Hinds
I think it’s important to start this review with a warning that The Knowing is a very dark book, and there are themes of sexual violence from almost the very first page. I wouldn’t say that there’s a single relationship within the book that doesn’t have some kind of manipulation or abuse in it.
If you’re okay with reading books with these types of content warnings then you’ll be utterly spellbound. Once I’d gotten over the shock of how almost every event in the book centres around sex I found myself wrapped up in the story. Flora is a mystic who can speak with the dead, only she’s been told she should never acknowledge the ghosts (and boy does it get interesting when she does)
Review: Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson
Synopsis Kill the monsters when they’re found. No matter who they used to be. The girl with secret feathers in her skin and strange bones jutting out beneath her clothes is resigned to her fate. Her deformities mark her a monster and the stories say monsters must die. When her family finds out and turns […]
COVER REVEAL: From the Depths (The Heart of Quinaria Novella) by B.S.H. Garcia
Cover Design: MIBLART | Website | Twitter | Instagram Silhouette/Concept Art: Jared Garcia | Instagram Pre-order link (releases February 20th): Amazon Blurb “The world can sustain the needs of many, but the greed of a few can destroy it for all. In a life steeped in peril, the Brune family has thrived on the knife’s […]
REVIEW: Sea of Souls (Sea of Souls Saga #1) by N.C. Scrimgeour
SYNOPSIS Dark be the water, and darker still the creatures that lurk within… Free-spirited Isla Blackwood has never accepted the shackles of her family’s nobility. Instead, she sails the open waters, searching for belonging on the waves. But when tragedy calls Isla home, she realises she can no longer escape the duty she’s been running […]
COVER REVEAL: The Blood Dimmed Tide (The Nightingale and the Falcon #2) by Stephen Aryan
Massive shout to Angry Robot and Stephen for allowing FFA to reveal the cover for The Blood Dimmed Tide (The Nightingale and the Falcon #2), coming out later this year on July 9th, 2024. For a refresher, I’ve included the cover/blurb/link to Book 1, The Judas Blossom. 1260, Persia: Due to the efforts of the […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 87: Chloe Gong talks Foul Heart Huntsman, Immortal Longings, Shakespeare & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with bestselling author Chloe Gong about her Secret Shanghai historical fantasy series, her adult debut Immortal Longings, what “success” means, Shakespeare and remixing classic stories, writing YA vs. adult SFF, aesthetics and atmosphere in film and fiction, Chinese history, magic systems, genre blending and much more.
Reviews: Subjective or Objective? Can we do both
image from yourdictionary.com Please note this is something I’ve been thinking over and kind of working on for a while. At best, I am offering my opinions below, as I am not an expert, nor am I seeking to argue with anyone. Over probably the last year or so I have seen several different authors […]
Author Chat: Frances White (Voyage of the Damned)
Born in Leicester and now residing in Nottingham, Frances is an English Literature and Creative Writing graduate from Royal Holloway University of London. She has a soft spot for writing unlikely, flawed, messy heroes and loves mixing humour and heartbreak. She is an advocate for fat positivity and queer representation in fiction. When not writing, […]
Review: The Fear of Moncroix by Bryan Asher
Synopsis All the Waywards have Fallen… After a mission against the Royal Vampiric Court goes horribly wrong, all of the Waywards are slaughtered. All except one. Davion, the last surviving member, must consume potions to mask himself and hide amongst the very people who killed his brethren. After a decade of living this double-life, Davion […]