It was hard to narrow down my top reads of the year. For anyone who has followed me on social media or through my blog, you know I read a lot. This year’s total was 70 books, which I think is a record for me. And it was tough to pick only 10. I’m a […]
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TBRCon2023 Highlight: Neurodiversity Through Character (Panel)
Every week, we are highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting.
This week, join moderator/author ML Spencer and authors Ada Palmer, Ada Hoffmann, Justin T. Call and Connor M. Caplan for a TBRCon2023 author panel on “Neurodiversity Through Character.”
Review: The Brides by Charlotte Cross
Synopsis Creepy, sumptuous and incredibly gripping, The Brides is a feminist gothic horror about the three women who became the brides of Dracula – and the fourth who managed to escape . . . “Come to me, and be mine for eternity.” 1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, […]
Meet the Badly Behaved: Six Authors Rewriting History
Meet the Badly Behaved: Six Authors Rewriting History Written by Jillian Laine If you could go back in time to any era to right one of history’s wrongs, where would you go? Honestly, I wouldn’t last very long in the court of Henry VIII before my 16th-century counterparts declared me a witch and burned me […]
SPFBO XI FINALIST REVIEW: JESTER BY TIM CARTER
The Fanfiaddict team is here with our first finalist review! Today, we’re taking on Jester by Tim Carter. Below you’ll find reviews from 4 team members and our final score. Expect more reviews to come–probably two per month–as we read all the finalists! Let’s talk Jester! First, the synopsis: In a realm ruled by idiots, […]
Review: A Snake Among Swans (The Wing and the Ways, #1) by Hannah Kaner
Synopsis: Tilde has always heard the whispers of the kithwood, the voices of her ancestors speaking through the mysterious forest of her homeland. But now both the kithwood and her kingdom are in danger. For Tilde is the only surviving heir of a conquered land. To unite the people and finally stop the bloodshed, she […]
Review: The House That Eats The Dead by Max Doty
Synopsis: The new house is a fresh start for Claire and her family. It’s a move away from the cityscape of a declining San Francisco and towards the quiet suburban life she has craved since her turbulent childhood; a step up the corporate ladder for her husband, Tom; and a safe haven for their two […]
Review: Stars Wars: Andor
Continuing on my string of reviewing some things other than just books for once. I’ve been enjoying branching out a bit; I hope you’ve enjoyed checking them out! First, I reviewed some movies, like Primitive War, Predator: Badlands, and 2025’s Frankenstein, and even a dissection of War of the Rohirrim; then some interesting games, like Still Wakes the Deep; then even […]
Cover Reveal: The Ashen Viper (Volume One of the Forahm Papers) by Joseph John Lee
Blurb Were we not meant to know the truth? It is by the hands of loresmen that heroes and villains are risen from history’s foundations, today’s stories that became yesterday’s histories that became the legends of yore. And from those legends emerge truths…of a sort. The truths that best serve a story when the facts […]
Review: Moon Soul: A Cozy Science Fantasy Novella by Nathaniel Luscombe
Synopsis “I don’t think I can justify it any longer. I’m going to quit my job.”August has never been good with change and isn’t sure who she is beyond her job of reading memories in the sand. When she comes to the conclusion that she has to quit her job, she’s left with an overwhelming […]
Review: Moss’d in Space (Moss’d in Space #1) by Rebecca Thorne
What a wonderful found family story. Torian buys an ancient alien spaceship with a life support AI called Moss and the entire story unfolds from here. Thorne has masterfully crafted a personality for Moss that suits the AI perfectly, from his complicated feelings around being abandoned by his creator, to his need to protect Torian there’s a great mix of humour and heart within Moss’d in Space.
Author Interview: Helen Fray (Transcendent)
Helen Fray (she/her) is an author of Fantasy Romance books with fated, yet fatal, love stories and life-or-death, secret society situations. She lives in Manchester, England, with her children and unpredictable, fluff-ball cat. She likes to put her English degree to good use, writing novels whilst relying on her editor to fix her commas. Transcendent, […]