Synopsis: In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a child was born in the last cold hour of the last cold day of the last cold month. Let us call her December. As an orphaned foundling, December grew up doing her best to fit into the roles society prepared for her. […]
Fantasy
Review: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
Synopsis Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds […]
Interview: Matthew Woodring Stover
If you were at all into the old Star Wars Expanded Universe (now known as Legends), you’ve heard of Matthew Stover. He burst onto the EU scene with Traitor, a lynchpin novel in the epic, 19-book New Jedi Order series—a novel that is widely regarded as the best Star Wars book ever written. And if […]
Review: Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Synopsis Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The […]
Review: Ironbound (Ironbound #1) by Andrew Givler
Synopsis In the Iron Empire only the strongest are given the chance to Ascend. Castor has wanted to fuse with a Cor Heart since he was a boy. Made from an otherworldly metal, it will give him the ability to manipulate an element. Now that the trial has finally arrived, it is his chance to […]
Review: Steel Gods (The Great Silence #2) by Richard Swan
Arcane task force is back, and they are still trying to figure out the Great Silence – the heavens are being eaten by the Vorr along with anyone who dies. Ultimately, this book is a medieval zombie apocalypse but written in the incredible way Swan writes, with prose that’ll melt your eyes; it’s so very good.
Review: The Last King of Faerie (Shadowhunters Novel: The Wicked Powers, 1) by Cassandra Clare
Synopsis: Welcome to a world of demon-hunting, betrayal, secrets and forbidden love. The highly anticipated first book of The Wicked Powers, the final Shadowhunters trilogy! #1 New York Times bestselling author Cassandra Clare brings the global phenomenon that began with The Mortal Instruments to a stunning conclusion. It’s Drusilla Blackthorn’s third year at Shadowhunter Academy […]
Review: Lethal Kiss by Taylor Grothe
Synopsis: Discover a stunning, dark academia horror-romance by Taylor Grothe. Lethal Kiss is perfect for the morally grey sapphic romance readers and fans of Ali Hazelwood’s Bride. Knowledge isn’t the only thing she’s hungry for . . . Three centuries on Earth have taught Marcella one thing: when the bodies pile up, it’s time to […]
SPFBO XI FINALIST REVIEW: OF MAGES AND MAKERS
We’re back with another finalist review for SPFBO! This time, we look at Of Mages and Makers by Rel Carroll, a swashbuckling fantasy adventure with steampunk vibes! Let’s see what the judges had to say about it! Michael Vadney: Of Mages and Makers wastes absolutely zero time. From the very first pages, you know who […]
Cover Reveal: Khala by Marius Du Plessis
One was made to remember.One was made to forget. Presenting Synopsis Every autumn the Exalted of the Mountain descend upon their subjects to take their tithe. They call it a blessing yet demand all of the young marked with magic. The children are taken, sealed behind porcelain masks and remade. None have ever returned home. […]
Review: The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow by Caitríona Moran
Synopsis: Healer. Harlot. Heretic. Magdalena Overmorrow is the magician that women go to when they need illegal abortions in the kingdom of Astoleyn. When she is betrayed and arrested, she is banished to the realm’s northernmost city to await her trial where she will be watched over by the pious Lord Proctor of Cair Gramora. […]
Review: Wildwood by Laika Studios
Synopis After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness—an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and […]