TL;DR Review: Murder on the Orient Express meets Train to Busan by way of Arcane, with a hint of Titanic to really ratchet up the tension! Synopsis: Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she’s desperate to leave her haunted past in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside old friends…and old flames. Unfortunately, even […]
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Book Review: Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher
TL;DR Review: Bloody, gritty, action-packed, and…heartwarming? The novel I didn’t know my year was missing! Synopsis: WARDOGS ARE BORN TO DIE. In the final days of the Demon Empire a lone wardog goes in search of the answer to the only question she cares Who murdered her mate? Utterly unqualified to solve a mystery, Dogged […]
Bill’s 2025 Year End Reading Awards
Here we are, nearing the end of 2025 and it has been another banner year of reading! By the time this goes live, I’ll have read 61 books, 60 of them have been indie or self-published books. I love the breadth of genre and imagination of indie books, there are so many gems out there […]
Review: An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele
An Inkling of Flame balances an almost cozy found family story with the horrors of war.
Arc Review: Hammerfall (A God Eater Saga Story) by Rob J. Hayes
Synopsis How long can a cause remain just, when painted in the blood of innocence? They named her the Starhammer once. Hero to some, monster to many more. First into the breach at the Shattering, anointed in the blood of a thousand demons. The last of the legendary Valkyr. But the Starhammer is dead. Or […]
Review: Hall of Bones (The Brotherhood of the Eagle #1) by Tim Hardie
Synopsis: When a new enemy comes to power Rothgar’s ruling family and friends are forced to ally with old rivals. Faced with betrayal from within their own clan Rothgar’s survival is by no means certain, as an ancient and malevolent magic grows in strength and threatens all he holds dear. In the remote land of […]
FanFiAddict Indie Author Sale 2025
Dozens of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi books on sale November 15–17 2025!
Review: The Severing Son (The Sundered Nation #1) by Vaughn Roycroft
Synopsis: Tales of the Bringer of Urrinan had been told for generations, but never had the prophecy felt so near to so many. Elan wasn’t sure if she even believed one man could cause the sort of upheaval that would change the world. And yet, just as the prophecy foretold, dark forces were on the […]
Review: The Scroungers (Vermin of the Old Empire Bk1) by Thomas J Devens
Synopsis: The Lords have fallen. It was the war to end all wars. Violence had plagued the Fractured Kingdoms since the fall of the Old Empire. But as the generals and the lords died in the Valley of Torglen, the folk looked beyond their allegiances. Beyond their nations. The bedraggled masses that survived the battle […]
Book Review: Brigands and Breadknives (Legends and Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
TL;DR Review: Cozy yet adventurous, entertaining but also immensely heart-warming, with fascinating insights into the author—and ourselves! Synopsis: Return to the fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but […]
Review: Red City (Book #1 of The New Alchemists) by Marie Lu
Synopsis Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation. An exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates that market it to the world’s elites in the form of sand, a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of themselves: more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more. Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolling foothills […]
Arc Review: Dragon Bone Elixir (Dragon Reich Series) by Jordan Loyal Short
Synopsis Delve into Wormwood’s wonderfully warped mind and discover a secret the Thule Society will kill for. Dragon Bone Elixir puts the high in high stakes adventure as the alchemist Jabar Wormwood unravels a psychic puzzle with clues scattered across the Continent. To cure the magical tumors transforming his dearest friends, Wormwood embarks on a […]