Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The Fifth Fall
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
We are deeper into June and deep into the cuts for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we bid farewell to three more books in our Fifth Fall.
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Iron Prince by Bryce O’Connor and Luke Chmilenko – Review
Christopher Keene
Reidon was born weak, sickly, and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The Fourth Fall
June is here, and so is another round of cuts in this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we are saying goodbye to three more books
Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence – Review & Interview
Stuart Cripps-Schnoor
Daughter of Crows is an unrelenting, naked depiction of humanity at its worst, but also a fierce reminder of what survives it. It is a story of stolen innocence, brutal…
Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies by David Green – Review
Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies is cosy fantasy doing exactly what the genre does best: creating a world so warm and full of good people that you feel the loss of…
Devouring Fortune by Oleander Craw – ARC Review
Angela Boord
It’s easily the best book I’ve read this year, trad or indie, and I hope we see a lot more from Craw in the future. If you’re in the mood…
Blood of Liscor by Pirateaba – Review
When a series makes you care this much about this many characters, a few weaker threads are easy to forgive. Blood of Liscor is exactly why this series is so…
The Last War by Mike Shackle – Series Review
Tom Joyce
It’s a brutal analysis of the oppressed under the choke of occupation, and what happens when victory stops being a possibility. We Are the Dead explores the shock and resulting…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The Third Five Fall
Jennie Ivins
One more week of May, and one more month for Round One of this year’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we will be saying goodbye to another five books: our…
Widow’s Bay – TV Series Review
Colleen McMillan
Widow’s Bay, airing on Apple TV, is like Jaws with more supernatural teeth. It’s as if Stephen King guest-wrote for Northern Exposure. Even the town’s name screams King, who loves…
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle – Review: Or Why You Should Read The Last Unicorn
Summer Hanford
The Last Unicorn, at the story’s heart, has a universality that transcends time, cultures, and genre. Yes, it is most certainly a story about a unicorn, a magician, and a…
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E. B. Hudspeth – Review
If you love fictional non-fiction, scholarly characters going gloriously off the rails, or just something that feels genuinely unlike anything else on your shelf, this one is worth your time.