Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Reviews & Community
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.
This book is not a cozy read; it is a pessimistic look at the future of humans through the eyes of a creature who doesn’t fit in but desperately wants…
The Between Earth & Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse deserves a spot at the top of your TBR (to-be-read) list and to be the center of more conversation in the…
The action is as sharp as ever. Alex can't blast his way through problems like some mages. He plans, he outmaneuvers, he uses his foresight and his wits, and watching…
Set before Christopher Buehlman’s first novel, The Blacktongue Thief, The Daughters’ War is a harrowing prequel following Galva. Born into the powerful Dom Braga family, she forgoes her birthright to…
If you’re having a hard time sustaining your attention these days (and who isn’t), give a novella try. In many cases, you can read them in one sitting and they’re…
On this, the first day of May, we are saying goodbye to our second round of contestants in this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! And just as a reminder, we…
Imagine if Half a King had been published without the letters ‘YA’ anywhere near the cover. Just a new novel by Joe Abercrombie, author of The First Law, arriving with…
Adapted from a 2019 visual novel role-playing game of the same name, Gnosia immerses the viewer in an intense game of whodunnit. Or, more aptly, a game of “who’s gonna…
While it’s doubtful that modern romantasy writers set out to consciously mimic Hobb’s masterful construction, the choice of first person, the intricate and deep emotional growth, and the form both…
What stayed with me most is that quiet thread running through everything. Determination. People pushing forward, rebuilding, adapting. Finding their place, even when the world has already taken something from…
Books set in worlds with RPG (role-playing game) mechanics, be they virtual reality or alternative universes, have been around since before the 90s. I’ll attempt to cover as much as…
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
Christopher Keene
Aly Noel
Stuart Cripps-Schnoor
Angela Boord
Jennie Ivins
Tom Joyce
Colleen McMillan
Summer Hanford