Piranesi by Susanna Clarke – Review
Tom Joyce
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others.…
Women Writing SFF
Spooky Short Reads: Sworn Soldier Series by T. Kingfisher
Aly Noel
October means it’s Spooky Season for a lot of us. As readers, the urge to read something spooky and atmospheric strikes with the colder weather and ghoulish activities being enjoyed…
Gods of Obsidian by Liz Delton – Cover Reveal
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
Today we get to reveal the cover for Gods of Obsidian, the third and final book in Liz Delton’s Legends of Gold and Silver series. Above you already got a…
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold – Review
James Latimer
A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as page, and is named, to his great surprise, as the secretary-tutor to…
A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis – Review
Margaret Dunhaven may have been forced into marriage with the sinister vampire lord of Shadowcroft Manor to fulfill a family obligation, but she’s not about to stay trapped there for…
The Book of Words by J. V. Jones – Series Review
Christopher Keene
The Baker’s Boy by J. V. Jones At vast Castle Harvell, where King Lesketh lies dying, two fates collide. In her regal suite, young Melliandra, the daughter of an influential…
SPFBO Finalist Review: The Hallows by H. L. Tinsley
The Hallow serum was once sacred to the Auld Bloods. Used to gain access to their lost ancestral powers, now it is regulated and administered by the powerful Providence Company.…
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
Summer Hanford
Kenna Heron is best known in her village for being a little wild—some say “half feral”—but she’ll need every ounce of that ferocity to survive captivity in the cruel Fae…
Fall Red Empire Book Release – Guest Blog from Kerstin Espinosa Rosero
It starts with a rift that burns a thousand scars into the sky. It makes the winds stop. It makes the stars go dark. It awakens an ancient beast. And…
A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan – Review
Stubborn, plainspoken, and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Witches. Now, with Hitler’s army rampaging across Europe, the witches of…
A Coup of Tea by Casey Blair – Review
A Coup of Tea is the literary equivalent of wrapping your hands around a warm mug on a rainy afternoon. Flawed, a little too convenient, but genuinely comforting and exactly…
SPFBO Finalist Review: Carrion Saints by Hiyodori
Crow can pass for human. She may come off as eccentric, but she’s good at hiding her wings. As a saint, she’s devoted her endless life to protecting humanity from…