Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The Sixth Fall
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
We are nearing the end of the cut posts for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we say goodbye to three more books in our Sixth Fall.
Indie / Self-published
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The Fifth Fall
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.
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
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…
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…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The Second Five Fall
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…
Of Song and Shadow by G. R. Matthews – ARC Review
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…
Fleet Champions by Rob J. Hayes – Review
Fleet Champions balances explosive action with deepening character arcs in a way that feels earned.
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #11: The First Five Fall
Our judges whittle down our group of 30 books by letting go of five at a time. We don’t read the books in any particular order, and so we don’t…