Mistborn: Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Overlord
I was nervous going into Mistborn: Alloy of Law. I’ve read pretty much everything that Brandon Sanderson has ever written for adults and never given anything less than 4/5 stars.…
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Fantasy Book Club – July 2012 – The Book Of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe
This month we’ve got a book that is known as one of the finest pieces of fantasy literature ever written. The sad thing is, as many books as I’ve devoured,…
The Hunger Games Movie Review
ChrisMB
When a novel (or in this case, a series of novels) gain enough recognition, fame, and merchandise to warrant a film adaptation, there is always a mixed bag of reactions…
A Blight of Mages by Karen Miller
Kit
First and foremost, I must say this: While this book may technically be a prequel to the series Kingmaker / Kingbreaker, for the love of all that is holy, at…
A Feast of Ice and Fire by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer
Elloise Hopkins
Having spotted this on the Inn at the Crossroads blog, I was utterly intrigued and decided I simply had to add it to my reviews list. Firstly because it was…
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Paul Wiseall
Kelly Link is not a name that is commonly heard when discussing contemporary fantasy writers as too often these discussions are populated with names like Rothfuss and Pratchett and R.…
Black Blade Blues by J. A. Pitts
Faith M. Boughan
I first picked up Black Blade Blues because the premise sounded intriguing—a female blacksmith who makes sword props, who suddenly finds out that dwarves, trolls, and dragons are real? And…
Fantasy-Faction’s New Sci-Fi Book Club
Idlewilder
Welcome to the start of a brave new world… As the header shows, we are starting a brand new book club! As this is Fantasy-Faction and not Sci-Fi-Faction we are…
The Monster’s Corner: Stories Through Inhuman Eyes edited by Christopher Golden
Hannah
Have you ever wondered what the monster in any story thought? Whether he was really evil or whether situation and prejudice made him that way? Well here is your chance…
Phantastes by George MacDonald
Nyki Blatchley
It’s been widely argued (for example, by Lin Carter in Imaginary Worlds) that fantasy literature as we know it today began in the 1890s with William Morris’s romances, such as…
Wheel-Mouse vs All The Crazy Robots
Wheel-Mouse vs All The Crazy Robots is a joint project between fantasy author Mark Lawrence and his daughter, Celyn. Now, I wouldn’t want Mark to take too much of the…
Fantasy Book Club – June 2012 – Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
With a mere touch of your skin Miriam Black can tell when and how you will die. She’s seen old age take its toll, car crashes and heart attacks. Watching…