Malice of Crows by Lila Bowen
Eric Christensen
Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for earlier books in the series, but nothing beyond what you’d see on the back covers of the books. Malice of Crows, book three…
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Pilgrimage to Skara & Devil’s Night Dawning – Double SPFBO Reviews
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
Pilgrimage to Skara by Jonathan Pembroke Self-Published – July 28, 2016 Fantasy Ebook 3.5/10 stars It has been nearly two decades since Pell Wendt abandoned the power and prestige of…
The Machine’s Child by Kage Baker
Jo Niederhoff
I have some very mixed feelings about The Machine’s Child. On the one hand, I think I will always love Kage Baker’s work. The future she paints is intricate and…
Monster Hunter World – Video Game Review
Geoff Matthews
I have no desire to stalk and kill big game across the savanna plains of Africa. To be honest, the whole concept of big game hunting; shooting and killing an…
Fixer by James Jakins – SPFBO Review
Jack Bloodfist fixes things. That’s what his card says, anyway. When the orcs and goblins of Summervale, Virginia need something done they call Jack. He’s the one who convinces the…
The Summerlark Elf by Brandon Draga
JC Kang
An elf with a mysterious background? Check. A Halfling with a less than reputable profession? Check. A half-elf with parental issues? Check. A dwarf with a pickaxe? Check. All of…
Blood of the Four by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon
Charlie Hopkins
In the great kingdom of Quandis, everyone is a slave. Some are slaves to the gods. Most are slaves to everyone else. Blessed by the gods with lives of comfort…
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson – SPFBO Review
Long ago the world fell into twilight, when the great empires of old consumed each other in sorcerous cataclysms. In the south the Star Towers fell, swallowed by the sea,…
The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams
Pippa
This is the second book in the Winnowing Flame trilogy and continues soon after the end of the first book, The Ninth Rain. Since this is a sequel I will…
Where Loyalties Lie by Rob J. Hayes – SPFBO Review
For some reason, the archetypal pirate accent from Hollywood movies always comes out of my mouth (and pen) as a farmer from deepest Wiltshire or Somerset… it doesn’t have quite…
Scylla and Charybdis by Lindsey Duncan
Jessica Juby
We’re shot into the future. Life has taken an unexpected turn of events. Our space explorations have not gone as planned. As the human race has spread beyond Earth, we’ve…
Darkstorm by M. L. Spencer
My early impression of Darkstorm, the prequel to the Rhenwars Saga series by M. L. Spencer, was that everyone was a magic user; and that in contradiction to the adage,…