The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French – SPFBO Review
Laura M. Hughes
Mr. French, the pacing of your novel is truly brilliant. Starting with a *bang* and then racing from conflicts and schemes to plot twists and battles, Bastards is what one…
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Slipping by Lauren Beukes
Eric Christensen
Slipping by Lauren Beukes is a collection of previously published short stories and nonfiction. Having read—and loved—two of her novels, The Shining Girls and Broken Monsters, I jumped at the…
The Mirror’s Truth by Michael R. Fletcher
Leona Henry
Sequel to Michael R. Fletcher’s grimdark masterpiece Beyond Redemption, The Mirror’s Truth, continues the tale of the deranged characters with new additions to the cast. The story opens with a…
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
‘On the second day of Hogswatch I . . . sent my true love back, A nasty little letter, hah, yes indeed, and a partridge in a pear tree—’ Of…
The Shadow Soul by Kaitlyn Davis – SPFBO Review
Geoff Matthews
The Shadow Soul is one of ten novels in the final round of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) 2016. Updates on the contest’s progress can be found here. When…
Outpost by F. T. McKinstry – SPFBO Review
Outpost is one of ten novels in the final round of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) 2016. Updates on the contest’s progress can be found here. “Nine thousand suns…
Shy Knives by Sam Sykes
Zachary A. Matzo
Paizo is killing it these days. A deal with Tor for their Pathfinder Tales series, a new sci-fi campaign setting—Starfinder—in the offing. One video game in the can and another…
Hammers On Bone by Cassandra Khaw
Jonathan Thornton
Tor’s novella series was started in 2015, with the aim of promoting this shorter medium. The line includes both established authors and those just making their debut, and has included…
Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free by Randy Henderson
Trent Cannon
The phrase “never judge a book by its cover” is one we should all live by, especially those of us who read fantasy in the 90s, when all covers required…
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
The second book in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, Deep Wizardry, is just as good as the first, I’m happy to say. Nita and Kit, the young wizards who thwarted…
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Richard Bray
As a fantasy reader who makes his living in marketing and communications, I am perhaps more jaded than most when it comes to books that are compared to some of…
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
“History is the long shadow cast by the past upon the future.” “Killing the emperor was easy. Building a world that is more just and persuading those in power to…