Fire by Sara Bergmark Elfgren and Mats Strandberg
Jo Niederhoff
At the end of The Circle, the five surviving Chosen Ones had defeated Max, the (hot) new teacher who had been blessed by demons in their attempt to come to…
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Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle
Richard Bray
Like a warm summer afternoon, Peter S. Beagle’s upcoming novel, Summerlong, is charmingly quiet yet deeply thoughtful, with an ambiance that will keep readers spellbound to the final page. Beagle’s…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Our Final Seven
A.F.E. Smith
After much deliberation, the Fantasy-Faction reviewing team has narrowed down the entries in our group to seven. Our task now is to read and discuss these books more closely, with…
Cover Reveal of Red Tide by Marc Turner
Overlord
Over the last year or so, Marc Turner has proven himself as an author capable of writing fantastic novels within a variety of fantasy sub-genres. Whether it is the Malayan-Style…
Suicide Squad – Movie Review
Jennie Ivins
This review contains spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to see the movie. I’m going to preface this by saying I don’t normally do movie reviews. Also I…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Getting Close To The End…
The Fantasy-Faction SPFBO team are on the verge of announcing their top seven books! But first, here are a final set of five that didn’t quite make the cut. It…
Force Grey: Giant Hunters – YouTube Show Review
Geoff Matthews
I haven’t played Dungeons & Dragons since my teenage years, and there are days when I miss it. Computer games took over, life got in the way; work, family, children…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Farewell To Another Five
Laura M. Hughes
Writing fiction is like painting Rorschach cards: everyone sees (and feels) something different when looking at what you’ve created. Every review is subjective. And as AFE and GR have observed…
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
Leo Elijah Cristea
Flamecaster, by Cinda Williams Chima, is the first of a brand new series set in the same world of the acclaimed Seven Realms quartet, where we leave behind Han and…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: Another Five Fall
Hot on the heels of the last update, here are another five books to which we are sadly saying goodbye. Again, these books all have something to recommend them –…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #2: The Next Five
It has been a little while since our last update, but the pace should pick up a little now. As of 24th July, every book we were given has had…
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
Jonathan Thornton
“Some books have to be sad to get across the ideas the author wants to talk about. Victor Hugo is describing a very sad part of real history. Hugo wants…