The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Charlie Hopkins
We open on an oddly dressed girl walking down a road and refusing a ride from a stranger because she does not want to have to kill them, reasoning that…
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Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal
Victoria Hooper
Of Noble Family is the fifth and final book in the Glamourist Histories series by Mary Robinette Kowal, set in an alternate version of the Regency period with magic in…
The Heresy Within by Rob J. Hayes
Richard Bray
A few months ago, I reviewed Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries and Rogues (you can find that review here), and noted that the anthology’s protagonists had a certain moral flexibility…
The Warrior Prophet by R. Scott Bakker
James Davies
The Warrior Prophet is an immense book. Bakker has pushed through the teething issues of his debut and flowered into an incredible effort as the story of the Prince of…
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Alister Davison
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s tale of a girl who follows a white rabbit down a hole in the ground and finds…
Maoyu Mao Yusha – Anime Review
Rebekah Loper
For fifteen years, the demons and humans have been at war, and both sides have profited from it, but at the expense of those less fortunate. Maoyu Mao Yusha begins…
Books on Writing Fantasy
Shambralyn Baker
There are lots of books about writing out there, waiting to be read by future authors. Books on characters, books on plot, books on writing a novel in X amount…
The Sacred Band by Janet E. Morris and Chris Morris
Raymond K. Rugg
From the very first chapter of The Sacred Band, I had a feeling about how I wanted to write this review, and the further in I went, the more certain…
After the Burning: Princess by C. J. Peter – SPFBO Review
The following book was reviewed as part of Mark Lawrence’s Great Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. For more information, visit Mark Lawrence’s blog or this previous announcement from Fantasy-Faction. C.J. Peter’s After…
Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierney
Jo Niederhoff
Urban fantasy is something of a gamble for me. While I do enjoy reading about mythical creatures navigating the modern world, I sometimes find the books get too dark and…
The Venusian Gambit by Michael J. Martinez
Dan Hanks
The Venusian Gambit is the third and final instalment in the Daedalus series by Michael J. Martinez and boy does it strive to redefine the word ‘epic’. I read the…
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Episodes 1 – 3
Wei Ming Kam
It feels like fantasy for adults has almost become respectable of late. Game of Thrones keeps raking the viewers in, while the adulation for the BBC’s lush adaptation of Susanna…