Nevernight by Jay Kristoff – Cover Reveal
Overlord
Wayyyyyyyyyyy back in 2012 I was lucky enough to be sent an advanced copy of a strange fantasy/martial arts/steampunk-hybrid called Stormdancer. I enjoyed that book and gave it a favourable…
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All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Jonathan Thornton
“One day the Singularity would elevate humans to cybernetic superbeings, and maybe then people would say what they meant. “Probably not, though.” All The Birds In The Sky (2016) by…
Revisiting The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Zachary A. Matzo
I recently re-read Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, the 2009 novel that some ham-fistedly referred to as a “Harry Potter for adults.” A television series based on the book premieres January…
Three Things Fantasy Can’t Get Right with Combat
Trent Cannon
This may come as a shock, but I don’t think any of us read fantasy for realism. In fact, we usually read it to escape from the real world and…
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nick Clark
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is widely celebrated for his literary fiction, including the Man Booker Prize-winning Remains of the Day (1989), and more recently his sci-fi sampling Never Let Me…
Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Lucy Hounsom
I reviewed the first book in the Millenium’s Rule trilogy – Thief’s Magic – back in 2014 here on Fantasy-Faction and I’m sorry to say I was rather harsh. Angel…
Susan Dennard Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Susan Dennard has come a long way from small-town Georgia. As a marine biologist, she got to travel the world before settling down as a full-time novelist and writing instructor.…
Fantasy Titles On Our Radar: January 2016 Edition
From January 2016 we will be running a monthly feature called ‘On Our Radar‘. The aim of this post will be to show you the Fantasy titles that we are…
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Richard Bray
“Well, we’ve managed to get ourselves locked into the most secure prison in the world. We’re either geniuses or the dumbest sons of bitches to ever breathe air.” Fantasy-Faction recently…
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2015
It’s getting harder and harder to be a well-read and up-to-date reviewer in fantasy these days. It’s also getting incredibly difficult to order the best of the year lists. I…
Black Butler I & II / Kuroshitsuji – Anime Review
Rebekah Loper
Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) can be a somewhat confusing franchise for those new to the material. First, it was a manga, written and drawn by Yana Toboso. The manga was then…
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
“There’s never going to be an end to suffering if ‘he deserves it’ is all the justification people need for inflicting pain.” Ken Liu is known in the SFF community…