Game of Souls by Terry C. Simpson
Geoff Matthews
Keedar is a dreg, a peasant, a motherless rogue, a boy. All around him, the people of the Smear struggle in abject poverty. Above it all, the nobles play a…
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Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Eric Christensen
RANGE OF GHOSTS nails a lot of fantasy fundamentals: the world building is stellar, the characters are strong and layered, the prose is both precise and poetic, and the plot…
Books we love: The books that stole our hearts and got us reading
Overlord
It was Valentines last week so I, as I often do, sent out a holiday themed tweet: What I didn’t expect when I sent that Tweet out was such a…
Militaries and Fantasy or How to Build an Army
B. Pine
Author’s Note: I did my best to refrain from using military and army interchangeably in this article. To clarify a bit, by army I mean one specific body of fighters.…
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Jo Niederhoff
Kami Glass is everything I’ve always wanted in a YA fantasy heroine. She’s clever (though not to the point of being obnoxious), strong-willed (at times to the point of foolishness,…
Frodor’s Travel Guide to Westeros
David Carani
See what I did there? Fodor’s and Frodo. Get it? Like the travel guide and the hobbit. You know, from Lord of the Rings? Right, anyway. This is the first…
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
Joie
Think Harry Potter in Victorian England and you have the backdrop for The Burning Sky. Written in the third-person narrative, I rather felt like I was watching the story unfold…
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Lucy Hounsom
The premise of The Invisible Library is brilliant. Clandestinely situated between dimensions – and yes, invisible – the Library is a vast repository of fiction ‘acquired’ from myriad parallel worlds.…
Clariel by Garth Nix
Sonia Grace
Clariel is the newest addition to Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series, which also contains Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, and several novellas and short stories. It’s one of my favorite series, full stop.…
The League of Princes by Christopher Healy – Series Review
Victoria Hooper
Ever wondered what Prince Charming’s real name is? Meet Frederick. And Gustav. And Liam and Duncan. They are the Prince Charmings (or Princes Charming, as Frederick insists), and they’re determined…
Beloved Fantasy and Sci-Fi Movies of the 80s
Nicole Singer
Ah, the 80s. A decade of big hair, shoulder pads, and questionable movie soundtracks. I don’t know about you, but I have great memories of 80s fantasy—granted, some of those…
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Alister Davison
My hardback cover of The Queen of the Tearling is emblazoned with a bright red sticker telling me it’s: “SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM starring Emma Watson”. On the…