The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner
L. A. Young
When an author writes their second book, fans of the first wonder whether or not the next will be similar to its predecessor. In most cases, the themes and the…
Orbit Books
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
JC Kang
Frankenstein meets Hacker meets Solo meets Legend of Zelda, in an Asian family drama. Given my interest in Asian-themed fantasy, it came as a surprise that I didn’t hear about…
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
Dragons are one of the most familiar—and overused—tropes in fantasy. These mystical beings intrigue and fascinate all who have heard of them. However, since oral tradition, dragons were either an…
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart – Spoiler Free Review
Pippa
The Bone Shard Daughter is the first book in The Drowning Empire trilogy and marks Andrea Stewart’s debut into epic fantasy. It is a multi-perspective story set in a fictional…
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
A. M. Justice
I originally read We Ride the Storm when it was a finalist in the fourth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO), and I could immediately see why it fared so well in…
The Shadow Saint by Gareth Hanrahan
The hype surrounding a debut novel can be anxious for positive and negative reasons. This is because the author is waiting to find out what readers and critics thought of…
A Time of Courage by John Gwynne – Spoiler Free Review
A Time of Courage is the concluding instalment to the Of Blood and Bone trilogy and is the seventh book to be set in the world of the Banished Lands.…
The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Hanrahan
Every once in a while, a book is released and it’s all everyone talks about. How great the story is, how rich the characters are, how the worldbuilding matched the…
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
The description of Rosewater sounds more like a thriller than a science fiction novel, and that is one of the many appeals surrounding this novel. A government agent with a…
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
S. H. Paulus
Spoiler Warning: This review contains minor spoilers for The Eye of the World. “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades…
The Spider by Leo Carew – Spoiler Free Review
The Spider is the second book in the Under the Northern Sky trilogy. It starts closely after the events of the first book, The Wolf. Once again, we follow the…
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
Charlie Hopkins
For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragons to fight an endless war. Then the dragons disappeared. But the battle for supremacy on…