SPFBO Champions League Kick Off
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
It's June first. It's time for the third round of SPFBO X! It's the 10 year anniversary of SPFBO, and we’re celebrating it with a Champions League round. All 10…
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SPFBO Finalist Review: By Blood by Salt by J.L. Odom
This was my favourite of the SPFBO books by quite some distance. It’s a powerful story about outsiders, how they try to fit in, and how they are treated.
SPFBO Finalist Review: Runelight by J.A. Andrews
Also, Kate and Venn's passively antagonistic friendship . . . I love it!!! I wanna be there for ALL their interactions – to adjudicate, or just laugh. Their banter is…
SPFBO Finalist Review: Wolf of Withervale by Joaquín Baldwin
This year's finalists are all big on their worldbuilding but the stand out so far has been The Wolf of Withervale. The author has obviously spent a huge amount of…
SPFBO Finalist Review: By A Silver Thread by Rachel Aaron
I'm a big UF fan and this book certainly ticks a number of boxes of what I love about that sub-genre of SFF
SPFBO Finalist Review: The Oathsworn Legacy by K.R. Gangi
My favourite parts are mostly the mini stories of the quests the brothers completed, and the creatures and characters they met along the way.
SPFBO Finalist Review: The Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword by Dewey Conway & Bill Adams
This is a traditional quest fantasy with some cool original ideas, plenty of action, strong characters and humour. In other words, something most fantasy-loving kids are going to enjoy.
SPFBO Finalist Review: Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
My first review of this year’s SPFBO finalists is for a detective story that might be fantasy, might be science fiction, or might be something else entirely. What it is,…
Finalist announcement for SPFBOX!
So, here we are, at the end of round one… 4 semi finalists, all very different from each other, but which one will win?