Fantastical Biology – Part Six: Fantasy Creatures & Urban Living
Shambralyn Baker
Wildlife isn’t the first thing that might come to mind when you think of the city, but lots of animals make their homes there. Things are no different in fantasy…
urban fantasy
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Joie
Anne Bishop is really a remarkable writer. She can spin a tale that draws you into the heart of the story right at the get-go. Vision in Silver is the…
The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey – Spoiler Free Review
Zachary A. Matzo
The Getaway God, Richard Kadrey’s sixth novel in the Sandman Slim series, is a confounding—but ultimately entertaining—entry in the story of James Stark. Friends and enemies (both new and old)…
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
Adrian Faulkner
Foxglove Summer is the fifth book in the Peter Grant series, which started with Rivers of London. Whilst not a complete departure from previous books, Foxglove Summer does take a…
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
Jo Niederhoff
This is a book about secrets. It isn’t just in the way the protagonist, Maxine Kiss, keeps secrets from the rest of the world, or in the way the demons…
Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews
Ahem. Please ignore the cover – and the publisher marketing, for that matter. And no, you did not go to the wrong website. This is still Fantasy-Faction. 😉 Burn For…
The Fear Institute by Jonathan L. Howard
“Why on Earth did you steal three dead popes?” asked Cabal. “First, to make the Vatican very cross. That was funny. Second reason, delicious.” It’s rare for Johannes Cabal to…
Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
Nicholas Schmiedicker
In a genre that is dominated by the gritty and dark following the recent popularity of Game of Thrones, Max Gladstone delivers an impressive tale with an ultimate message of…
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
I can’t resist all things dragon. I admit it. When I saw that Rachel Aaron/Bach had a new series out about a dragon society in the midst of a future…
The Detective by Jonathan L. Howard
“Don’t think you can quantify me and put me in a thesis. A census taker once tried to test me. I let my front garden eat him.” – Johannes Cabal…
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Max Gladstone’s Three Parts Dead is fantasy of a different flavor. Instead of taking our world and adding magic (such as Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files or Myke Cole’s Shadow Ops),…
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Richard Bray
The back cover and inside jacket of American Gods would have you believe this is a novel about gods, carefully hidden amongst American mortals, gathering their forces for a bloody…