Sowing by Angie Grigaliunas – SPFBO #4 Finals Review
Geoff Matthews
*Disclaimer* Writing and reading is a subjective art. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK—normal people dislike it intensely,…
YA
The Son of Summer Stars by Meredith Ann Pierce
S. H. Paulus
Spoiler Warning: Minor spoilers for The Birth of the Firebringer, Dark Moon and The Son of Summer Stars. “Little unicorn,” he answered mildly, “attend. We gryphons are not the ones…
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Jessica Juby
Sometimes trips to the local charity shop can be a bust. There are however rare occasions where you’ll find a gem. For me, that gem was Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard…
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
JC Kang
If GRRM wrote a mix of The Incredibles and Avatar, with a necromancer heroine. Last year, Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone came in second to RF Kuang’s The…
Gryphon Riders Trilogy by Derek Alan Siddoway – Series Review
My first recollection of gryphons in fantasy literature was in Dragons of Winter’s Night. In a world where dragons and their riders were in the spotlight, I was enamored with…
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
As a big fan of titles by Becky Chambers and Pierce Brown, this space adventure by Sanderson sounded like a no brainer. In the online announcement that Sanderson made, he…
Between the Shade and the Shadow by Coleman Alexander
A. M. Justice
Between the Shade and the Shadow has a haunting, fast paced narrative that kept me enchanted from beginning to end. A gripping coming-of-age story about a rebellious adolescent girl and…
Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix – Series Review
Pippa
Five Great Charters knit the land. Together linked, hand in hand. One in the people who wear the Crown. Two in the folk who keep the Dead down. Three and…
Elizabeth Haydon – The Cauldron Interview
Spoiler Warning: This interview contains spoilers for The Symphony of Ages and The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the…
Spellbound by Debbie Viguié and Nancy Holder
Jo Niederhoff
Somehow, I forgot that it got weirder, but I really should have expected that. To recap: I have been going on a reread of the Wicked series by Nancy Holder…
Dark Moon by Meredith Ann Pierce
Meredith Ann Pierce doesn’t miss-a-beat with the second instalment of her wonderfully original Firebringer Trilogy, Dark Moon. But before I begin, I feel that the following needs to be stated.…
Legacy by Debbie Viguié and Nancy Holder
Spoiler Alert: This review contains spoilers for the first two books. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the previous novels. I recently described these books as crack.…