Laura Lam Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
We are excited to once again have the talented author Laura Lam with us today. Her most recent novel, False Hearts, was released this June and the conclusion to her…
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Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
Flamecaster, by Cinda Williams Chima, is the first of a brand new series set in the same world of the acclaimed Seven Realms quartet, where we leave behind Han and…
The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
Joie
A roller coaster of emotions in the conclusion to the Winner’s trilogy, The Winner’s Kiss is one of the few books I’ve read this year that made it difficult to…
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
T. O. Munro
I should confess that I am not a great aficionado of contemporary vampire stories. I’ve watched a few fragmentary episodes of Buffy, but I’ve have never read Twilight, nor watched…
The Circle by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Jo Niederhoff
The majority of the books I read, whether fantasy or another genre, were written in English and published in either America or Britain. It is, therefore, a wonderful surprise when…
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Richard Bray
If you read the Harry Potter series and thought, “This is a pleasant little story and all, but I just wish everyone at Hogwarts was a blood-thirsty sociopath and the…
Roses and Rot by Kat Howard
Jonathan Thornton
Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers. Please read with caution if you’ve yet to finish the book. This is the thing about fairy tales: You have to live through…
Tara Sim Interview
Today we are lucky enough to have author Tara Sim here to talk about her upcoming novel Timekeeper (Sky Pony Press, Fall 2016). She can often be found in the…
J. K. Rowling is Better than Shakespeare
Max Freeman
Tell me if you’ve ever read these stories before: – A young male sociopath disapproves of everyone and everything around him, including any of his romantic interests. He changes nothing,…
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Every Heart A Doorway is an ambitious mixture of genres. It plays tribute to every portal fantasy you can think of, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland through to Narnia and…
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
In my life, I’ve found that there are a few different sorts of books I wind up reading. Some are gifts. Some are books I explicitly sought out. And some…
Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutsch
Mirka of Hereville has defeated a troll in a knitting contest and won her home back from a meteorite that tried to take her place in her family, but now…