Genre: Fantasy Length: 464 pages Add to Goodreads Buy on Amazon Blurb Nik Thorn should know better than to get involved with gods. But when a priest of a hated god asks Nik to save his life, Nik can hardly refuse, particularly when the priest knows exactly how, where, when, and why he is going Read More
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Review: Academy Arcanist by Shami Stovall
Academy Arcanist by Shami Stovall Genre: YA Magic Academy Fantasy Length: 446 pages Add to Goodreads Buy on Amazon Blurb: Hopes. Dreams. And literal nightmares out to kill a young boy. Gray Lexly, son of a candlemaker, wants to escape his life of old-world technologies and study at the prestigious Astra Academy, a school for Read More
BBNYA Tour: The Goddess of Nothing at all by Cat Rector
Genre: Dark Fantasy Length: 430 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary Perhaps you know the myths. Furious, benevolent Gods. A tree that binds nine realms. A hammer stronger than any weapon. And someday, the end of everything. But few have heard of me. Looking back, it’s easy to know what choices I might have made differently. Read More
Hills of Heather and Bone by K.E. Andrews
Genre: Fantasy Length: 412 pages Summary The bones of the dead hold stories. On the fringes of Errigal, Morana longs to exchange a life of hiding for a peaceful one with her husband, Percy. While Percy’s bloodgift lets him grow plants and heal broken bodies, Morana’s a boneweaver, despised and feared because she can hear Read More
BBNYA Tour: Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani
Genre: Fantasy Length: 152 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary The winding streets and narrow alleys of Karolene hide many secrets, and Hitomi is one of them. Orphaned at a young age, Hitomi has learned to hide her magical aptitude and who her parents really were. Most of all, she must conceal her role in the Read More
BBNYA Review: Children of Chaos by Trudie Skies
Genre: Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Steampunk Length: 649 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary When the saints call, the sinners answer. Chaos stalks the steam-powered city of Chime and threatens the existence of the gods and their domains. Kayl swore to protect Chime’s mortals from their gods’ cruel whims, but when she agrees to represent the mortals Read More
BBNYA Review: Bloodlaced by Courtney Maguire
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Length: 314 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary Kanjin hardly view their servants as human. Even less so when they are different. Asagi is different. Both a man and a woman. In the wake of his failure to protect a boy they saw as a son from their abusive master, Asagi is sold Read More
BBNYA Tour: Oil and Dust by Jami Farleigh
Genre: Fantasy Length: 510 Goodreads | Amazon Summary When all has been lost, we find ourselves… Out of the ashes of destruction, a new world has arisen. The plagues of the past—the worship of greed and pursuit of power—are gone. Now, the communities that remain in this post-apocalyptic world focus on creating connections, on forging Read More
Review: Driftwood by Marie Brennan
Driftwood by Marie Brennan is a bit of an odd book. The world of Driftwood is fragmented, remnants of different worlds. It’s a place where lands go when they die. And if people are unlucky enough to be present when the land dies, they’ll get transported too. The story itself is fragmented too, but with Read More
SPSFC Review: Titan Hoppers by Rob J Hayes
Titan Hoppers by Rob J Hayes is another quarter-finalist for the Wayward Stars team in the SPSFC. This is my personal review and doesn’t reflect the views of my team members. This is also the first progression fantasy/science fiction I read, and the first book I read by Rob J Hayes. I had no idea Read More