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
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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
SPSFC Review: Clarity of Cold Steel by Kevin Wright
This review is part of the SPSFC competition. My team, the Wayward Stars is currently reading all the quarter-finalists of our allocated books to determine the semi-finalists. I’ve reviewed Tropical Punch and Intergalactic Bastard already. Clarity of Cold Steel is my third review, with reviews of Titan Hoppers and Viral still to come. Clarity of Read More
ARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopdia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Thank you to Orbit and Nazia for giving an eArc in exchange for an honest review. When I first read the blurb, I was immediately excited for more cozy fantasy. I’m not a huge fan of the Fae but this seemed like a good perspective. Emily knows faeries and their mischief so she’s not a Read More