Buddy the Knight and the Queen of Sorrow


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By: Peter DavidGenre: Young Adult FantasyPublisher: Peter Hartog “Short in stature but long in thread count, Buddy was a mishmash of patches and repairs. Faded over time, they had become proud badges of his bravery and heroism…Inside Buddy might be polyester stuffing, but further still came the steady beat of a heart…This was the Heart […]

September 23, 2024

Mirrored Heavens: Between Earth and Sky, Book 3


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By: Rebecca RoanhorseGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Gallery/Saga Press WARNING: There will be spoilers for Black Sun and Fevered Star “The war on earth may have yet to start as the gods claimed their vessels and set their stakes, but the war in heaven had already begun.For what was earth but a mirror of heaven?And what was […]

July 31, 2024

Blood Jade: The Phoenix Hoard, Book 2


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By: Julia Vee and Ken BebelleGenre: Urban FantasyPublisher: TOR Publishing “All at once the soft touched reminded my that chains were still chains, even when they were chained with love and duty.”Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle, Blood Jade Blood Jade, Book 2 of the Phoenix Hoard, by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle, continues the journey […]

July 21, 2024

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank


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By: Megan BannenGenre: Romantic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books “Early in their friendship, they had discovered a mutual tendency to burst into song whenever the lyrics to a particular ditty seemed relevant to the topic of conversation. Considering the fact that most of the records cranked out of the Bushong music scene over the past half century […]

July 4, 2024

A Tether Through the Rift, Book1


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By: Lindsey N. RhodenGenre: Adult Epic FantasyAudience: AdultsPublisher: Lindsey N. Rhoden, Self-Published CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS: Strong language, mention of suicide, strong themes of depression and anxiety throughout, brief mention of sexual assault (not on page), descriptions of torture, death on page. “I smiled, looking at where he had been moments ago. Then, as my eyes trailed […]

April 13, 2024

The Haunting of Velkwood


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By: Gwendolyn KisteGenre: Gothic; Horror; RomancePublisher: Saga Press “It’s strange how many directions you can travel in the worldand few of those paths you ever choose.”Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood The Haunting of Velkwood, by Gwendolyn Kiste, is not my typical genre as I am a very niche reader of fantasy and science fiction. […]

March 25, 2024

The Keeper’s Six


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By: Kate ElliottGenre: FantasyPublisher: Macmillan-Tor/Forge The Keeper’s Six is a fantasy novella by Kate Elliott. I was looking forward to reading it as it sounded like a fantasy that I would really enjoy, Unfortunately, the story never fully came together for me. There were plenty of great elements, but I felt that there was simply […]

August 2, 2023

Down Below Beyond


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By: TA BrunoGenre: Science FictionPublisher: Feathersong, LLC (Self Published) “Something clawed at Levort’s heart as stood at the base of the bed. Memories of loneliness, sorrow, never-ending dread. It was all still resting here, in this room. Places remembered what people often forgot-or what people would strive to forget.”TA Bruno, Down Below Beyond. On the […]

July 31, 2023

The Traitor, Book Three of The Covenant of Steel


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By: Anthony Ryan Genre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books Content Warning: Gore, violence, torture. There will be spoilers for The Pariah and The Martyr “What do you know of the Malecite, Alwyn?…They are the wellspring of evil in the world, I said…I stared at him, baffled but also fearful, refusing to prompt him further, but he […]

July 20, 2023

Ebony Gate: The Phoenix Hoard, Book 1


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By: Julia Vee and Ken BebelleGenre: Urban FantasyPublisher: TOR Publishing “Not one minute after I vowed in the car ride over to stop living up to the moniker of the Butcher of Beijing and I was tapping my sword and threating pimply faced kids. The ones who called me the Butcher were right about me. […]

July 12, 2023