The Splendor by Breeana Shields Summary: Publication Date: September 7th, 2021 Purchase on Amazon! The Splendor isn’t just a glamorous hotel, it’s a magical experience that gives its guests the fantasy fulfillment of their dreams. But The Splendor didn’t make Juliette’s dreams come true. It ruined her life. After a weeklong stay, Juliette’s sister, Clare,... Continue Reading →
Guest Post: Pemry James on Fantasy Worldbuilding
Guest Post Introduction! Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing another post of my Indie Author series and I’m featuring a guest post by Pemry James where he shares some insights on fantasy world building. As someone who reads a lot of fantasy books world building is pretty important to me. I love a well written fantasy... Continue Reading →
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett — ARC Review
Summary: Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The... Continue Reading →
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart — ARC Review
I read a lot of fantasy books, but it's not often that I find a book as much as I loved The Bone Shard Daughter.
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett — ARC Review
Summary: An enchanted tale of intrigue where a duke's daughter is the only survivor of a magical curse. When Ekata's brother is finally named heir, there will be nothing to keep her at home in Kylma Above with her murderous family. Not her books or science experiments, not her family's icy castle atop a frozen... Continue Reading →
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau-Preto – Review
Summary: I had a sister, once… In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire—until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart. I promised her the throne would not come between us. Sixteen... Continue Reading →
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang- Review
Summary: A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy. I normally include a Goodreads summary of the book, but the... Continue Reading →
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor – Review
Summary: Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of... Continue Reading →
The Wicked King by Holly Black – ARC Review
The Wicked King by Holly Black Summary: You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself strong. After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked... Continue Reading →