Yearly Archives: 2025
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HEMLOCK & SILVER by T. Kingfisher (BOOK REVIEW)
Hemlock & Silver follows Anja, a healer who voluntarily takes poison to further her experiments in the search for cures. When the king knocks on her ... -
PUBLISHER INTERVIEW – ISABELLE KENYON (MANAGING DIRECTOR – FLY ON THE WALL PRESS)
We are joined today at the Hive by Isabelle Kenyon, Managing Director of Manchester based publishing house Fly on the Wall Press. Isabelle has led the ... -
QUEEN OF MERCY by Natania Barron (EXCERPT)
“The first born of Arthur will bring his end.” When the high priestess Vyvian du Lac dies, Morgen le Fay—acolyte to the priestess, midwife to queens, ... -
Escapism within Fantasy – GUEST POST by Brittney Arena (A DANCE OF LIES)
My protector is gone, revealed to be a monster. But I remind myself that I am not a damsel. I’m no princess bound within a tower. ... -
MARRIED TO THE ALIEN COWBOY by Ursa Dax (THE MONSTER BOTHERER)
Welcome to THE MONSTER BOTHERER! We are thrilled to welcome back our new reviewer Emma Penman, who exclusively reviews monster romance, and has returned for another ... -
Interview with C. S. E. Cooney (SAINT DEATH’S HERALD)
C. S. E. Cooney (she/her) is a two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author: for novel Saint Death’s Daughter, and collection Bone Swans, Stories. Other work includes The Twice-Drowned Saint, Dark Breakers, and Desdemona ... -
ANJI KILLS A KING by Evan Leikam (BOOK REVIEW)
“Give up? What is there to give when you have nothing? You want to sue for change? Sue. You want to kill for peace? You’ll kill ... -
TOP PICKS – May 2025
Welcome to this month’s Top Picks! Every month, we like to share with you our favourite reads of the month. We’ve rounded up our contributors and ... -
PALADIN’S FAITH by T. Kingfisher (BOOK REVIEW)
Shane squared his shoulders. ‘I pray that I may not fail you, your grace.’ ‘You won’t,’ she said. ‘In that, I have faith.’ This is quite ... -
Interview with Antonia Hodgson (THE RAVEN SCHOLAR)
Antonia Hodgson has written four acclaimed historical crime novels. She won the CWA Historical Dagger for The Devil in the Marshalsea, and her work has also ...
