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The Mystery of Speculative Fiction: THE HEALER and THE CITY AND THE CITY
Murder mysteries and speculative fiction are two very different genres. But what would happen if Hercule Poirot had an excursion into Twilight, or Detective Inspector Rebus ... -
UNCANNY COLLATERAL by Brian McClellan (SPFBO Semi-Finalist Review)
The fifth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) is almost reaching the end of round 1! As you know, we’ve cut our batch of 30 books down to ... -
TRAIL OF LIGHTNING by Rebecca Roanhorse (Book Review)
I was very grateful to get an ARC of this upcoming release from NetGalley, as it’s a book I’d heard great things about… Wait – upcoming ... -
JADE WAR by Fonda Lee (Book Review)
“We have each other and maybe that’s the one thing our enemies don’t.” Hilo’s aura gave a dark pulse, like an angry sigh, but he didn’t ... -
Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer (SPFBO Review)
T.O. Munro has stepped in on behalf of The Fantasy Hive to help out with the final stages of SPFBO 4! SPFBO – aka the Self-Published ... -
Walking Through Fire by Sherri Cook Woosley
While Sherri Cook Woosley’s debut novel, Walking Through Fire, is a well-plotted urban fantasy filled with harrowing battles, all sorts of freakish monsters, and ancient Sumerian ... -
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
Caution: review may contain spoilers. In Mark Lawrence’s gradual migration away from the world and characters of his debut novel Prince of Thorns, One Word Kill ... -
Paternus: Wrath of Gods by Dyrk Ashton
(Note: this review is of a pre-edited ARC of the book; there may be small differences between the book I reviewed and the final published work.) ... -
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Let he who names this virtuous tome some conflagration of the “urban” and the “fantastical” be forever shamed. In other words, I’m not a fan of ... -
Relics by Tim Lebbon
‘I like the fact there can be so many secret places in a city filled with people. It gives me hope.’ ‘Hope for what?’ Dean frowned, ...
