YA
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EARTHLINGS by Ray Star (BOOK REVIEW)
Ray Star’s debut Earthlings is the opening volume in a planned trilogy examining the realities of speciesism. The theme is not so much cli-fi as eco-criticism, ... -
THE LORD OF STARIEL by A. J. Lancaster (BOOK REVIEW)
The Lord of Stariel opens with our main character, Hetta Valstar, returning home to her family’s estate after a long absence, so that she can attend her ... -
SPELLSLINGER by Sebastien De Castell (BOOK REVIEW)
Spellslinger is a YA fantasy with a (gasp) male protagonist! Kellen, our main character, is a fairly ordinary teenage boy, whose magic is subpar, and not ... -
DAUGHTER OF THE SUN by Effie Calvin (BOOK REVIEW)
Daughter of the Sun is the second book in the Tales of Inthya series, but it works perfectly as a standalone (though it did make me ... -
THE COMBAT CODES by Alexander Darwin (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
Phase 2 of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off is drawing to a close at the end of this month! Keep track of the finalists’ scoreboard here. If you’re ... -
THORN by Intisar Khanani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warning: Heroine’s family vary from emotionally to physically abusive. I first read Thorn in 2018, as a self-published novel, and I loved its smart, wry, ... -
ALL THE STARS AND TEETH by Adalyn Grace (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: violence and death; mild body horror; blood magic; mention of abusive relationships. Amora is the princess of the island kingdom Visidia, and in order ... -
QUEEN OF COIN AND WHISPERS by Helen Corcoran (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: murder, violence (not graphic). You ever just read a book so perfect for you that it’s like the author wrote it on spec to ... -
Author Spotlight – A. F. E. Smith (DAWN RISING)
A.F.E. Smith’s first published book, Darkhaven, was one of 15 chosen from more than 5000 fantasy and sci-fi novels that were submitted to Harper Voyager during a ... -
THE CALL by Peadar O’Guilin (Book Review)
At a convention recently, I heard O’Guilin explain how he didn’t realise he was writing Young Adult fiction when he started as an author; that this ...
