Tag: YA
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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 ... -
Author Spotlight – K. L. Kolarich (HOUSE OF BASTIION)
K.L. Kolarich is a new-adult fantasy fiction author, based out of Nashville, TN. Her breakout series, The Haidren Legacy, hit the epic fantasy scene in early ... -
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 – Dana Swift (CAST IN FIRELIGHT)
Dana Swift started making up fantasy worlds when she was eleven years old and hasn’t stopped since. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, ... -
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 ... -
STARSIGHT by Brandon Sanderson (Book Review)
Starsight is the sequel to Sanderson’s 2018 YA novel, Skyward, which you may remember I also reviewed. I really enjoyed Skyward so I was desperate to ... -
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 ... -
SNOWSPELLED by Stephanie Burgis (SPFBO Semi-Finalist Review)
The fifth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) is reaching the end of round 1! We spent the last five months cutting our batch of 30 books down ...