by Brandon Sanford | May 23, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, LGBTQ+
“My name is Rune Saint John. I am, before anything else, a survivor: of a fallen House, of a brutal assault, of violent allies and complacent enemies, of life among a people who turned their backs on me decades ago. Among those who matter I am known and notorious. I...
by Barbara Cothern | Jan 24, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Lincoln Clarke has left his country in search of assistance for a worsening lycanthrope outbreak. As a physician, he knows that there must be a cure. He finds help in the shape of a werewolf hunter, Moira Ashe, in the village of Quinn. Moira agrees to teach Quinn how...
by Megan Stevens | Jan 11, 2019 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Tweens
A. P. Winter’s middle grade, fantasy novel, The Boy Who Went Magic, is a tale of ancient magic, a scheming royal prince, adventurers, a boy learning how to be brave, and flying ships. Bert, an orphan who grew up at a boarding school, goes on a field trip with his...
by Megan Stevens | Dec 19, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Young Adult
Anna Day’s, The Fandom, is a young adult novel that combines adventure, fantasy, and four friends that are transported into the dystopian world of The Gallows Dance. Violet and her friend, Alice, are fans of the novel and film, The Gallows Dance, and with her friend...
by Whitney Smyth | Dec 19, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Sponsored
Charles D. Blanchard’s Kingdom’s End is a politically infused fantasy novel in which the main characters are rodents. Indio has ruled over his large community of rats for many long years with benevolence and is greatly loved by his tribe. Matthias, one of Indio’s most...
by Whitney Smyth | Sep 27, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Horror, Sponsored
One sunny Tucsonan day, five artists find themselves drawn to another realm, each finding an entrance to a hidden land of fairy tales that seems as if it were built just for them. Coyote, a musician with a mysterious past, brings them together, which triggers the...
