Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Genre: High Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: September 29, 2015 Review Six of Crows is a little more than six years old, and I can’t even count the number of time I’ve seen it on YA must-read lists. This coupled with the fact that Shadow and Bone … Continue reading
Hi, everyone! Just a quick note to say thanks for sticking with us through another insane year. I know everyone’s anxious for the hiatus to end, and we’re happy to be ending it. Here’s to 2022 being the year of awesome. (Or, barring that, the year substantially-closer-to-awesome-than-its-predecessor.) Continue reading
Hi, everyone! I’ve been trying to play catch up with the reviews and interviews here on UFM, but unfortunately, a lot of real life events are making that difficult. So we will be taking a three-month hiatus starting in October. Looking forward to bringing back all the UFM goodness in January. And for all you … Continue reading
Editor’s note: It’s time for another combo review and interview, this time with one of my favorite authors, Faith Hunter. (We have featured a fictional interview with one of her characters before, but this time we get to hear from the author herself about her newest book.) —- Faith Hunter is the New York Times … Continue reading
The Place Beyond Her Dreams by Oby Aligwekwe Genre: Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: March 16, 2021 Review This Netgalley review has been long delayed, the book falling into my queue right around the time I had to unexpectedly pull back on UFM stuff. But reading it during that time brought some much-needed … Continue reading
The Dragon Prince, Book Two (Sky) by Aaron Ehasz and Melanie McGanney Ehasz Genre: Fantasy Tie-in Novel Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: August 3, 2021 Review This is my first time reviewing a tie-in novel on this site, mostly because there usually isn’t too much (in my mind, anyway) to say about them. They … Continue reading
Bridgette Dutta Portman is an author, playwright, and teaching artist. Dozens of her plays have been produced across the United States and overseas. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University, as well as a PhD in political science from the University of California, Irvine. She is past president of the Playwrights’ Center … Continue reading
Stuffed Into Darkness by Liz Braswell Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: May 4, 2021 For anyone who didn’t see our Facebook announcement, I had to pull back on reviews in May and June due to health reasons. Things has improved and we’re back on track, albeit with me scrambling a bit … Continue reading
Kathleen Mare’e grew up in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, where family holidays by the beach and tormenting her two younger brothers, was how she spent her early years. But at the young age of 11, when she submitted a short story to a talented writing competition through the NSW schools program, not only did … Continue reading
Fairy Mom and Me by Sophie Kinsella Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age category: Chapter book Release Date: January 2, 2018 Review Fairy Mom and Me by Sophie Kinsella found its place in my reading list almost directly after The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz. That’s a tough act to follow; The Night Fairy‘s subtlety contrasted … Continue reading
Finn and the Time-Traveling Pajamas by Michael Buckley Genre: Time Travel Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: March 30, 2021 Review Finn and the Time-Traveling Pajamas is the second book in the Finniverse middle grade series. The first book is entitled Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox. So in case the covers don’t give it away … Continue reading
The Immortal Wizards: The Awakening by Andreas Suchanek Genre: Urban Fantasy Age category: Adult Release Date: January 1, 2021 Review The Immortal Wizards: The Awakening opens on a young man, Alexander Kent, being suddenly gifted with magical powers. What he doesn’t realize is that these powers used to belong to someone else. In the hidden … Continue reading