Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Genre: High Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: September 29, 2015 Review Six of Crows is seven and a half years old, and I can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen it on YA must-read lists. This coupled with the fact that Shadow and Bone is … Continue reading
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Age category: Adult Release Date: May 1st, 2001 Review I fear I may have come to this book expecting too much of it. I have not read any of Charlaine Harris’s work before, despite her name taking up a sizable section of the urban fantasy … 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
Editor’s note: Since we didn’t have any interviews in the shortness that was February, we’ll be hosting two interviews this month. Hope you enjoy! Sonja J. Breckon is a builder of fantasy worlds and not ashamed to admit she lives in them more than in the real world. Besides writing books, she works with various … Continue reading