Long Lost by Jacqueline West Genre: Supernatural Mystery Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: May 11, 2021 Review Long Lost tells two parallel stories about two pairs of sisters. Fiona and Arden live in the modern world, and the family has just moved to a new town in the interest of furthering Arden’s promising skating …
Lore by Alexandra Bracken Genre: Urban fantasy Age category: Young adult Release Date: January 4, 2021 Review Editor’s Note: This review has been trimmed for mild spoilers and will be updated in a few weeks. This is a book that is designed to feel epic, and it succeeds. In this world, it’s possible to take …
Darin Kennedy is the author of over twenty books, including one of my favorite recent reads, The Mussorgsky Riddle. The novel is the first of his Fugue & Fable trilogy. I confess, most of the fiction I’ve been consuming lately has been either in the form of an audiobook or helpfully read to me by …
What is Urban Fantasy Magazine? The original UFM was a magazine of short fiction, book reviews, interviews, and discussion of the genre. It was put on indefinite hiatus in 2016, and the domain UrbanFantasyMagazine.com expired in 2018. I was the editor for the latter half of its life and re-purchased the domain when it became …
A list of books by previous Urban Fantasy Magazine authors and staff: Emily C. Skaftun Michael T. Banker H.L. Fullerton Samuel Marzioli L. D. Colter Rati Mehrotra Jonathan Maberry Wendy Hammer Eleanor R. Wood David Tallerman Daniel J. Davis Emily B Cataneo Rhiannon Held Mike Resnick Katrina S. Forest Jordan Ellinger & Frances Silversmith
Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 3 by Cecile Sarruf (Editor) Genre: Speculative Short Fiction Age category: Adult Release Date: September 15th 2019 Review Well, my post-2019 self has finally gotten into gear, and we’re back with another author interview and review. After diving into some short fiction with Ken Liu’s collection The Hidden Girl … Continue reading
The Last Atlantian by Mikki Noble Genre: Urban Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: December 13, 2019 Spencer did not plan to work on her birthday. She didn’t plan a lot of things, but they happened anyway. Like, when she touched a guy and he turned into a gold statue, or when some stranger … Continue reading
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu Genre: Speculative Fiction/Short Fiction Age category: Adult Release Date: February 25th, 2020 Review Happy 2020! We’re starting the new year with our first (but definitely not last) review of a short story collection. Although I’m quite familiar with Ken Liu’s name, this book was my first … Continue reading
Last month, we featured a review and character interview from Faith Hunter’s newest book Shattered Bonds. It seemed to me if I was going to post a review for the most recent book in a series that I really ought to review the first one as well. This is another novel that just recently had … Continue reading
Gorgon’s Price Redemption of the Gorgons Book 1 by Claire Davon Genre: Paranormal Romance Print Length: 209 pages Publication Date: December 3, 2019 Euryale will never forget the day the gods turned her into a monster. After millennia, her heart beats faster at the idea of regaining her normal form. For the feel of skin … Continue reading
The Shrike and the Shadows by A.M. Wright and Chantal Gadoury Genre: Dark Fantasy/Horror Age category: Young Adult Release Date: March 3rd, 2020 Review To start off, a quick content warning: Although I have seen this shelved with YA, the content is very mature. A parent with a precocious tween would probably want to steer … Continue reading
A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick Genre: Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: December 9th, 2019 Kelsey Quick is a novelist, artist, and businesswoman who loves her husband, huskies, and video games. Since the age of two, Kelsey has been bound and determined to create. From traditional impressionist paintings, to digital comic creation; from … Continue reading
Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke Genre: Graphic Novel Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: September 5, 2017 Review It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a book aimed at the younger crowd, something I like to do on occasion. Mighty Jack and the Goblin King is actually the second of a … Continue reading
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson was originally released in 2009, just qualifying for our retro review requirement of being ten years old or more. It grew into a five-book series and has a manga version as well. I read this book originally pretty close to publication and while I jotted down some thoughts at … Continue reading
Editor’s note: As noted on our Facebook page, we are now doing reviews alongside each author (or, in this case, character) interview. Hopefully this puts the interview in more context and will let you the readers find something new to love. This review will contain minor spoilers from Dark Queen, the twelfth book of Faith … Continue reading
Literary fantasy is one of those genres that many aspire to write but very few can pull off. So when I have the opportunity to read a piece of literary fantasy that lands so well–describing a unique setting with a masterful hand and exploring a difficult part of human history or experience–I’m always grateful. The … Continue reading
The Lightning Thief was first published in June of 2005. Since then it’s pretty much become a staple of middle grade fiction and a required part of the conversation if you’re going to chat about literature that incorporates Greek mythology. The first time I read this book to see what all the fuss was about … Continue reading