Reading this book was like riding a zip line above the crowds on a fairground midway. Everywhere you looked, something was happening. Danger, love, plotting, plots foiled, steam trains, steam…
A thoughtful, inclusive fantasy with a strong emotional core, a distinctive setting, and a protagonist whose struggle with self-worth feels honest and earned.
Steampunk, chicanery, and robbery all collude to deliver a romance that is lighthearted, but which emphasizes a lesson in consent.
Overall, this is a book with a solid foundation, a lot of heart, and characters I genuinely enjoyed spending time with.
And that is it for our cut posts! Thank you once more to every author who entered and had the courage to put their work in front of us. We…
A lot of readers carry a “magical orphan child who goes to school and defeats the evil villain with help from their found family, as the prophecy foretold” shaped hole…
We are nearing the end of the cut posts for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we say goodbye to three more books in our Sixth Fall.
Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian’s Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Earth to a new protector.…
We are deeper into June and deep into the cuts for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we bid farewell to three more books in our Fifth Fall.
Reidon was born weak, sickly, and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every…
June is here, and so is another round of cuts in this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Today we are saying goodbye to three more books
Daughter of Crows is an unrelenting, naked depiction of humanity at its worst, but also a fierce reminder of what survives it. It is a story of stolen innocence, brutal…
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
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