Moving on to another of our finalists, today I will be reviewing Carrion Saints. Crow can pass for human. She may come off as eccentric, but sheโs good at hiding her wings. As a saint, sheโs devoted her endless life to protecting humanity from other immortals: the ones they call monsters. Sheโs finally ready to... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Of Mages and Makers by Rel Carroll
Time to move along with my finalists after a very busy couple of weeks! Miss Audrey Clune longs to be Robin Renegade, the fearless heroine from the old adventure stories. In real life, however, her choices are rather limited. Before accepting a sudden proposal from the man of her grandmotherโs choosing, Audrey sets out on... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Violence & Vigilance by David T. List
More SPFBO finalists! This one had an audiobook for me to listen to while I did chores and what have you, so I opted for that option. This one is looong. The audiobook is 32 hours long, to put that in perspective. Violence & Vigilance is book one of Turesia Untamed, an epic fantasy series... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Honorable Con by Michele C. Shaw
Moving right along!! Today's finalist review is for The Honorable Con by Michele C. Shaw! Ailyanna was one good con away from her ticket East and escape from the looming war, and instead sheโs locked in the palace dungeon staring at a lifetime sentence. You scam one prince and suddenly youโre the captain of the... Continue Reading →
Review: Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher
*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* y'all. Y'all, they gave me a review copy of the book. The book I've been squeeing about since April, lol. So, obviously thank you to Del Rey via NetGalley for this review copy. Youโre too pretty to die. Astarion Ancunin was supposed to be a magistrate, not a vampire spawn. He was supposed to... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher
This is Esme and I's finalist in this year's SPFBO! I have historically bounced off a lot of Fletcher's work, not because it isn't well written or enjoyable, but because it is often super, super dark. I've been known to like some grimdark here and there but like... real dark, y'all. Esme got super excited... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: No More Levels by Benjamin Barreth
I'm just flying through these finalists!* Today I'm diving into my review for No More Levels - which surprised me a lot! LitRPG and I have a complicated relationship, and so I don't always go into them with the highest of expectations (not that they aren't written well or have their audience or anything, but... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Hallows by H.L. Tinsley
Time to jump into these finalists in this year's SPFBO! I'm starting with The Hallows, because I have read Tinsley's work and enjoyed it so I figured that it was a good starting point. I do enjoy the idea of a noir tale with battle nuns too, so here we go!The Hallow serum was once... Continue Reading →
Review: Everybody’s Perfect by Jo Walton
Tor reached out with this one and I couldn't help myself but jump on it because Jo Walton... but also honestly this fantastic cover! So thanks to the author as well as Tor via NetGalley for the review copy! The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads... Continue Reading →
Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
I had 'Request the next Ana and Din mystery' on my to-do list when an email asking if I'd like to read it came in. Uh, yes please. I love this series! So thanks to the author, as well as Del Rey via NetGalley for the review copy. In the canton of Sapirdad, two of... Continue Reading →