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 →
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 →
SPFBOXI Cuts the Second – With a Second Semifinalist!
Done done done! It is time for me to cut the rest of my batch and announce my second semifinalist! Let's begin! A Fallen Hero by Sara A. Noรซ Full Review This was definitely a unique take on ghost stories, to be sure. It reads a bit like an offshoot of the unwilling test subject... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Those We See in the Dark by Robin Rakkeby
Getting pretty close to the bottom of this stack! Anaรญs Dรญ Sona has trained her entire life for one roleโprotector of the Kingdom of Dรบndรญorโbut the darkness of her past and the suffocating grip of her royal father threaten to crack her will in a way no battle could match. When sheโs given the task... Continue Reading →
SPFBO – Star’s First 3 Cuts & Semifinalist!
Y'all, it is time for me to start cutting, unfortunately. Not my most favorite thing to do... so I'll finish that up with a Semifinalist. Let's get started: Cut #1 - Synworld Chronicles by Rai Bowen This one had a premise that sounded really interesting and I was hoping to fall right in but unfortunately,... Continue Reading →