Summary King Crow has made it through the first level of Toroth-Gol. After killing the world’s last giant, running afoul of pirates, and narrowly escaping a booby-trapped party store, he finds himself on a platform in the middle of the ocean, where he faces a new challenge... WELCOME TO DUNGEON SCHOOL. Review Dungeon School is a fantastic sequel that improves on everything I enjoyed about the first novel. The relentless pace, witty humor, intriguing world, and endearing characters are perfect for readers looking for a quick and unique reading experience. In this novel King Crow and companions continue through the...
Beta by M.T. Zimny
Summary Samantha Havardson is not an Apex. Seriously. She’s completely ordinary with a totally normal family that just happens to be moving to the Apex epicenter of the world- the manmade island city of New Delos. Although she thinks her lack of super Apex abilities will keep her out of the limelight, it quickly becomes apparent that the city has different plans, sweeping Samantha up in a world of secret identities and super powers where anyone, even those closest to her, might be an Apex. Review Beta was the YA superhero story that I didn't know I needed. It is...
Springtide Harvest by J.D. Mitchell
Summary The old world is dead. Worse, it was a lie. Haskell wants to be a legend, a hero like his grandfather who broke the orcish hordes. Froba just wants to survive. She knows what Haskell doesn't: that the deck is stacked against them, and there are no heroes in the world. After assembling a band of misfits, Haskell must face a labyrinthine dungeon, an exploitative, monster-hunting guild, and his own failings, while Froba must decide where her loyalties lie—with her naïve mark or corrupt master. If traitors and woodland monsters don’t murder them first. Review Springtide Harvest starts out...
The Blood Stones by Tori Tecken
Summary His name is not worthy. A traitor is executed, his name ripped away from history. Now the kingdom stands on the brink of a succession war that could bring the country to its knees. Forces stalk the darkness, moving pawns into place in a deadly game. Gehrin and his brothers were not meant to witness the execution, but now they find themselves trapped in the center of a political quagmire. When Gehrin faces the loss of everything he knows, will he also lose himself? To the south, tribal warlords clash in an endless cycle of violence. Syndri, the daughter...
Pathlighter by Rob Leigh
Summary James is convinced that the gods have cursed him, left to fend for himself in a squalid city-state in the clutches of a corrupt theocracy. As a lamplighter, James serves the palace by illuminating the streets each night with a flame from the gods' temple. Despite his disdain for the gods, he feels a connection with the flame, and a surprising yet small amount of control over its brightness. For him, a quiet life weathering the desert was all he had to look forward to. That is, until others appear. From distant corners of the world, each has connective...
Cover Reveal: Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
Huge thank you to Adrian for allowing us to help out with the cover reveal for his debut urban fantasy novel Mushroom Blues. More information about the cover and the book can be found below, but I don't want to hold you up too long. So here it is! Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report #1) Isn't it stunning!? I personally love the colors and the details in the background. This amazing cover was created by the equally amazing Felix Ortiz, and design was done by the author himself. The book will be releasing on March 19th,...
My Most Anticipated 2024 Releases – Part 2
The second part of my most anticipated release for 2024 is comprised of indie fantasy and sci-fi titles. Due to the generally faster paced nature of indie publishing compared to trad, not all information for these titles is available, including sometimes the title. I tried to include as much information about each as I could find though. I have separated the books into 2 categories, the first being standalones or first entries in a series, so you can jump straight into any of those books. The second category being sequels to a series I have already started. I am also...
My Most Anticipated 2024 Releases – Part 1
As always, 2024 is shaping up to be a packed reading year for me, with many more books I want to read than I have the time to read. I am catching up on a few older series this year, but there are also quite a few new releases that I want to make time for in 2024. Since there are so many, and because release dates are often clearer for traditionally published books, I decided to split my list between trad and indie books. If I had to pick my most anticipated release for the year, it would probably...
Quinn’s Top 10 Reads of 2023
2023 was my best reading year yet, both in quantity as well as quality. I am currently sitting at 95 books read, all of them either sci-fi or fantasy. This was the year I discovered the wonderful self-published SFF community, which completely derailed my reading plan for the year (sorry Wheel of Time), and also skewed my list heavily towards self-pub. Narrowing down the list to only 10 was extremely challenging, but it had to be done. I present my top 10 reads for 2023, with a few caveats. Numbers 10-4 are in no particular order, only 1-3 are ranked...
Bold Ascension by Vaughn Roycroft
Summary The gods favor the bold, they say, and Vahldan believed it. His boldness had led him to victory against the Spali, earned him the futhark sword, and made him the Lion Lord of the Amalus. Now he sought the power to lead his clan back to glory, and to bring those who oppressed his people to justice. He was well on his way to fulfilling the oath he’d made to his dying father. But his father had never seen the wealth of the stone cities that lined Pontea’s shores… The seeress had prophesied that Vahldan was the Bringer of...