Fantasy Book Reviews | Self-Publishing Review

Exile (Bloodforge Book 1) by Tom Stacey

Exile (Bloodforge Book 1) by Tom Stacey is an epic fantasy novel that heralds the beginning of an exciting new series. The Verian Empire is in shambles – on the edge of war, in the past and on the horizon – a land where heroes no longer remain. Out of this chaos, new heroes emerge to fight the Echoes, demons in a human facade, who want to claim this land for their own.

Stacey is a born fantasy writer. Exile has all the elements of a strong epic fantasy: a detailed world that feels like a real place, complete with […]

Henry Baum2015-12-01T04:03:28+02:00December 1st, 2015|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: Seeds of Hatred by Christian Nadeau ★★★

Seeds of Hatred by Christian Nadeau Seeds of Hatred is the debut novel of author Christian Nadeau.

The lands of humanity are slipping into chaos. The Brotherhood of Khan reigns with an iron, tyrannical fist. The aristocracy displays hollow smiles and plots to regain lost power. The Fey lurk on the fringes, harboring centuries-old resentments. The Abraxans, servants of darkness, make ready to unleash a series of crippling attacks, while the Ezekans, cult of light, frantically struggle to weather the impending storm. Allegiances crumble, assassins eliminate targets, and fanatics burn it all. Behind the turmoil, ancients join the game. War is inevitable.

Into this bedlam of […]

Dakota Kemp2015-12-24T09:14:14+02:00November 19th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: D-Nine – Protectors Of The Crown by Magus Tor

★★★★½

In this unusual fantasy offering, Magus Tor spins his magic by taking the fantasy genre a new and pertinent step further with this transgender-charged quest adventure. When Dr. James. a male medical professional gets a huge migraine-like headache he starts hallucinating Lord Of The Rings-style rooms in which he seems to be the protagonist – in the form of Princess Sarabeth, a teenage royal charged with the defense of her nation, but currently suffering amnesia and unable to remember her purpose – against a ticking clock of betrayal by a secret society known as the D-Nine, working underground […]

Naka Jackson2016-03-04T03:54:27+02:00October 29th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

An Interview With Author Helen Harper

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

Night Shade is the first book in the Dreamweaver trilogy. Essentially, it follows a young woman called Zoe who suffers from agoraphobia and is terrified from both going outside and having strangers visit her home. When a tragedy happens right on her very doorstep, however, something inside her is unlocked and she realises she doesn’t need to leave her home – simply by falling asleep she can enter the Dream Lands, a strange place where it seems almost anything can happen. The first person she encounters there is a […]

Cate Baum2017-03-24T06:28:36+02:00October 22nd, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: Xodus by K. J. McPike ★★★★★

Xodus, by K. J. McPike, is an action-packed young adult urban fantasy.

Lali Yavari can’t believe something she just witnessed. Was it a dream even though it seemed so real? It had to be a dream, she rationalizes. But when she continues to witness strange events and seeing people disappear, she can no longer deny something strange is going on and it’s not a dream.

When Kai Awana enrols in her school, Lali learns that she can astral project, an ability she inherited from her mother. Lali’s mother mysteriously left her family weeks before. Kai needs Lali’s help to […]

T B Markinson2015-11-13T06:35:50+02:00October 15th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Urban Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Our Writing Day – David J Bishop & Scott Cordero

When Scott and I first met, we each still had children in our houses and 9-5 jobs. We had baseball and soccer and football and ballet classes and music lessons to chauffeur children to and from. So when we decided to try writing a novel together, we had one evening a week together that usually started around 7pm and ended at 11pm – If we were lucky. For those of you who have ever tried to follow a dream and been in this same position, you know, it makes for very slow going. That first novel, a military espionage, was […]

David Bishop & Scott Cordero2015-10-14T07:57:01+02:00October 14th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: The Children of Cain: House of Dvanaesti by David R. Bishop & J. Scott Cordero ★★★★

Gabriel Hawthorne never chose an easy life – his days investigating some of the filthiest secrets, personal and political, have marked him out. But every man has his limit, and when Gabriel stumbles onto the biggest skeleton in human history’s closet, he must find a way to survive.

Hunted by legendary beings many call “vampires” and held in prison-sanctuary by a mythical cult of information, will Gabriel wriggle out of this ancient struggle alive or be just another victim of the longest war of human history? Knowledge is power in The Children of Cain: House of Dvanaesti by David R. […]

James Grimsby2015-10-10T06:06:03+02:00October 10th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Vampires Book Reviews|

Review: The Novel Life of Coral Ambrose by Bonnie Ballou

★★★★½ Novel Life of Coral Ambrose

The Novel Life of Coral Ambrose, by Bonnie Ballou, is a fun and imaginative magical realism story that will delight book lovers.

Coral Ambrose is a personal trainer by day and a voracious reader by night. On the surface, she seems content. But a five-year gap in her memories has spurred Coral to record every aspect of her life and to save every single book she’s ever read. Her apartment is filled to the max with books and journals. During a visit to a used bookstore, the owner gives Coral a messenger bag he claims will give her […]

T B Markinson2016-03-04T04:20:33+02:00October 6th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|