Fantasy and Sci-Fi Reads
Review: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Introduction: As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions
Review: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Introduction: Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.
Review: The Hunters by David Wragg
Introduction: Ree is a woman with a violent past – a past she is eager to put behind her. After years of wandering, she and
Review: Echoes of The Forgotten by Lori Holmes
Introduction: What is your name, boy?” the dread Chief demanded. “I-I don’t know!” Awakening among the remains of a smoking forest, panic sweeps through the
Review: The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan
Introduction: 1260, Persia: Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world. In the
Review: Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Introduction: Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously
Review: Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Note: Sciona’s hair is neither blonde nor long. I just couldn’t find a suitable stock image that represented her. 🙁 Introduction: An orphan since the
Review: Heart of Night and Fire by Nisha J. Tuli
Introduction: For years, Zarya has been trapped in a gilded prison. Her magic is forbidden, a dangerous secret—though nobody will explain why. Now she is
Review: Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool
Introduction: Since fleeing the gilded halls of Evergarden for the muck-filled canals of the Marshes, Marlow Briggs has made a name for herself as the
Review: The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
Introduction: Collecting Martha Wells’ Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer for the first time in one place, in a new and revised edition!
Review: Inanna by Emily H. Wilson
Introduction: Inanna is an impossibility, the first full Anunnaki born on Earth. Crowned the goddess of love by the twelve immortal Anunnaki who are worshipped
Review: The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma
Introduction: For Elena Aadya Ravence, fire is yearning. She longs to feel worthy of her Phoenix god, of her ancestors who transformed the barren dunes of
Review: Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero
Introduction: Sixteen-year-old Rumi Sabzwari has spent his entire life behind the armored walls of St. Iago, which protect citizens of the Union of Upper Cities
Review: The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim
Introduction: Taesia, the shadow-wielding rebel of House Lastrider, and Nikolas, the solider son of House Cyr, have been cast into Noctus, the realm of night.
Review: He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
Introduction: How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China
Review: The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
Synopsis: The novel “The Jasad Heir” by Sara Hashem tells the story of Sylvia, the lost heir of the kingdom of Jasad. After her kingdom
Review: A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark
Introduction: Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her
Review: Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares
Introduction: In sixteenth-century New Spain, witchcraft is punishable by death, indigenous temples have been destroyed, and tales of mythical creatures that once roamed the land
