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Here you can find all of our past book reviews plus articles, Q&As and author inspiration pieces.


Q&A with Meghan Nesmith, author of A World Apart
A WORLD APART is a love story between our two protagonists: Kit, the second son of a down-on-his-luck English lord who moonlights as an aspiring gentleman magician; and Wil, who began life as an Anglo-Saxon labourer but has been trapped in time for 800 years by virtue of an insidious bargain he made with the Queen of the Fae.
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The Art of Worldbuilding by Chloe C Peñaranda, author of The Bloodfire Oath
World building is often thought of as big picture elements such as maps, politics, and magic systems, but the art is in the subtlety.
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Review of The Court of Venus by Bel Banta
Join the darkly, dangerous world of medieval courts with a magical twist this October as we follow Bianca navigate the unsettling truths that shroud her childhood friend’s death.
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How Tudor England Inspired my Fantasy Debut By Bel Banta, author of The Court of Venus
If you are like me, and all of these aspects of Tudor history excite you, then I hope you’ll pick up my debut fantasy novel, The Court of Venus, where rumors shape who lives and who dies, and magicians blessed by the planets themselves play kingmaker.
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Review of The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson
The story itself felt passionate about nature, the planet and the ocean, and all of that came across through the characters. It moved me greatly and I couldn’t stop thinking about it, long after I’d put it down.
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Review of The Tiny Magic Bookshop by August Bloom
Did somebody cosy, heart-warming fantasy and a magic bookshop with an array of magically creatures?
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Review of Red Dragon Song by Catrin Cadogan
A brilliant romantasy, brimming with adventure. Edern and Ari are incredible, fighting to save the country they love and the people they love.
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Review of Cornelia Fairfield and the Darkened Heart by Amy Leigh Chandler
A wonderful book full of sharp humour and a female lead who will keep the reader on their toes at every turn.
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Review of Decomposition Book by Sara Van OS
It’s almost time for a weird girl lit summer, and if that sounds like you’re kind of summer, then Decomposition Book NEEDS to be at the top of your TBR!
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Review of Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens
After ten years in a self-imposed isolation, Seraphine finds herself back at the home she ran from.
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Review of Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger
Ellie’s gone feral: she’s growing fur and going on late night rampages ending up on the other side of London without any recollection of what happened.
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Changing Genres: From Romance to Sci-Fi Debut, by Alexis Hall
I don’t approach the basic act of storytelling differently when I’m writing about kissing than when I’m writing about swordfights, and I think it would be rather odd if I did.
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Review of Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
A gothic coming of age story on suppressed female desire in the early nineteen twenties and the controlling nature of old English boarding schools.
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Review of Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity
Whether you’re already utterly in love with Gothic historical fiction or you haven’t yet found the book to pique your interest in the genre, Weavingshaw is the one to convert you.
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Review of The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
This was one of the most original folkloric fantasy novels I think I’ve ever read, with the essence of Jekyll and Hyde.
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Review of Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray
Fans of Twilight and A Court of Thorns and Roses are going to eat up this debut...
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Review of Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell
Where Shadows Meet is a delicious queer romantasy which features vampires AND Gods - and of course the humans entangled up in the immortality and curses.
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Review of This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
This is the first in a duology, and to be perfectly honest, I need book two STAT!
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Review of Iron & Embers by Helen Scheuerer
There will never be enough words for me to describe how much I loved this book...
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Review of Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian
Warning, this book will immediately grip you from the first page!
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