Amarant by R. Diaz is a short fantasy novel set between contemporary Peru and a dark, rich future world. In the contemporary time period, protagonist Steve, a travelling Australian, meets Peruvian Juana as he embarks on an adventure holiday hiking in the Andes. Just as...

The Stream by A.R. Silverberry is, at first glance, a vivid and eventful fantasy novel. A story within a story, it focuses primarily on the life of Wend, a young boy who lives on a boat with his parents, travelling down the seemingly never-ending stream....

Every once in a while, a book comes along that keeps you up at night, even though you have to get up early the following morning. Reign of the Black Flame: The Waterglobe by B.B. Vayk is one of those gems. It is the story...

Shifter is a story of transformations that reach beyond those which change the physical form and into the soul. Rowena Portch unravels a tale that starts with the casting out and shaming of Zebastian by his father, who accuses him of being a monster and...

Vampyric paranormal romance is delivered in verse in Elfineness by T.K. Varenko. This epic poem of over 300 pages recounts the life of Luella, an elfin maiden transformed into a vampyress during her struggle to find her one true love. Gods and monsters from various...

Being a faerie guardian has dominated Violet Fairdale’s thoughts and graduating from training at the top of her class is the most important part. All of that begins to fall apart the moment she lays eyes on the human, Nate, that for some reason has...

The Grey Heir: The Edge Walker Chronicles Book 1 by Zachary Katz-Stein is written with the age group 10-18 in mind and introduces us to Rayne and his world. His world was the market district; he knew every inch of it from the streets to...

As religions and the belief in the One God take a firm hold on humanity, magic became obscure and the Old Gods fell into a restless slumber, waiting for the opportunity to dominate humans again. Now, with the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, magic...

I was delighted to read this version of Merlin the Magician by Daniel Diehl in Revelations: The Merlin Chronicles Book One. Merlin has been concealing himself in a crystal ball for over fifteen hundred years, in order to continue his work to defeat Morgana le...

Lash 4 (Revenge) by Tara Fox Hall is the fourth installment in the Lash series, but it can be read as a standalone novel without the previous three. This dark fantasy plot follows protagonist Lash, a creature described as a weresnake, who has a collection...