One of the most common questions I get asked is how to get started writing book reviews. I absolutely love that a big part of my job is getting to read stories and help readers find the best of them. And it’s definitely something I recommend to writers looking to stay involved in their genre while they work on publishing their own work. So here are five simple steps to get started:
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Oliver Deutsch
Oliver Deutsch is a freelance writer, living in Hungary, who writes fantasy stories like the first trilogy of the Legacy of Grarean.
Read moreA Review of Legacy of Grarean - A New Beginning
Aeneas Renoldus is very different from the other children. He is the prince of the Tainaetor Empire. Living his trouble-free life into adulthood, he becomes a mage. He never thought of taking the throne. He likes casting arcane magic and studying nature. Right until his father dies. One day to another, he is left behind with his younger brother, Eliot. Still grieving the loss of his family, Aeneas is quickly put in danger when his brother was crowned instead of him. Aeneas starts to fight for justice but realizes he has to flee the castle to stay alive. His only hope is a dragon, who could give him the power for revenge.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Daniel Cabrera
Since Daniel Cabrera was a kid growing up in his family's video store in his home state of New Jersey, Daniel had always been fascinated with stories.
Read moreA Review of Fox In The City
What does it mean to be truly human? When orphaned fox kit Tom is transformed by a witch’s spell into a 12-year-old boy, he’s given a deadline of summer’s end to become fully human. Befriended by fellow orphan Nora, he spends the summer enjoying normal human activities, always fearing that he won’t discover how to become fully human in time, and unaware that soon he and Nora will be fighting for their lives...
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Lauren Blackwood
Lauren Blackwood is a Jamaican American New Yorker living in Virginia who writes Romance-heavy Fantasy for most ages.
Read moreA Review of Within These Wicked Walls
Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron—a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rorschach reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question. Never mind that he’s rude and demanding and eccentric, that the contract comes with a number of outlandish rules... and that almost a dozen debtera had quit before her. If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Katie Richard
Katie lives in Vermont with her husband and their children. When she’s not working or spending time with her family, she enjoys getting lost in a good book. Her favorite hobby is gardening, whether it is edible or decorative. In her opinion, one can never have too many flowers!
Read moreA Review of Destiny
Sierra’s world is turned upside down on her 18th birthday when a man who calls himself a dreamwalker visits her in her dreams and starts unraveling her past. Can she believe him that her parents are withholding her true identity from her? Or should she trust that her parents are not hiding a dark secret? A plane crash caused by a vendetta towards her family starts to reveal the depth of what has been hidden from her, and what she must do to get her family back. But should she choose the dangerous life that could help get her family back, she would not only risk her life going through the transition but would also have to say goodbye to the life she knows and her best friends forever. Forced to live a life that humans cannot know exist.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Kimberly Vale
Kimberly Vale is a reader, a bit of a hopeless romantic, and started writing on Wattpad as a teen. In the years since then, she has accumulated millions of reads online and has volunteered her time to mentorship programs and other efforts in the writing community.
Read moreA Review of Crossbones
The Blood Bell tolls, marking the death of the pirate king and the start of the Trials—a heart-stopping competition where the reward is the Bone Crown. Only one contender can claim the coveted island throne; each will gamble life and limb to win. Csilla Abado yearns to prove her strength to the seasoned pirates who balk at her youth and to her elder sister who has always craved Csilla’s captainship. Kane Blackwater wants to leave behind the dirty gold and shady trades he’s made to keep his father’s ship, the Iron Jewel, alive. Lorelei Penny longs for nothing more than to avenge her mother’s death.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Lyndall Clipstone
Lyndall Clipstone writes about monsters and the girls who like to kiss them. A former youth librarian who grew up running wild in the Barossa Ranges of South Australia, she currently lives in Adelaide, where she tends her own indoor secret garden.
Read moreA Review of Lakesedge
When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. She knows the terrifying rumors about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem. As Leta falls for Rowan, she discovers he is bound to the Lord Under, the sinister death god lurking in the black waters of the lake. A creature to whom Leta is inexplicably drawn…
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Christopher St. John
Christopher St. John is an award-winning novelist based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Read moreA Review of War Bunny
Meet Anastasia, a rabbit who does the unthinkable. She fights back against a world of killers, launches a war between the prey animals and predators, and leads a group of outcasts in a desperate bid for freedom. It's a fast-paced story about survival, friendship, and coming of age. She's the most hunted creature on earth, and this rabbit is going to change the world or die trying.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: Stacey O'Neale
USA Today Bestselling YA Fantasy Author, Stacey O'Neale, lives in Annapolis, Maryland. When she's not writing, she spends her time fangirling over books, blogging, podcasting, and hanging out with her husband and daughter.
A Review of Cursed Beauty
The day has come for sixteen-year-old Aurora to receive her witch mark. She should be thrilled. But unlike the rest of her coven, a centuries-old family curse has already decided her fate; the cost of her new power is her life. After the ceremony, her grandmother offers her hope: Aurora can save herself and prevent her coven from dying by awakening a sleeping prince with the power to break her curse. Unfortunately, she must travel through the forbidden Shadowlands to reach him.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: S.C. Boyd
S.C. Boyd is the author of Divinitive: A Fantasy Adventure Novel. A life-long reader, this is Sarah's first published novel. She works as a psychiatric nurse, but her passion has always been writing. She currently lives in New England, with her family and too many pets.
Read moreA Review of Divinitive: Book One
Divinitive are just like humans, except their ancestors were gifted super-human powers by a demigoddess many years ago. Humans have always been suspicious of divinitive, frightened that their powers make them dangerous. For centuries, the divide between humans and divinitive has grown. Humans call divinitive freaks and half-bloods. Divinitive are forced to hide their powers, fearful of being treated as social outcasts simply for how they were born.
Read moreWriter Spotlight: E.L. Clarke
E.L. Clarke’s early writing days were most productive when she was sitting on a train going to work. Writing in a cafe or on her lounge are top seconds, spurring her creativity, and are much preferred than writing in the wee pre-dawn hours which has become the norm for a busy mum and businesswoman trying to eke out time in the day for her craft.
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