When a vision places aging rock star Bret James in danger, Fallon Quinn must act fast in this gripping start to Erika Fair’s thrilling paranormal trilogy.
BookTribMay 12, 2025
After nine years, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin returns to middle grade literature with her first original novel in nearly a decade: The Gate, The Girl, and The Dragon (Little, Brown and Company). Based on Chinese folklore, both ancient and modern, Lin weaves a delightful story of friendship, duty, bravery and…
Kiersten BjorkMay 5, 2025
Revenge is a temptress ... full of promise and difficult to deny ... But she rarely satisfies, and almost always exacts payment. In Two Crowns, Three Blades, the second installment of the Legends of Baelon series, author Robert A. Walker crafts an epic fantasy adventure of vengeance and redemption. The…
Katie BloomerApril 30, 2025
“There’s no being free on the outside without being free on the inside,” proclaims the Mighty Matthias in Venessa Vida Kelley’s lush and luminous debut novel, When the Tides Held the Moon. The themes of freedom, agency, self-empowerment, community and resilience play out in a nostalgia-tinged kaleidoscope in this…
JeriAnn GellerApril 30, 2025
In the last two decades, romantasy has emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the most popular book genres among avid readers. The genre — its name a portmanteau of “romance” and “fantasy” — combines the magical elements of fantasy with the emotionally charged plotlines of romance. Romantasy has…
Caroline ReedApril 11, 2025
The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare is an explosive return to the city of Castellane. Hot on the heels of the success of Sword Catcher, the first installment of what is rumored to be at least a four-book series, Clare once again makes her mark on the adult fantasy world…
Kiersten BjorkApril 7, 2025
Here’s how death works: Up there, you’re not allowed to leave your residence or contact other dead people — although you’ll be afforded any leisure pastimes or hobbies that may interest you. No one said death wasn’t boring. The only exception is if your phone rings and you are contacted…
Jim AlkonApril 3, 2025
C S Brown returns to the seven kingdoms in Onward, Ye Heroes to bring readers the epic conclusion to his Smoke Without Ash duology. The story begins right where Gather, Ye Heroes left off. The prophesied Heroes of Destiny — Tian, Elsbeth and Torg — have converged to begin their…
Katie BloomerMarch 26, 2025
Emily Yu-Xuan Qin’s debut release, Aunt Tigress, is a snarky urban fantasy perfect for fans of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews and Ben Aaronovitch. Inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters and LGBTQIA+ representation, readers will eat up this gory story — and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup…
BookTribMarch 18, 2025
Within the first few pages, I knew I was going to love Direbound by Sable Sorensen. This book — the first in a new romantasy trilogy — gripped me early on and didn’t let go. Direbound has all the best romantasy tropes: slow-burn romance, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, “who did this…
Katie BloomerMarch 17, 2025
Fable for the End of the World marks A Study in Drowning author Ava Reid’s highly anticipated return to YA. A heart-pounding dystopian romance, Fable for the End of the World takes the televised-competition-to-the-death premise of The Hunger Games and infuses it with even more modern context and triggers, all…
Kiersten BjorkMarch 10, 2025
“This book is a response to the self-image of Jews as scholarly sages — not fantasy warriors or heroes — and an invitation to broaden our understanding of what it means to be a Jew.” So says J.S. Gold, author of the uniquely illuminating novel The Sanhedrin Chronicles, a modern…
BookTribMarch 5, 2025
Rebel Witch (Wednesday Books) is the heart pounding final installment in the Crimson Moth duology from New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Ciccarelli. Picking up right on the tails of the gut-wrenching end of book one, Heartless Hunter (UK/International, The Crimson Moth), Ciccarelli thrusts us back into the breathtaking world…
Kiersten BjorkFebruary 25, 2025
The Capital of Dreams is one of those rare books that when finished leaves the reader both slightly mystified yet completely held in its thrall, dazzled by the imaginary world created by author Heather O’Neill. It defies standard genre classification as this novel-length fable blends magical realism with literary fiction…
Linda HitchcockFebruary 19, 2025
There’s hardly anything I love more than a unique mythological fantasy, and The Sanhedrin Chronicles by J.S. Gold surpassed my expectations with its distinct worldbuilding, complex characters and stunning prose. To my fellow fantasy lovers, I cannot recommend this book enough! In this urban fantasy, ancient Hebrew mysticism comes alive…
Katie BloomerFebruary 18, 2025