SELECTED REVIEWS

Physical Magic by William C. Tracy

"Perfect for fans of Will Wight's Cradle series. A wonderfully imagined story that moves at breakneck speed."

– Dyrk Ashton, author of Kraken Rider Z and The Paternus Trilogy

The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode

"Tollar and Beenala are a great couple with great chemistry. Their banter is witty and playful, yet underwritten by love and respect. Both are facing issues they'd rather not deal with, but confront them anyway with an open mind and willing heart. Bale, the titular dragon, is easily my favorite thing about the book. She's clever and funny, a ball of chaos with very sharp teeth. And she talks! The ace rep was also wonderful."

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Alex Brown

Mirror Bound by Rhiannon Held

"Telling this story from the perspective of the non-human sidekick of a team of monster hunters is a fun twist on what might otherwise be just another urban fantasy novel. Verity is an amazingly deep character, filled with great quirks and flaws, and seeing this "case" from her point of view really makes this a different sort of read."

– Mad Scientist Journal

Cascade by Rachel A. Rosen

"A near-perfect blend of implacable horror, gallows humor, and ecological apocalypse. It seems almost absurd that a novel about chaos magic and bureaucrat magicians (even if they are embedded in the sociopathic morass of Canadian politics) can somehow feel more viscerally relevant than all the earnest mainstream novels and Suzuki-Foundation bulletins you could stuff into a ballot box. Pay attention, people: all magic aside, we're far closer to this future than any of our rulers will ever admit. Rachel A. Rosen is some kind of twisted genius. I wish I had even half her moves."

– Peter Watts, author of Blindsight

The Cloak and Its Wizard by R.Z. Nicolet

1."The stakes are high, the snark is higher. It's amazing how easy it is to love a sentient non-human object with attitude. I couldn't have loved this more."

– C. H. Brown, Goodreads Review

Witches of Castle Falls by Phaedra Weldon

"Weldon's storytelling sucks you in hook, line and sinker."

– Illona Nurmela

A Necromancer's Guide to Grave Mistakes by Melissa Wright

"Aggressively adorable. How is a book about dead things so ridiculously romantic?"

– USA Today bestselling author Sarah K.L. Wilson

Specters From a Dream by M. Turville Heitz

"A rousing high fantasy novel. This kept me up reading for several nights. This is an intricate, well-developed world and characters readers of fantasy will love. I can't wait to read the next in the series. This first book resolves enough to be satisfying while leaving the fate of the heroes and an evil empire near a cliff's edge."

– Amazon Review

Chickpea Del and the Fabled Tree of Destiny by Maya Bohnhoff

"The book charmed me. I fell in love with (Del) and Firescape — and Doug. Bohnhoff's prose is inventive, yet transparent: a dialect comprehensible to contemporary readers but also perfectly evolved for its near-future setting. It can also be very, very funny."

– Vonda N. McIntyre, author of The Moon and the Sun

Heirs of a Broken Land by Marie Bilodeau

"From the first page, this tale grabbed me. Cassara and everyone she met came alive on the pages, and I couldn't stop turning them. And found myself thoroughly enjoying a tale told with humour despite its dark moments, with twists and turns that kept me reading long after bedtime. And kept bringing me to a halt to re-read moments that bit hard, and took my breath away. Remember that when you get to the end, and know that there are sequels. You're going to love this book."

– Ed Greenwood Internationally-bestselling author of SPELLFIRE and creator of The Forgotten Realms®

The Shetland Witch by Kate Macdonald

"If you strip away the plot, The Shetland Witch is really an extended meditation on what it means to belong somewhere … The witches are the last of a line, exhausted and overworked, holding back a tide of malignant trows, like Tornost, a particularly nasty piece of eighteenth-century work, with little recognition. The joy of the novel is watching these five women form a found family not based on destiny, but on the simple, radical act of helping each other with their respective messes."

– The Ginger Nuts of Horror

The Gossamer Mage by Julie E. Czerneda

"Every so often, a book comes along that is pure magic. The Gossamer Mage is such a book. Julie Czerneda's spellbinding take on magic-with-a-price is enthralling and exhilarating—a joy to read! I absolutely loved it!"

– Sarah Beth Durst, bestselling author of The Spell Shop and A Sea of Charms

Secrets of the Sorcerers by Joan Marie Verba

"This story reads like a breath of fresh air. It is uniquely constructed with relatable characters who come together with purpose to accomplish a rare goal, setting them on an elaborate journey in a time and place like no other. This book held my attention as well as my imagination as I followed along."

– T.S.

The Sorcery Within by Dave Smeds

"A remarkable book...head and shoulders above the others."

– Science Fiction Review

Susurrus by B. Morris Allen

"This is a dark tale with a wonderful moral about life's purpose that resonates."

– Philadelphia Weekly Press