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The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice

Posted: Apr 11, 2012 | One comment | Forum Discussion
Anne Rice is unarguably one of the masters of modern horror. She rose to prominence with Interview with the Vampire in 1976, and is...

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Posted: Feb 21, 2012 | No comments | Forum Discussion
Before I Fall is Lauren Oliver’s standalone debut work. Published in 2010 by Harper Teen, it has garnered a long list of accolades,...

Snow in Summer by Jane Yolen

Posted: Jan 17, 2012 | 2 comments | Forum Discussion
Jane Yolen’s latest novel, Snow in Summer, is a wonderful addition to her series of reinvented fairy tales. Like her earlier Briar...

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted: Jan 12, 2012 | One comment | Forum Discussion
The Windup Girl is the debut novel from author Paolo Bacigalupi and has won many awards, including the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus. It...

The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe

Posted: Dec 28, 2011 | One comment | Forum Discussion
Contemporary fantasy often becomes urban fantasy, to the exclusion of all other forms. A few stories fall outside the urban subgenre...

Empire State by Adam Christopher

Posted: Dec 28, 2011 | No comments | Forum Discussion
Empire State is the genre-bending debut novel of New Zealand-born author Adam Christopher, one of Angry Robot’s exciting new...

The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel by Brandon Sanderson

Posted: Dec 19, 2011 | No comments | Forum Discussion
Every Sanderson novel has all you ever need from a fantasy story. They have perfect, feel-good stories with characters to love and...

Embassytown by China Miéville

Posted: Dec 16, 2011 | No comments | Forum Discussion
Embassytown is a stand-alone science fiction novel by China Miéville. The story follows the first-person narrative of Avice, a woman...

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Posted: Nov 1, 2011 | 8 comments | Forum Discussion
The Night Circus is Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel. Published simultaneously in the US and the UK in September 2011, this book is...

The City & the City by China Miéville

Posted: Oct 14, 2011 | 2 comments | Forum Discussion
The City & the City , a stand-alone novel by China Miéville, is a murder mystery given a unique twist through its setting. The...

The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma

Posted: Sep 13, 2011 | No comments | Forum Discussion
The Map of Time by esteemed Spanish author Felix J. Palma is a mesmerising work of literary fiction with speculative aspects and pays...

Feast: Harvest of Dreams by Merrie Destefano

Posted: Aug 3, 2011 | No comments | Forum Discussion
Feast is a confusing, mediocre urban fantasy with a romance that falls flat at the last minute.

The Devil’s Diadem by Sara Douglass

Posted: Aug 1, 2011 | 2 comments | Forum Discussion
The Devil’s Diadem, the latest offering by popular Australian author and historian Sara Douglass, is a stand-alone historical...

Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht

Posted: Jul 14, 2011 | 6 comments | Forum Discussion
I don’t usually read urban fantasy, especially not the trashy, fallen angel type (obviously, “trashy” is my own opinion — a...

The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones

Posted: Jun 29, 2011 | 2 comments | Forum Discussion
It is 8th century Baghdad and, before he is killed, a stranger pleads with the Vizier to protect a strange and mysterious tablet....

Boneshaker (Clockwork Century #1) by Cherie Priest

Posted: Jun 14, 2011 | No comments | Forum Discussion
Boneshaker, the first book in Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century, won the 2010 Locus Award in the Best Science Fiction Novel category...
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