The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab Titan Books, h/b £18.99, Ebook £9.99 Review by Tori Borne In 2015, fantasy lovers were graced by American author V.E. Schwab with the first of the Shades of Magic series, A Darker Shade of Magic, introducing to us not just one world… Read More »The Fragile Threads of Power
MERMAIDS NEVER DROWN Tales To Dive For Edited By Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker Titan Books, pb, £7.99 Reviewed by Christine Downes The problem with story collections is that inevitably, there will be some you love and others that leave you cold, and this is certainly the case with… Read More »Mermaids never drown
Are you excited about Fantasycon? Here at BFS, we cannot wait to see you all there, and to spend the weekend with our lovely Guests of Honour. This week, we’re delighted to share with you that our second Guest of Honour is Priya Sharma! Priya Sharma’s fiction has appeared in… Read More »Fantasycon Guest of Honour
EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS by Heather Fawcett. Orbit Books. h/b. £20. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Professor Emily Wilde, always a scholar first, is preoccupied with her latest project – to create a map of the faerie worlds she knows of and record their known entrances and secrets. It… Read More »Emily Wilde
THE EIGHT REINDEER OF THE APOCALYPSE By Tom Holt Orbit, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Christine Downes The first thing I want to make clear is that I have never read a book by Tom Holt. This is my first venture into his work after a great many people have enthusiastically… Read More »8 Reindeer
In this first of a new monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agents to answer those questions you’re too afraid to ask for yourself. This month, Laura Bennett of the Liverpool Literary Agency kicks us off with some of the regular starter queries.
Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell Bantum, hb, £17.47 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming All over Manchester, people are displaying curious magical traits, flying, and spontaneous combustion without death, but when they are questioned about it, these victims remember nothing except going home early and watching a film. At the same… Read More »Relight My Fire
IN AN ORCHARD GROWN FROM ASH by Rory Power. Titan Books. h/b. £15.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Snow falls even as spring draws to a close. Rhea has sacrificed her consort, just like always, so why does it still snow? Alexandros, the second youngest of the Argyros siblings, finds himself… Read More »In an Orchard
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, we head about as far south as our membership goes—to a place just east of Hobbiton, on the NZ coast, to say hi to horror legend Lee Murray.
ROBERT AIKMAN: A BIOGRAPHY by R B Russell Tartarus Press p/b £25.00 Review by Nigel Robert Wilson Robert Aikman, sometime writer of what he described as `strange tales’, the co-founder and first Chairman of the Inland Waterways Association, was an ambiguous person. He was either appreciated or disliked. The same… Read More »Robert Aikman