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Excerpt: The Rarkyn's Familiar by Nikky Lee
Excerpt: The Rarkyn’s Familiar by Nikky Lee

Excerpt: The Rarkyn’s Familiar by Nikky Lee

Greetings! Today I have a treat for you for my stop on the book tour for The Rarkyn’s Familiar by Nikky Lee, a young adult high fantasy novel that boasts a lot of themes that speak to me. Without further ado, let me present this new trilogy to you.  The Rarkyn’s Familiar by Nikky Lee Series: The Rarkyn TrilogyGenre: Epic FantasyLength: 452 pagesPublished: April 19, 2022Publisher: Parliament House PressGoodreads – The StoryGraph Get your copy of A Drowned Kingdom:Direct • Amazon US • Amazon UK An orphan bent…

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Speculative Fiction Book Releases in May 2022
Speculative Fiction Book Releases in May 2022

Speculative Fiction Book Releases in May 2022

Hello! It’s time for the speculative fiction book releases for May 2022 in the UK, going through all the fantasy, horror, science fiction releases that sound neat to me, plus a few others, be they mixing genres, historical fiction, non-fiction or something else. These may be traditionally or independently published, and as ever, I may update throughout the month of May so keep coming back to keep up to date! Please do send over your future releases for these posts….

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Fantasy Spotlight: A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart (Plus Giveaway)
Fantasy Spotlight: A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart

Fantasy Spotlight: A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart

Hello, hello! Today is my stop on the Escapist Tours book tour for A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart. This is the first in a new epic fantasy series about an exiled people whose ancestral home is buried beneath the waves, and now long to rule once more. It is based on Plato’s lost city of Atlantis, which is a story that has always fascinated me! Sounds awesome, right?! A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart Series: The Drowned Kingdom Saga…

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Heads Up! Huge Indie Book Sale This Month - #Indie April Sale: Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror - Dragons and Whimsy
Heads Up! Huge Indie Book Sale Ongoing 18-22

Heads Up! Huge Indie Book Sale Ongoing 18-22

*Sale is over now but I still recommend having a look at the authors involved and Tessa’s spotlight posts, there are some great titles in here!* Happy April, friendos! Today I bring great news of a huge indie book sale that lovely Tessa of Narratess has organised to help connect independent authors with new readers as part of #IndieApril. Everybody loves a sale, right? All books included in the sale are fantasy, science fiction, or horror books that are first in…

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Inn-Between Books: How this mood reader chooses what to read
Inn-Between Books: Fantasy With A Dark Core

Inn-Between Books: Fantasy With A Dark Core

Years ago in the book blogging world, I recall a weekly feature literally called: “It’s Wednesday! What Are You Reading?” It did what it said on the tin, you’d just talk about what you’re reading that week. Heck, it may still be around, I don’t know. As a slow reader, I never took part because it’d often take me a couple of weeks to finish a book and I didn’t think people would want to read about how I was…

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Legends & Lattes Review
Review: Legends & Latte by Travis Baldree

Review: Legends & Latte by Travis Baldree

Title: Legends & Latte Series: Standalone Author: Travis Baldree Publisher: Cryptid Press Genre: Cosy Fantasy Length: 258 pages Goodreads – The StoryGraph Content Warnings High Fantasy with a double-shot of self-reinvention Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the…

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Yet to Read delightful indie fantasy dragons and whimsy
Yet to Read… Delightful Indie Fantasy

Yet to Read… Delightful Indie Fantasy

Yet to Read is the weekly meme where I take a look at books on my shelves (physical and digital) that I haven’t gotten around to reading yet and books on my wishlist that I’ve wanted to add to my shelves for a while. I link these posts up to  Can’t-Wait Wednesday and Shelf Control!   I thought I had missed this post this week but did you know it’s not Friday and is in fact, Wednesday? Wild! This means we…

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