On SFF, Gender, and Expanding Boundaries

Recently there was big news in SFF when author Victoria Schwab signed a million dollar deal with Tor books. This Continue reading →

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 2

Welcome back, readers, to the second instalment of my look at interesting and novel magic systems. The first article can Continue reading →

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 1

One of the most enduring tropes in fantasy as a genre is the presence of magic in the setting. Magic Continue reading →

Top Five Books Not Published in 2015

Well it’s that time of the year. The time of lists. And no review site would be complete with a Continue reading →

The Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a fantasy setting which was created by Ed Greenwood in the 1960s, which came to commercial Continue reading →

Ranking, Rating and Reviewing

It is pretty much a given, in the internet age, that if there is a website where you can buy Continue reading →

Five Ways to Never End Your Story

Don’t you just hate it when a book or film has so much promise? Interesting characters, a rich setting, well-paced Continue reading →

‘A Memory of Light’ A Triumph of the Will?

So I came into the final chapters of A Memory Of Light with certain opinions, expectations, and ideas about how Continue reading →