This index includes fantasy reviews and interviews with authors who have written fantasy. Inclusion is not necessarily a recommendation.
Fantasy
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
A review by Nalini Haynes Spoiler warning – to skip what could be a spoiler, go from the first section right to The Verdict. In …
Garth Jones storks strine with DMZ
Today’s guest, Garth Jones, hails from Mad Max Land. Garth is a stereotypical Australian: an irreverent larrikin from out in the sticks absolutely MARINATED in …
Path of Thorns by A G Slatter
A review by Nalini Haynes This novel acquires its name from a short myth told within about a woman’s path being a path of thorns. …
The Change by Kirsten Miller
A review by Nalini Haynes The Change’s cover features a woman’s face with a bee below her mouth, subverting Silence of the Lambs’s official movie …
With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher
A review by Nalini Haynes Lorelai works at an old-fashioned cinema while secretly writing screenplays for books that haven’t been converted to movies yet. But …
The Suicide Squad (2021)
A review by Nalini Haynes The original Suicide Squad was SO BAD that I decided not to watch any sequel. However, Daniel Haynes raved about …
The Gifts by Liz Hyder
A review by Nalini Haynes It is 1840 in Shropshire, England, when Etta spontaneously grows wings only to be shot by a surprised young man. …
Gallant by V E Schwab
A review by Nalini Haynes Gallant usually refers to a behavior or personality trait but not so in this story. Um… How do I write …
Bridget Hodder: The things we share unite us and our differences should excite us
This year’s International Women’s Day podcast is an interview with Bridget Hodder who co-wrote a cross-cultural novel with Fawzia Gilani Williams. Cross-cultural novel Bridget Hodder …
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St Clair
A review by Nalini Haynes Isolde is princess of the House of Lara. Her father is about to surrender to the Blood King to save …
Midnight in Everwood by M A Kuzniar
A review by Nalini Haynes Midnight in Everwood is a fantasy novel set in a non-magical world where Marietta lives with her parents who plan …
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
A review by Nalini Haynes Ren is a Reaper living in London in a society of Reapers. The problem is, she’s also half-Japanese, which makes …
Starlight Enclave by R A Salvatore
A review by Nalini Haynes HarperCollins Australia says of Starlight Enclave: From New York Times bestselling author R A Salvatore comes a new trilogy and adventure …
Wolf’s Curse by Jessica Vitalis
A review of a middle school fantasy novel Twelve-year-old Gauge lives with his grandfather behind a carpentry shopfront. Years ago Gauge told people he saw …
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
A review by Nalini Haynes The reader discovers a magical circus, a night circus only open under cover of darkness and laid out in circles or …