This index includes fantasy reviews and interviews with authors who have written fantasy. Inclusion is not necessarily a recommendation.
Fantasy
Monuments by Will Kostakis
A review by Nalini Haynes Connor Giannopolos is a 16 year old private school student in Sydney when he wags class (skips class). While skyving …
From Time To Time (2009)
A review by Nalini Haynes Tolly (Alex Etel) arrives at a train station during World War II, to be met by Boggis (Timothy Spall, Wormtail …
T Frohock
Nalini Haynes talks to Teresa Frohock, known online as T Frohock, about her Los Nefilim series, writing historical fantasy, representation in stories and more. The …
Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V Snyder
A review by Nalini Haynes Shyla is ‘sun-kissed’, born with brown skin but blonde hair, so her parents left her to die in the desert. …
This Hasn’t Been A Very Magical Journey So Far by Homeless
A review by Nalini Haynes Hank Williams (self-named) is in a hospital. He’s dead when Sid, an orange cat wearing a black leather jacket, half …
Where Oblivion Lives by T Frohock
A review essay by Nalini Haynes Where Oblivion Lives is a historical fantasy novel based on meticulous historical research. Diago is a member of the …
Tabitha Bird
Nalini Haynes talks to Tabitha Bird, the author of A Lifetime of Impossible Days. (Nalini’s review is here and the podcast is above as well …
Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P M Freestone
A review by Nalini Haynes Rakel is a poor teenager with a gift for creating perfumes alongside creativity that has resulted developing unique skills when …
A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird
A review by Nalini Haynes Super gumboots Willa is aged 8. Middle Willa is aged 33. Silver Willa is aged 93. They are all the …
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
A review by Nalini Haynes Jane tells her story in Dread Nation, the United States as a nation fallen during the 19th century civil war …
Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
A review by Nalini Haynes Zombies vs Unicorns is an anthology of short stories about — you guessed it — zombies and unicorns. Black and …
Fandom by Anna Day
A review by Nalini Haynes Violet, Katie, Nate and Alice all love the book Gallows Dance by Sally King. Gallows Dance is a sensation that …
Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes I wrote this review in 2016 and left it in drafts. With uni, disability discrimination and assaults, this review of …
Jeannette Ng
Jeannette Ng’s book Under the Pendulum Sun is about “[t]wo Victorian missionaries [who] head into darkest fairyland, to deliver their message to the godless magical …
A Curse of Ash and Ember by Jo Spurrier
A Curse of Ash and Ember is book 1 of the Tales of the Blackbone Witches. Elodie is restless; she’s a prisoner in her own …