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Fantasy Book Critic
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We are a blog of passionate book reviewers who love anything from fantasy to sci-fi and self published works. Active since 2007. Blogger judges in SPFBO from 2015. Find us at https://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com (BS Posts/replies by Caitlin & Mihir)
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · Nov 10
Thanks to all the new & old followers, we have reached 1K followers. A warm welcome to everyone, we love to post about books we love, authors we are crazy about, #SPFBO, a little bit about Cricket (the sport), and lots about fantasy, SF, mystery-thrillers, & other genres
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 1d
Something cool is coming up next month from the mind of @hellofutureme.bsky.social and @wraithmarked.bsky.social. Be on the lookout for LABYRINTH Vol. 0 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...
Coming soon: LABYRINTH, Vol. 0
A new fantasy sci-fi collection helmed by HelloFutureMe!
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Fletchgod Apocalypse @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social · 2d
Got a hankerin' for some violent alternate history noir fantasy (or VAHNF, as the kids call it)?!

Wel,, holy schnuukies do I have a book for you!

"An addictive mix of gangland intrigue and historical fantasy. More please." -Anthony Ryan, author of BLOOD SONG

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Amazon.com: Norylska Groans eBook : Fletcher, Michael R., Snyder, Clayton W. : Kindle Store
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 1d
Something cool is coming up next month from the mind of @hellofutureme.bsky.social and @wraithmarked.bsky.social. Be on the lookout for LABYRINTH Vol. 0 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...
Coming soon: LABYRINTH, Vol. 0
A new fantasy sci-fi collection helmed by HelloFutureMe!
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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 5d
A superbly creepy yet truly moving slasher that rivals Fracassi’s best work.
REVIEW: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a superbly creepy yet truly moving slasher that rivals Fracassi’s best work.
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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 5d
I had such a great time writing this piece for Reactor! one of the great things about publishing a book is people let you write about things you’re vaguely obsessed with
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5d
Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

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Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor
When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 10d
@joeabercrombie.com elucidates about the nature of grimdark www.instagram.com/reel/DPRoBS3...
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 10d
"In a world where climate change wreaks havoc on the planet, history is salvaged by memory hunters."

@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social reviews Mia Tsai's dystopian science-fantasy The Memory Hunters:

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Records and Romance in The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai - Reactor
Science fiction and fantasy, dystopian and romance, slice-of-life and adventure blend in Mia Tsai's sophomore novel.
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 13d
Today we're reviewing Savage Blooms, a fantasy romance with a promising premise that underwhelms at the finale.

Thank you to Orbit Books for the ARC!
Review: Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 16d
Let’s also add in a public shaming just because
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 17d
The more A-listers speaking out about censorship from this regime, the better.
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Vulture @vulture.com · 17d
Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’
Jessica Chastain Disagrees With Apple Pulling The Savant
Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’
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Taylor | Maed Between the Pages @maedbetweenpages.bsky.social · 21d
My library finally arrived from Japan...unbox my books with me! ✨️
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Phil Williams @fantasticphil.bsky.social · 23d
Thanks Mihir for helping host the A Winter's Mercy cover reveal!
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 23d
Checkout the snazzy cover for @fantasticphil.bsky.social’s A WINTER’S MERCY (The Bloodscouts #3) with cover art by Stefan Koidl fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2025/09/cove...
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 23d
Checkout the snazzy cover for @fantasticphil.bsky.social’s A WINTER’S MERCY (The Bloodscouts #3) with cover art by Stefan Koidl fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2025/09/cove...
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · 24d
Today we're reviewing the excellent KILL THE BEAST, a story that mixes monster hunting with processing grief and loss.

Thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
Review: KILL THE BEAST by Serra Swift
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 23
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 26d
Sometimes I get asked if there is an equivalent to Roger Ebert today. I tell them yes, there is, but he's in television criticism, and his name is Alan Sepinwall.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 26d
Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:
Don't stop believing
Some news, as they say
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rachel-aaron.bsky.social @rachel-aaron.bsky.social · 27d
The first Bex book, HELL FOR HIRE is free for the next few days in ebook! If you like fun Urban Fantasy and haven't already tried my new series, this is a great chance to read the first book for $0! amzn.to/4pnGmhb
Hell For Hire: Urban Fantasy Action with Witches and Demons (Tear Down Heaven Book 1)
A hulked-out wrath demon who eats gamer rage and loves cats, a shapeshifting lust demon who enjoys their food a bit much, and a void demon who doesn’t see the point of any of this. They’re not the ...
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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 28d
And last for now New Author Interview - today delighted to invite M H Ayinde to the blog to discuss their excellent epic fantasy novel A Song of Legends Lost and more! www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...
Interviewing M H Ayinde — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! One of the fantasy books that has made the biggest impression on me this year is A Song of Legends Lost by M H Ayinde I hats got a great tale told with a really impressive level of c...
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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 29d
Review of THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami, a standalone literary science fiction novel that is chillingly plausible but also frustrating since its exploration of ideas, characterization, and plot were all underbaked.

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Cover of National Bestseller THE DREAM HOTEL: A NOVEL by Laila Lalami, Pulitzer Prize Finalist. It shows a tall orange rectangular corridor descending into dark shadow with a small figure and its shadow in the lower right corner. The rest of the cover is medium-dark periwinkle with white text, and there is a circle containing the text "Read with Jenna" and the associated TODAY show book club logo.
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CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.social · 29d
How Meg Gardiner got her start!
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My First Thriller: Meg Gardiner
Around age three, Meg Gardiner had no clue what the alphabet was but that never stopped her from using crayons to scrawl the funny looking figures on a piece of paper. Well, no wonder, her dad was …
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · Sep 10
Today we're reviewing RED CITY, a novel that is here to be your next dark fantasy soap opera obsession. We were mesmerized by the tangled web of loyalties, action-packed fights, and complicated relationships.

Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
Review: Red City by Marie Lu
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · Sep 6
Dungeon Crawler Carl is hard to put down, somehow mixing stats with the end of the world to make an utterly consumable adventure.

Full review!
Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · Sep 1
Many authors have searched The Atlantic's LibGen database of pirated titles to see if they are listed there. However, I've uncovered that authors of short fiction aren't always discoverable there.

Here's how I discovered more of my short fiction in the list. 1/
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Here's the NYT article on the Anthropic settlement www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
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Fantasy Book Critic @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social · Sep 4
Wish you a very happy birthday Luke 🎉🎉
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