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Fantasy Book Review is dedicated to reading and reviewing the very best fantasy books for children and adults (both young and old). Featuring interviews, the latest fantasy news, audio-book reviews and competitions we aim to provide fantasy fans around the world with a useful, interesting and informative guide to the genre. If you would like to help us to read and review these fantastic books then do please get in touch.
Featured Book: Deep into the Heart of a Rose by Greg Denny
Fantasy Book Review Book of the Month, February 2012
A Tolkien inspired romantic fantasy that all starts with an extremely loving and well written letter... G.T. Denny's novel, Deep into the Heart of a Rose, will help usher in a new generation of love sick teens. If you love fantasy and adventure fiction then this book is for you. Well written, charmingly detailed and epic, this truly is a must read for 2012.
Read our full review of Deep into the Heart of a Rose
For more information, visit http://gtdenny.com/
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The 2011 Aurealis Awards were announced on Saturday evening to great fanfare, wit more than 700 entries across the thirteen categories. Fantasy Novel Ember[...]
One of books that I’m looking forward to this year is ‘The Traitor Queen’ by Trudi Canavan, due out in August and concluding the[...]
Joel Shepherd was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1974. He studied film and television at Curtin University but realised that what he really wanted[...]
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As major computer game Sniper Elite V2 tops the video games charts, Abaddon Books is rewriting history with an exclusive tie-in ebook that asks the[...]
Apparently, “if you haven’t read Terry Brooks, you haven’t read fantasy.” Now, in my opinion, if you haven’t read Terry[...]
David Tallerman is the author of around a hundred short stories, as well as comic scripts and poems, countless reviews and articles and at least two[...]
In the graphic novel Goliath illustrator Tom Gauld, who draws a weekly cartoon for the Guardian newspaper, has re-imagined the David and Goliath myth.[...]
In the last of my interviews with the authors from Seventh Star Press I catch up with the latest addition to their team: R.J. Sullivan. R. J.[...]
The rights to Newberry Award-winning and Fantasy Book Review favourite The Graveyard Book have been acquired by Disney. It has also been reported that[...]
Latest reviews
Helen Lowe
8.5
The Gathering of the Lost returns the reader to a world of hidden history and shadowed loyalties.
Will Pfeifer
8.4
Daniel Lopez's graphic art mixes the comic element with the photorealistic look that is so popular.
Larry Correia
9.6
Spellbound is a book of high stakes and high consequence.
Youssef Ziedan
9.4
I can see why it has won its accolades. It is worth the time and effort to read.
Rick Riordan
8.9
Twice as violent and funny as The Lost Hero.
Kristin Cashore
8.0
Cashore is simply one of the most inspiring writers currently putting pen to paper.
Chris Galford
8.0
The author's style was perfect in description.
George RR Martin
7.2
Another example of George RR Martin’s endless talent and imagination.
Tim Marquitz
9.0
All the charm, humour, and sex that you come to expect from this series.
Michael West
9.2
West is an extremely accomplished horror author.
