World's leading SFF book community! Posts by 🏹 @kitvaria.bsky.social & 🐉 @jennieivins.bsky.social. Lover of books. Hater of trolls. No AI. Probably not a real dragon. ;) http://fantasy-faction.com/
ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews Kaleigh McCann's The Darkness Calling! - JI 🐉 "A refreshing focus on sibling dynamics, morally complex characters, and a story world that dares to be ruthless...[a] character-driven, shadow-laced fantasy." fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-dar... #booksky 💙📚🪐
Fantasy-FactionA dark and emotional fantasy that deserves far more attention. Brutal, intense, and surprisingly heartfelt, it dives deep into sibling bonds, moral greys, and the price of survival. An under-the-radar gem. fantasy-faction.com/2025/the-dar... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction
Today Tom Joyce reviews A. P. Beswick's A Forest of Vanity and Valour! - JI 🐉 "Imaginative, fast-paced and full of memorable ideas, with character arcs that kept me invested from beginning to end." fantasy-faction.com/2026/a-fores... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #RobinHood #retelling
Today @lyndseyluther.bsky.social interviews author @scottlynch78.bsky.social about "what he’s currently up to, his recent foray into acting, and—yes, because I know you’re wondering—the status of The Thorn of Emberlain." - JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/scott-l... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #fantasybooks
Today we have an interview with author A. A. Freeman (@aughtpunk.bsky.social) and a cover reveal for the newest upcoming novella in her fairy tale retelling series, The Midwife Fables: Scars Around Her Fingers! - JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/scars-a... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #fairytales #coverreveal
ICYMI: Ingram (yes _that_ Ingram) wants to sell authors' work to AI companies! There is an opt out form at the link below. This is so messed up! Authors make yourselves heard! None of us want this! - JI 🐉🤬 Thanks to @ravenoak.bsky.social who pointed this out. www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-...
Loot that drops after defeating me. -JI🐉 - a tiny, glow-in-the-dark, plastic dragon - enough Lucky Charms marshmallows to cause concern - way too many .docx files with ‘final’ in the title - a very sharp chef's knife - a music player (format randomized) - a stack of fantasy mass market paperbacks
J E HannafordLoot that drops after defeating me. -a bag of holding filled with dog treats -a collection of assorted dragons -a confusingly large quantity of sand. - a large bunch of unusual culinary herbs - 8 open scrivener files of different projects. -a flurry of D&D notes and character sheets - limes.
This is so messed up! Authors make yourselves heard! None of us want this! -JI 🐉🤬
Raven OakHead's up Authors! Ingram is apparently trying to sell our shit to AI. Kid you not. Go opt out and then complain. LOUDLY. #WriterSky #AuthorSky
Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @christullbane.bsky.social's Investigation, Mediation, Vindication! - JI 🐉 "There is real creativity in the chaos, and some of the story’s central conceits are genuinely inspired." fantasy-faction.com/2026/investi... #booksky 💙📚🪐
Today Colleen McMillan reviews Bi Ka Bi's light novel, Thrice Married to a Salted Fish! - JI 🐉 "As you might guess from the series title, this one isn’t all sunshine and murder...I cried at the end of book one and immediately picked up book two." fantasy-faction.com/2026/thrice-... #booksky 💙📚🪐
Today @alyalyoops.bsky.social reviews @tkingfisher.com's Hemlock & Silver! - JI 🐉 "Combines elements from the fairy tale fantasy she often writes in, as well as a few unnerving moments from her horror writing in books such as What Moves the Dead." fantasy-faction.com/2026/hemlock... #booksky 💙📚🪐
Today @summerhanford.bsky.social reviews Evie Woods' The Lost Bookshop! -JI🐉 "A delightful example of magical realism...[that] contains an intricate, dual timeline quest, more than one love story, and well-researched historical and present-day details." fantasy-faction.com/2026/the-los... #booksky
Repost for the day crew! - JI 🐉
Fantasy-FactionToday I got 'big mad' at a post on kids not being able to read books like The Hobbit, because they are too hard to read "even as an adult"! Nope. We aren't doing that nonsense. Kids can read big books. And here are my thoughts on the subject. - JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/kids-ca... #booksky 💙📚🐉
Today I got 'big mad' at a post on kids not being able to read books like The Hobbit, because they are too hard to read "even as an adult"! Nope. We aren't doing that nonsense. Kids can read big books. And here are my thoughts on the subject. - JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/kids-ca... #booksky 💙📚🐉
So sad to see you go. :( I always felt like The Fantasy Hive was our little sister site since a bunch of Hive staff started out at FF. We will miss you all and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors! - JI 🐉
The Fantasy HiveWe have a big announcement to make today - unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to close the Fantasy Hive We will be staying open for SPFBO reviews for the remainder of SPFBO 11 Read more here: tinyurl.com/4cz7zcjv
Today Christopher Keene reviews Rob M. Lastrel's The Bystander! - JI 🐉 "The tropes...come out of a cinephile’s lexicon, and...I got a kick out of the hundreds of abilities named from lines in classic horror, science fiction, and fantasy movies." fantasy-faction.com/2026/the-bys... #booksky 💙🪐📚
Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @fantasticphil.bsky.social's The Worst Survive, out July 28th! - JI 🐉 "A frenetic, foul-mouthed ride through a world that won’t let you get comfortable, and Scully’s the kind of bastard you end up rooting for." fantasy-faction.com/2026/the-wor... #booksky 💙🪐📚
Today Stuart Cripps-Schnoor reviews three of the late, great David Gemmell's works: Waylander, Legend, and Sword in the Storm! - JI 🐉 "There is the deep moral core that runs through his work...courage, sacrifice, loyalty, redemption, and love." fantasy-faction.com/2026/david-g... #booksky 💙📚🪐