Welcome to the first of the SPSFC2 cut posts from Wayward Stars. As we are reading, we are facing the decision of choosing which books will be selected as our quaterfinalists, and which ones won’t advance.
Pink Guitars and Falling Stars is the first book in the Rockin’ Fairy Tales series by Leslie O’Sullivan. Let’s start by saying that I’m not a big fan of romance (in general, I try to avoid it as much as possible, I’m too cynic for the genre), but seeing it is a retelling of Rapunzel and Romeo and Juliet, I said, let’s try because usually, I’m a big fan of using a classic as the base to write a new story.
Today we are accompanied by Jim Wilbourne, author at Emergent Realms, whose book The Seventh Cadence we are reviewing. Soon there will be another book from him, Strangers in the Promised Land.
The Seventh Cadence is the initial novel in the Continua Chronicle series, by Jim Wilbourne. I’m a big fan of epic fantasy, and after seeing so high praise for Jim’s book, I couldn’t resist picking it and reading it to see if it could fulfill the big shoes he chose to take; and in that regard, you can be calm: Jim Wilbourne has a great talent to weave a big epic story which doesn’t have to envy to Sanderson’s ones.
Today we are accompanied by Eric Martinez and Armani Saludo, co-founders of Forbidden Origins and authors of The Old Universe.
The Old Universe is the debut novel of what it intends to be an epic sci-fi/space opera saga, Forbidden Origins. Co-written by Eric Martinez and Armani Salado, it has really interesting ideas, and I enjoyed it greatly while reading it.
Today we have the honour of, in collaboration with other bloggers and Angry Robots, being the hosts of this cover reveal of the new book of Al Hess, World Running Down, whose publishing is scheduled for February 14th, 2023.
Today we are accompanied by E.J. Doble, a young indie author from Bath, the writer behind The Fangs of War and the soon-to-be-released The Crescent Moon.