Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Genre: High Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: September 29, 2015 Review Six of Crows is seven and a half years old, and I can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen it on YA must-read lists. This coupled with the fact that Shadow and Bone is … Continue reading
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody Genre: Nonfiction Age category: Teen/Adult Release Date: 2018 Review While I generally only review novels, I’m still a writer at heart, and books about the craft of creating stories will generally pique my interest. This latest one came on a recommendation, and after reading it, my … Continue reading
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Age category: Adult Release Date: May 1st, 2001 Review I fear I may have come to this book expecting too much of it. I have not read any of Charlaine Harris’s work before, despite her name taking up a sizable section of the urban fantasy … Continue reading
Hi, everyone! Just a quick note of appreciation for sticking with us through another insane year. I know everyone’s anxious for the hiatus to end, and we’re happy to be ending it. Here’s to 2023 being the year of awesome. (Or, barring that, the year substantially-closer-to-awesome-than-its-predecessor.) Reviews will start slowly at one review per month … Continue reading
Hi, everyone! I’ve been trying to play catch up with the reviews and interviews here on UFM, but unfortunately, a lot of real life events are making that difficult. So we will be taking a year-long hiatus. Looking forward to bringing back all the UFM goodness in January 2023. And for all you writers doing … Continue reading
Pokémon Adventures, Vol 1 by Hidenori Kusaka and Mato Genre: Media Tie-In/Graphic Novel Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: August 8th, 1997 (Collector’s Edition released April 14, 2020.) Review It’s been ages since I read any of the Pokémon manga, but seeing as how the games have hit their 25th anniversary (turning 26 tomorrow), I … Continue reading
Editor’s note: It’s time for another combo review and interview, this time with one of my favorite authors, Faith Hunter. (We have featured a fictional interview with one of her characters before, but this time we get to hear from the author herself about her newest book.) —- Faith Hunter is the New York Times … Continue reading
The Place Beyond Her Dreams by Oby Aligwekwe Genre: Fantasy Age category: Young Adult Release Date: March 16, 2021 Review This Netgalley review has been long delayed, the book falling into my queue right around the time I had to unexpectedly pull back on UFM stuff. But reading it during that time brought some much-needed … Continue reading
The Dragon Prince, Book Two (Sky) by Aaron Ehasz and Melanie McGanney Ehasz Genre: Fantasy Tie-in Novel Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: August 3, 2021 Review This is my first time reviewing a tie-in novel on this site, mostly because there usually isn’t too much (in my mind, anyway) to say about them. They … Continue reading
Bridgette Dutta Portman is an author, playwright, and teaching artist. Dozens of her plays have been produced across the United States and overseas. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University, as well as a PhD in political science from the University of California, Irvine. She is past president of the Playwrights’ Center … Continue reading
Stuffed Into Darkness by Liz Braswell Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: May 4, 2021 For anyone who didn’t see our Facebook announcement, I had to pull back on reviews in May and June due to health reasons. Things has improved and we’re back on track, albeit with me scrambling a bit … Continue reading
Kathleen Mare’e grew up in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, where family holidays by the beach and tormenting her two younger brothers, was how she spent her early years. But at the young age of 11, when she submitted a short story to a talented writing competition through the NSW schools program, not only did … Continue reading