In which we reveal the cover for the second short story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: The Waters and Wilds of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the…
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In which we showcase the cover of Emma Newman’s Weaver’s Lament, the sequel to Brother’s Ruin Without further ado, behold! The smugglerific cover! The Cover: The cover art is by Cliff Nielsen, with design by Christine Foltzer. About the…
Title: Long May She Reign Author: Rhiannon Thomas Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: February 2017 Hardcover: 422 Pages The Girl of Fire and Thorns meets The Queen of the Tearling in this thrilling fantasy standalone about…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Thea takes a turn this week, and reads the newest novella from John Scalzi, The Dispatcher. Originally published as an audiobook, this noir-ish novella takes an odd premise to the…
Title: The Shadow Cipher Author: Laura Ruby Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: May 16 2017 Hardcover: 448 Pages It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a…
Title: Strange the Dreamer Author: Laini Taylor Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: March 2017 Hardcover: 544 Pages The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has…
Title: A Crown of Wishes Author: Roshani Ckokshi Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: March 2017 Hardcover: 369 Pages An ancient mystery. An unlikely union. For one young princess in a state of peril, a…
Today we are delighted to be partnering with Little, Brown to share a giveaway of Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor! About the Book: A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author…
Ana continues her adventures in Discworld, with the next City Watch novel, Feet of Clay Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and…
Fantasy author Zetta Elliott (A Wish After Midnight, Ship of Souls, The Door at the Crossroads) takes on the issue of minstrelsy in kidlit. “Minstrelsy is the New Black” originally appeared in the third volume of our Quarterly Almanac–a…
Book Smugglers Publishing The Novella Initiative
Excerpt & Giveaway: KEEPER OF THE DAWN by Dianna Gunn
Today we are thrilled to launch the debut novella in our brand new Novella Initiative Project: Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn. We’ve got plenty of shenanigans happening today including an excerpt and giveaway here and a Facebook…
Inspirations and Influences
The White Road of the Moon: Rachel Neumeier on Those Early Novels You Haven’t Looked at in Ten Years
Happy Monday to all! Today, we are pleased to host Fantasy author Rachel Neumeier to talk about her most recent novel The White Road of the Moon, a stand-alone YA Fantasy, out last March. Those Early Novels You Haven’t…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana takes a look at two very different books: Black Panther – A Nation Under our Feet, volume 1 and The Gauntlet are both excellent. Check it out here.…
Inspirations and Influences The Novella Initiative
KEEPER OF THE DAWN: Dianna Gunn on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Hello, it’s Friday and we are over at… Tor.com! Well, the cover of our first Novella Initiative title is! Go over to Tor.com for the full cover! ABOUT THE NOVELLA Sometimes failure is just the beginning All Lai has…
Howdy and a happy Thursday to all! Today, we are delighted to host Aliette de Bodard, celebrating the release of her new novel, The House of Binding Thorns (which is out this week in the UK and the US)…
Title: A Conjuring of Light Author: V. E. Schwab Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: February 21 2017 Hardcover: 624 Pages Witness the fate of beloved heroes – and enemies. THE BALANCE OF POWER HAS FINALLY TIPPED… The precarious…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
9 Rated Books Book Reviews Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays Review: Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Ana continues her adventures in Discworld, with the next Night Watch novel, Men at Arms. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and…
It’s Friday Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, with her take on romantic fantasy… She talks about getting into the mood for the upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast by reading…
Title: The Bone Witch Author: Rin Chupeco Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: March 2017 Hardcover: 432 Pages An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Young Adult Book of Spring 2017!…
9 Rated Books Book Reviews Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays Review: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Today, we have a special post by our very own Catherine Faris King, whose story The Queen of Sheba appears in the upcoming anthology The Djinn Falls in Love, edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin and out on…
10 Rated Books Book Reviews
Book Review: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Title: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World Author: Shannon Hale and Dean Hale Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Marvel Press Publication Date: February 7 2017 Hardcover: 320 Pages WHO RUNS THE WORLD? SQUIRRELS! Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green moved from…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, with a review… She reviews Heartstone by Elle Katharine White–or, as she likes to think of it, Pride and Prejudice and Dragons. Does the book live…