Previous || Next Here it is, the last chapter in Simon Spurrier's Doctor Aphra run. It's a love letter to the character he spent three years writing, through some excellent ups and a few mediocre downs. A Rogue's End concludes on a high note, however, and one that convinces me that following this character has... Continue Reading →
Blurb: Nicole Lee’s life is going nowhere. No family, no money, and stuck in a relationship with a thug named Bungie. But, after one of Bungie’s “deals” goes south, he and Nicole are whisked away by a mysterious moth-like humanoid to a strange ship called the Fyrantha. Once aboard, life on the ship seems too... Continue Reading →
John Williams witholds the inner voice of the eponymous Augustus, born Gaius Octavius, until the very last. The first Roman Emperor remains among the most enigmatic figures in history, and Williams, too, keeps him at a hand's length, his motives obscure even as the author's other characters scrutinize Octavian's every move. And what characters they... Continue Reading →
What’s this?! Gaming content on the Fantasy Hive? I know what you’re thinking, dear Reader — the powers that be must be mad to give me such autonomy! That’s right, we at the Hive enjoy all things fantastical and creative, and so it’s my great pleasure to bring you all some game coverage starting with... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, dear Reader, to the most glorious feature of all - Saturday Star Wars! If you somehow missed the last entry in my series of love letters to Star Wars, worry not - here's your link! A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... Obi-Wan and Anakin by Charles Soule, Marco Checchetto... Continue Reading →
|| Next This series of posts owes a lot to, and borrows from, June Casagrande's book on sentence style, It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences. After scribbling, "Subordinating conjunctions can make your writing a living hell," cursing this whole blogging thing for being so time-consuming, and coming away from... Continue Reading →
M.L. Wang’s excellent Sword of Kaigen won SPFBO 5 with a record 8.65 out of 10 in the contest’s five-year history! If you missed the Fantasy Hive’s SPFBO finalist review, you can find it here! M.L. Wang, thank you for joining us for this interview at the Fantasy Hive! Once more, congratulations on Sword of Kaigen... Continue Reading →
The second act of a fantasy trilogy is the one a series lives or dies by. A first impression is important, but following up on the promises the opening of a series makes…well, many a novel has faltered there. The Lessons Never Learned, however, does an admirable job of following up on the threads first... Continue Reading →
I read this on the recommendation of a dear friend. The first volume of Kanan, The Last Padawan is another excellent, heartbreaking story of the Jedi Purge and its consequences on those few padawans that made it through the cracks after Palpatine's Order 66. The first issue presents a very classic Clone Wars era story,... Continue Reading →
Greetings, Reader! Join me once more as I reminisce about the last month at the Grimoire Reliquary! I've read wonderful books, I've read good novellas, I even read a couple of forgettable but I regret that not at all - few things offer as many teaching moments to the aspiring writer as mediocrity does! But... Continue Reading →
