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  Author website Book links:  Amazon ,  Goodreads AUTHOR INFO:   Jacquelyn Hagen is the author of the epic fantasy series "The Riverfall Chronicles". She currently resides wherever the U.S. Air Force needs her to be. In her free time, she devours stories in every form (usually while hanging out with her two big fluffy dogs), but has also been known to play in folk bands, raise chickens, and try to improve her bread-baking skills. Visit her website at jacquelynhagen.com . Publisher : Jacquelyn Hagen (September 9, 2022)  Page Count:  440 (Kindle edition)  Cover art:  Miblart REVIEWS ESMAY The Wickwire Watch  is truly unlike anything I have ever read, yet it also gave me all the warm fuzzy nostalgic feels for some of my childhood faves. What starts out as a murder mystery in a Victorian-esque high fantasy world quickly morphs into a character-driven cosy fantasy with steampunk aesthetics and delightful found family vibes, only to take a shocking...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:   Jackie has never had enough of stories. This was perhaps foreseeable, considering that a good deal of her childhood was spent face-deep in books, writing short stories, and putting on goofy and/or dramatic theatrical productions. Then came a growing love for movies, folk music, and classic literature. She graduated college with a degree in Film and Television Production, which led to a brief stint in the entertainment industry. Finding this business incompatible with her super-introverted personality, she looked instead to what stories were being told in the wider world and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Still, the stories never left her alone. In early 2009, in the confines of a small barracks room, a curious boy with a brash attitude and an oversized top hat came to announce that he had a fascinating tale of his own, and he wasn’t going away until she agreed to tell it. She was hesitant at first, but when other intriguing characters began to follow, she reali...

  As avid fantasy readers, we love discovering new voices and hidden gems.  SPFBO  contest gives us such a possibility, and we’re thrilled to participate in it for the ninth time. The first stage of the contest has just ended, and ten blogs have picked their champions. We’re excited to read all of them and would love to encourage you to do the same.  Here's GR LIST with all finalists. We encourage you to add them all to your Want to Read shelf. OUR APPROACH Each of us (Adam, Chels, Esmay, Łukasz, Mihir) will read all books from cover to cover. Then each of us will score every book, and the average score will appear in  Mark Lawrence's SPFBO results table . Reviews We'll post  one review in November, December, and April and two reviews in January, February, and March.  We'll also post interviews with finalists who will agree to answer our questions. If you decide to read along with us, consider dropping your reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & N...