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Book Review: The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater  Official Author Website Buy The Witchwood Knot  here OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO:   Olivia Atwater writes whimsical historical fantasy with a hint of satire. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her fantastic, prose-inspiring husband and her two cats. When she told her second-grade history teacher that she wanted to work with history someday, she is fairly certain this isn't what either party had in mind. She has been, at various times, a historical re-enactor, a professional witch at a metaphysical supply store, a web developer, and a vending machine repairperson. FORMAT/INFO:   The Witchwood Knot is due self-publication by the author on November 28th, 2023. It is told in third person from the POV of the protagonist. It will be available in paperback, ebook, hardcover and large print formats, and is the first entry in the Victorian Faerie Tales series. OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS:   The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater is one...

 Interview: Stacey Thomas, author of The Revels Buy The Revels here OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB:  The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin… ‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul to the devil for powers. What I am has never openly been whispered of, yet it is enough that people would hang for it.’ England, 1645. After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession. In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to s ave innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger? INTERVIEW Welcome to Fantasy Book Critic! Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us, could you please tell us a little bit about yourself...

 Book Review: Yellow Sky Revolt by Baptiste Pinson Wu Buy  Yellow Sky Revolt  here Official Author Website OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO:  Baptiste Pinson Wu is all about rich, authentic, and action-packed historical fiction. In his first series, the Three Kingdoms Chronicles, he uses his passion for ancient History and his experience living in Asia to bring you a retelling of China’s most famous civil war. When not writing, Baptiste creates content for two video channels, “Yunique France”, and “Back In Time Fiction”, the channel dedicated to the very best genre of literature. OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB: China, 184 CE. An empire will shatter. Dark clouds loom over the Han dynasty. The Yellow Turbans, simple folks turned rebels, threaten the power in place with their sheer numbers and burning anger. Among them, Liao Hua, a young peasant boy, becomes the symbol of the uprising’s vengeful spirit. But what should have been a short revolt turns into a bloody war for survival. As unt...

Author Interview: Kate Heartfield Buy The Embroidered Book here OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB: " Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more difficult, that’s all" 1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her sister Antoine is sent to France, and in the mirrored corridors of Versailles they rename her Marie Antoinette. The sisters are alone, but they are not powerless. When they were only children, they discovered a book of spells – spells that work, with dark and unpredictable consequences. In a time of vicious court politics, of discovery and dizzying change, they use the book to take control of their lives. But every spell requires a sacrifice. And as love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiralling into revolution. FORMAT/INFO: The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield was published by Harper Collins in May, 2022, and will be releas...