Title: The Kiss of Deception Author: Mary E. Pearson Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt & Co BYR Publication Date: July 2014 Hardcover: 486 Pages A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees…
Book Review: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E. K. Johnston
Title: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim Author: E. K. Johnston Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication Date: March 1st 2014 Hardcover: 312 Pages Listen! For I sing of Owen Thorskard: valiant of heart, hopeless…
The Girl From the Well: Rin Chupeco on Inspirations and Influences (& Giveaway)
Today we are thrilled to have author Rin Chupeco over to talk about Inspirations and Influences for her debut novel, YA horror story The Girl From the Well. Thea loved the book, so we are delighted to have Rin…
Hello everyone and a good Sunday to all! Let’s get this party started, shall we? Book Smugglers Publishing: Submissions closed! As you know, a couple of months back, we announced our plans to find and publish original short stories.…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: The Three Author: Sarah Lotz Genre: Horror Publisher: Little, Brown (US) / Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Publication Date: May 2014 Hardcover: 467 Pages (UK) Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists the three…
Hello, everyone! We are happy to announce that the submissions period for Book Smugglers Publishing is now closed for 2014. Many thanks to all of authors who submitted their stories! The response to this year’s call for submissions has…
Title: Full Fathom Five Author: Max Gladstone Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: July 15 2014 Hardcover: 368 Pages On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren’t…
Old School Wednesdays Readalong: The Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl
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)…
Editors Talk Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (& Giveaway)
Kaleidoscope is an exciting anthology of diverse contemporary YA Science Fiction and Fantasy stories co-edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios and set to be published on August 5: What do a disabled superhero, a time-traveling Chinese-American figure skater,…


















