Fantasy
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Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (Book Review)
The Good: Empire of Sand delivers exactly what it says on the tin and THEN SOME! Strong female lead (check), magic by birth but you know ... -
Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke
Alicia Wanstall-Burke’s debut Blood of Heirs has been haunting mentions in my social media for a while now. Alicia has shared some of the highs and ... -
Priest of Bones by Peter McLean
The Good: Colourful characters, grimdark gangsters and good ‘guys’ (and girls!) with grit, and a page turner of a plot packing plenty of pace and punchy ... -
The Land You Never Leave by Angus Watson
I loved this book. Like its predecessor, I finished the roughly 500 pages in 48 hours with the only challenge being keeping my eyes open at ... -
Aching God by Mike Shel
Just to get this out of the way: I loved this book! Aching God is an exciting and atmospheric fantasy tale with strong tabletop RPG roots—which makes ... -
Walking Through Fire by Sherri Cook Woosley
While Sherri Cook Woosley’s debut novel, Walking Through Fire, is a well-plotted urban fantasy filled with harrowing battles, all sorts of freakish monsters, and ancient Sumerian ... -
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
A word that keeps coming up when I see people talking about City of Lies (and plenty of people are) is “refreshing”. It’s one I’m going ... -
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
There were few books in 2018 that I could have looked forward to more than this one. The Divine Cities trilogy, rightly Hugo nominated, is one ... -
Darksoul by Anna Stephens
An unrelenting, heart-hammering, merciless thrill ride, Darksoul is the second book in the Godblind trilogy – and what a book it is! It picks up Godblind’s bloodied ... -
The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark
With The Court of Broken Knives, Anna Smith Spark made a glorious and inventive debut. The courses of some very diverse lives converged on the bronze ...
