Fantasy
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Master of Sorrows by Justin Call (Book Review)
The Good: Destiny and dark magic, a fresh take on time-honoured tropes, a world brimming with history, belief and ideals, action sequences that dare to be ... -
The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky (Book Review)
I’ve just finished The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky and I’m a bit blown away. It starts as a very tight and intimate ... -
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (Book Review)
I had been looking forward to cracking open this novella since I happened across an ARC at BristolCon last year (talk about striking gold!). I discovered ... -
Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock (Book Review)
Where Oblivion Lives takes us once more into Frohock’s world of Los Nefilim – a fantasy creation overlaid on historical reality as intrinsically and indivisibly as ... -
A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher (Book Review)
The Good: A fresh take on what the ‘end of the world’ looks like, a story that is as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking, strikingly simple ... -
Kings of Paradise by Richard Nell (Book Review)
Warning: this review may contain spoilers! Oh, goodness, this book. I’m going to say a few things about it, but lest this get lost in the ... -
The Tournament of Supervillainy by C.T. Phipps (Book Review)
Warning: this review may contain spoilers! “Gary, you’re the Jason Todd of my Bat Team” If this line means anything to you, then Charles Phipps’ Tournament ... -
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence (Book Review)
This final volume in Nona Grey’s ninja-nun exploits carries the reader away at hunska speed through the world of Abeth, a breath-taking pace that has you ... -
Gates of Stone by Angus Macallan (Book Review)
The Good: Characters that do what THEY want, and a plot driven by ‘power’ and political machinations, this a different and refreshing take on Asian-inspired fantasy. ... -
The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft (Book Review)
Warning: this review may contain spoilers for The Hod King and the Books of Babel series! When as a boy, Thomas Senlin had been told his ...
