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The latest posts from the Fantasy Hive’s book review team! Scroll down to browse the most recent fantasy, science fiction, horror and other speculative fiction reviews, or visit our archives to more easily navigate ALL THE REVIEWS!


  • Red Seas under Red Skies (Feature)
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 14, 2017
    443
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    Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

    So you’ve just finished reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. You loved the devilish characters, witty dialogue and clever plotting. You can’t wait to read the next instalment ...
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  • Promise of Blood (Feature)
    Book ReviewsFantasyFlintlock
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 13, 2017
    473
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    Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan

    Promise of Blood captured my attention the first time I read it largely due to how different it is: this was the first time I’d read any ...
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  • Straight Razor Cure (Feature)
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 13, 2017
    441
    0

    The Straight Razor Cure by Daniel Polansky

    The Straight Razor Cure is less of a fantasy and more of a crime noir that just happens to be set in a secondary world. This is ...
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  • Blindsight (Feature)
    Book ReviewsScience Fiction
    By Steve Damarell
    September 13, 2017
    514
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    Blindsight by Peter Watts

    Imagine you are Siri Keeton. So begins this hard science fiction novel from Canadian author Peter Watts. It is 2082. It is the day of the ...
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  • Smiler's Fair (Feature)
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 12, 2017
    304
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    Smiler’s Fair by Rebecca Levene

    Never judge a book by its cover. I went straight into Smiler’s Fair believing it to be a light YA fantasy. Instead I got one of the most ...
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  • Good Omens (Feature)
    Book ReviewsComicFantasy
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 12, 2017
    477
    0

    Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

    Having read several Terry Pratchett novels before I had a fairly reasonable idea of what I was getting myself into with Good Omens. I expected quirky humour, strange ...
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  • The Emperor's Blades (Feature)
    Book ReviewsEpicFantasy
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 12, 2017
    528
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    The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley

    I have to admit, I very nearly didn’t make it past the first 100 pages of The Emperor’s Blades. An intriguing prologue and opening chapter were quickly followed ...
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  • The Lies of Locke Lamora (Feature)
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 12, 2017
    481
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    The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

    The Lies of Locke Lamora – the first instalment in the Gentlemen Bastard Sequence – belongs to that brilliant breed of fantasy that relies more on clever plotting, suspense ...
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  • Red Moon (Feature)
    Book ReviewsHorror
    By Laura M. Hughes
    September 11, 2017
    439
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    Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

    I’m not generally a huge fan of paranormal fiction, but Red Moon – a dystopian, post-apocalyptic horror-thriller – isn’t half bad. Set in something close to the present-day ...
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  • Senlin Ascends (Feature)
    Book ReviewsFantasySelf-PublishingSteampunk
    By T.O. Munro
    September 11, 2017
    563
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    Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

    This is an exceedingly rich book. A depth of imagination married with a poetic turn of phrase and an engaging cast of characters (both those we ...
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