Author: Laura M. Hughes
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice won about a million SFF awards in 2014. While I never read enough of the other contenders’ work to judge whether this one truly ... -
Off Leash by Daniel Potter
Before we begin, here’s a teeny bit of context: Off Leash was one of Fantasy-Faction’s semi-finalists in the 2016 Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. I was part of FF’s SPFBO team ... -
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt of Rivia is a witcher: a man who has suffered through years of gruelling training and exposure to terrible alchemic mutations in order to become ... -
She Who Waits by Daniel Polansky
She Who Waits is the third instalment in Daniel Polansky’s Low Town series, and rounds off this particular trilogy about the life of Warden. It’s a thrilling ... -
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Genre giant Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon is the first in a ten-book series that you will inevitably love and worship. (Or hate and resent.) (Or ... -
When the Heavens Fall by Marc Turner
It was obvious from the very first page that Marc Turner’s Chronicles of the Exile was yet another epic fantasy series I’d end up eagerly following. After seeing When the Heavens ... -
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Anyone will tell you that the middle part of any trilogy is usually the weakest; that it functions mostly as filler between books one and three, a ... -
Los Nefilim by Teresa Frohock
RIGHT NOW is a phenomenal time to be a fan of speculative fiction. Seriously: there’s an insane amount of amazing SFF writers in today’s market, and ... -
Those Above by Daniel Polansky
Those Above is the first instalment of Polansky’s epic fantasy duology The Empty Throne. Set in a world dominated by ‘Those Above’ – immortal four-fingered beings ... -
A Beginner’s Guide to Malazan Characters: ‘Gardens of the Moon’
I’ll be honest: I fell flat on my face the first time I tried to read Gardens of the Moon. Gods, assassins, soldiers, mages, immortals – ...