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Grimdark

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The Hive’s latest GRIMDARK FANTASY book reviews!


  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Nils Shukla
    January 22, 2021
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    THE SONG OF THE SYCAMORE by Edward Cox (BOOK REVIEW)

    “The dead call me Sycamore,” I told the storm above Old Castle. “I am their Shepherd” The Song of the Sycamore by Edward Cox is a ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Filip Magnus
    November 24, 2020
    290
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    From Cold Ashes Risen by Rob J. Hayes (The War Eternal #3) – Book Review

    Self-Published. Genre: Dark fantasy. Pages: Loads, not too many. Format: ebook. Review Copy:  Provided by the author. If I’ve learned something from Rob J. Hayes over ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Nils Shukla
    September 17, 2020
    775
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    THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE by Joe Abercrombie (BOOK REVIEW)

    ‘What some called madness he recognised as diamond-edged clarity. The time for arguments in the teahouse, for pretty words and fancy theories, was over. The grasping ...
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  • Book ReviewsEpicFantasyGrimdark
    By Filip Magnus
    September 16, 2020
    291
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    Knight’s Shadow by Sebastian De Castell — Book Review

    Series: Greatcoats (#2) Published by: Jo Fletcher Books. Genre: Epic fantasy, grimdark, low magic(-ish?). Length: 20 hrs and 6 minutes, or 606 pages on hardcover. Format: ...
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  • EpicFantasyGrimdark
    By Nils Shukla
    August 17, 2020
    598
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    A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie — Book Review

    ‘People can be tough, survive so much hunger and cold and disappointment, take beatings you wouldn’t believe and come out stronger. But they can be so ...
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  • FantasyGrimdark
    By Filip Magnus
    July 12, 2020
    478
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    Black Stone Heart by Michael R. Fletcher — Book Review

    Black Stone Heart is a captivating grimdark fantasy novel, driven by a morally compromised protagonist in an ambitious setting that feels at once comfortable and arrestingly ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Nils Shukla
    July 3, 2020
    549
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    WE RIDE THE STORM by Devin Madson (Book Review)

    ‘We are the swords that hunt so your hands may stay clean. We are the swords that kill so your soul may be light. We are ...
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  • Book ReviewsGrimdarkScience Fiction
    By Filip Magnus
    June 11, 2020
    573
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    Caves of Ice (Ciaphas Cain #02) by Sandy Mitchell – Book Review

    Another one of The Ciaphas Cain series of Warhammer 40k novels has been translated to audiobook format and after enjoying For the Emperor to no end, ...
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  • Book ReviewsGrimdark
    By Filip Magnus
    June 9, 2020
    535
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    The Lessons Never Learned (The War Eternal #02) by Rob J. Hayes – Book Review

    The second act of a fantasy trilogy is the one a series lives or dies by. A first impression is important, but following up on the ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    May 18, 2020
    469
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    BLOODCHILD by Anna Stephens (Book Review)

    Where do you begin, reviewing the last book of a trilogy? Well, with the trilogy itself I guess! There are trilogies out there which don’t quite ...
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