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Grimdark

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The Hive’s latest GRIMDARK FANTASY book reviews!


  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Nils Shukla
    June 3, 2025
    164
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    ANJI KILLS A KING by Evan Leikam (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Give up? What is there to give when you have nothing? You want to sue for change? Sue. You want to kill for peace? You’ll kill ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Vinay Vasan
    February 27, 2025
    250
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    AN INKLING OF FLAME by Z. B. Steele (BOOK REVIEW)

    A prequel novella that packs in an intriguing recounting and team dynamics while whetting the appetite for the full-fledged novel I am thankful to the author ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By T.O. Munro
    February 19, 2024
    804
    1

    IN THE SHADOW OF THEIR DYING by Michael R Fletcher and Anna Smith-Spark (BOOK REVIEW)

    The third best assassin. A second rate mercenary crew. One terrifying demon. As Sharaam crumbles under siege, a mercenary crew hires an assassin to kill the ...
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  • Book ReviewsGrimdarkSelf-Publishing
    By Julia Kitvaria Sarene
    December 12, 2023
    1516
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    SIN AND SORROW by Michael R. Fletcher (BOOK REVIEW)

    Be warned, this is a very grimdark story, there’s plenty of death, destruction and gore. Michael R. Fletcher has done it again. Sin and Sorrow is ...
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  • Book ReviewsEpicFlintlockGrimdarkMilitary
    By Julia Kitvaria Sarene
    September 14, 2023
    1399
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    HOWEVER MANY MUST DIE by Phil Williams (BOOK REVIEW)

    I’m not usually a fan of fantasy involving guns, and neither of overly military focused ones. Nevertheless, I saw the cover of However Many Must Die ...
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  • Book ReviewsEpicFantasyGrimdark
    By Bethan Hindmarch
    January 26, 2023
    1142
    2

    THE JAGUAR PATH by Anna Stephens (BOOK REVIEW)

    Whereas this will be a spoiler-free review, there will naturally be spoilers for book one, The Stone Knife, so if you haven’t read that, y’know, what are ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Nils Shukla
    August 30, 2022
    1302
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    PRIEST OF CROWNS by Peter McLean (BOOK REVIEW)

    Please note this review will contain spoilers for the previous books in the War for the Rose Throne series.   “Even then, even back in Abingon, ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdarkSelf-PublishingSPFBOUrban
    By T.O. Munro
    April 29, 2022
    2475
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    LEGACY OF THE BRIGHTWASH by Krystle Matar (SPFBO 7 Finalist Review)

    And so we come to our final review of SPFBO7 and indeed in SPFBO. And the question is, has Legacy of the Brightwash done well enough ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdarkSelf-PublishingSPFBO
    By T.O. Munro
    April 18, 2022
    1732
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    WE MEN OF ASH AND SHADOW by HL Tinsley (SPFBO 7 Finalist Review)

    And so to the fourth of our final month finalist reviews, another take on urban bleakness in which the city gets a starring role. We Men ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdarkSelf-PublishingSPFBOUrban
    By T.O. Munro
    April 15, 2022
    1954
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    NORYLSKA GROANS by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton W. Snyder (SPFBO 7 Finalist Review)

    And so to the third of our final month finalist reviews, a bleak tale of torment in a tormented city. The book generated something of a ...
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