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BLOOD OF MIDGARD by Baptiste Pinson Wu (BOOK REVIEW)
This window seat to the opening shots of the Ragnarok is gritty, grimy, gripping, and significantly prologue-y Baptiste Pinson Wu’s Undead Samurai, set in medieval Japan, ... -
THE NEW WORLD by Mark Lawrence (BOOK REVIEW)
This is the novella that appeared in omnibus for Jalan and Snorri’s trilogy. It’s a 25,000 word story that takes place after that trilogy and was ... -
HALL OF BONES by Tim Hardie (SPFBO 7 Finalist Review)
And so to the second of our final month finalist reviews, a gripping Nordic tale with much to recommend it, even if it didn’t reach a ... -
BEOWULF: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley (BOOK REVIEW)
So. Here’s the thing about Beowulf. A lot of people have bad high school memories of reading an archaic, basic myth about a dude whose sole ... -
QUEENS OF THE WYRD by Timandra Whitecastle (Book Review)
I’ve been reading fantasy for a long time and if there’s one class of people that I’ve noticed a glaring absence of, it’s mothers. I mean, ... -
ALREADY COMES DARKNESS by T L Greylock (Book Review)
“This heart that beats for others, for the stars in the sky and the green trees in the wind. Even for all the nine realms. It ... -
THE GIRL THE SEA GAVE BACK by Adrienne Young (Book Review)
Let me start this review with a quote from Kanye West: “I didn’t want to play it boring and safe. I also didn’t want to innovate ... -
THE HILLS OF HOME by T L Greylock (Book Review)
It has been a long time since I’ve finished a book on such a note of intensity and I believe my heart has broken. Earlier this ... -
The Hive Reads… The Gospel of Loki by Joanne Harris
Welcome to the second instalment of our ‘Hive Reads’ feature! (You can read the first one here.) After settling on The Gospel of Loki by Joanne ... -
The Blood-Tainted Winter by T. L. Greylock
“Dark are the hearts of men, and easily tempted.” Raef Skallagrim is not a happy bunny. All he wants to do is go on a sea ...
