Fantasy
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TOWER by Bae Myung-hoon, translated by Sung Ryu (BOOK REVIEW)
“A little bit of civilization and barbarism go hand in hand in any society. When the power of the civilized world drives an individual to desperation, ... -
CRUISING THE COSMERE: Rhythm Of War (BOOK REVIEW)
With each volume of the Stormlight Archives it is getting harder to review without giving spoilers, and whilst I’ve tried my hardest to keep plot details ... -
THORN by Intisar Khanani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warning: Heroine’s family vary from emotionally to physically abusive. I first read Thorn in 2018, as a self-published novel, and I loved its smart, wry, ... -
Pawn’s Gambit by Rob J. Hayes – Book Review
And here’s the text-based review, for all of you who prefer the written word to the outrageous madness of editing and internet memes that is my ... -
THE LICANIUS TRILOGY by James Islington (BOOK REVIEW)
A GREAT DIVE INTO FANTASY The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington is an adventure fantasy trilogy published by Orbit Books. Book One, The Shadow of What ... -
THE FOREVER SEA by Joshua Phillip Johnson (BOOK REVIEW)
“Kindred closed her eyes into the prairie wind, feeling it’s familiar whisper against her cheek, neck, eyelids. The low-slung slant of late-afternoon light might have grown ... -
ALL THE STARS AND TEETH by Adalyn Grace (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: violence and death; mild body horror; blood magic; mention of abusive relationships. Amora is the princess of the island kingdom Visidia, and in order ... -
QUEEN OF COIN AND WHISPERS by Helen Corcoran (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: murder, violence (not graphic). You ever just read a book so perfect for you that it’s like the author wrote it on spec to ... -
BROTHER RED by Adrian Selby – BOOK REVIEW
I’ve been hugely enthusiastic about Adrian Selby’s previous work – the enigmatic, epistolic Snakewood and the harrowing, heartfelt Winter Road – so it shouldn’t be a ... -
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 ...