Fantasy
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THE BLOOD OF ANGELS by Johanna Sinisalo: 2011, translated by Lola Rogers 2014 (BOOK REVIEW)
“Bees can sense electrical charges in the air and feel magnetic fields. It’s pretty obvious that if there are such things as portals, doors, thin places ... -
THE LAST GRADUATE by Naomi Novik (BOOK REVIEW)
This book is the sequel to A Deadly Education, which was flat-out amazing if you like slightly dark and broody sarcastic protagonists and unique world building. ... -
LORD OF SECRETS by Breanna Teintze (BOOK REVIEW)
Lord of Secrets manages to pull off a great adventure, some awesome worldbuilding, and some brilliant character work, all in a lighthearted romp that is exciting ... -
BRIGHTFALL by Jaime Lee Moyer (BOOK REVIEW)
When I first heard that there was going to be a magical Robin Hood story that picked up years after the heyday of the Merry Men, ... -
BIRDBRAIN by Johanna Sinisalo (BOOK REVIEW)
“This is how humans function. This is precisely how humans function. You know what lies behind the horizon, but you have to carry on in the ... -
MASTER ARTIFICER by Justin T. Call (BOOK REVIEW)
This was my holiday book and boy did it not disappoint. Everything I loved about the first book plus more, in some cases way more. We ... -
THE HAND OF THE SUN KING by J. T. Greathouse (BOOK REVIEW)
“Magic could reshape the world. Its power was undeniable. It needed no argument to bolster it, nor any faith to make it true.” The Hand ... -
SWASHBUCKLERS by Dan Hanks (BOOK REVIEW)
“They clinked glasses. A sparkling sound, almost magical in its melody. A musical chime that, to Cisco, in that moment, spoke of finally coming home. Because, ... -
THE COWARD by Stephen Aryan (BOOK REVIEW)
The Coward is the first instalment in The Quest for Heroes duology by Stephen Aryan. Although Aryan has published two previous series, this is actually my ... -
NOT BEFORE SUNDOWN by Johanna Sinisalo, translated by Herbert Lomas (BOOK REVIEW)
“’Definition always presupposes its opposite,’ I say to the woman in the camouflaged combat suit. She’s trying to get me to converse, though what I most ...
