Fantasy
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BLOODCHILD by Anna Stephens (Book Review)
The Good: Everything. Seriously. *SPOILERS* The Bad: IT GAVE ME FEELINGS – I DO NOT LIKE FEELING FEELINGS. The Ugly Truth: THIS. IS. HOW. YOU. END. ... -
ORMESHADOW by Priya Sharma (Book Review)
I’ve heard wonderful things about Priya Sharma, but this is the first time I’ve read any of her work. Ormeshadow is the story of Gideon Belman ... -
BLOOD OF AN EXILE by Brian Naslund (Book Review)
“You can have black deeds and mistakes in your past without being rotten down to the core. You can keep moving through this world, even if ... -
IN NUMINA by Assaph Mehr (Book Review)
“Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Felix, sometimes known as Felix the Fox.” Take the subgenre of Roman whodunnits, add a dash of Scooby ... -
WE ARE THE DEAD by Mike Shackle (Book Review)
The Good: A pull-no-punches account of the realities of war, complete with a cast of humans (key point: not heroes) whose efforts will likely fail, but ... -
PALE KINGS by Micah Yongo (Book Review)
In Pale Kings, Micah Yongo picks up from the cliffhanger ending to Lost Gods with Neythan and his miscellaneous collection of friends heading south in search ... -
LOST GODS by Micah Yongo (Book Review)
Micah Yongo delivers an accomplished debut with this epic immersive fantasy. Lost Gods manages to convey a sweeping majestic world and yet still anchor the tale ... -
THE SWORD OF KAIGEN by M.L. Wang (Book Review)
“I know you might feel broken, but we’re jijakalu. We’re water, and water can shift to fit any mold. No matter how we’re broken and reshaped, ... -
ZERO BOMB by M.T. Hill (Book Review)
“He couldn’t stop watching the news. Men and women at lecterns, frothing with ire. Falsehoods and weak pretexts. Lies and disinformation. Endless commentary and speculation, and ... -
THE HOUSE OF SACRIFICE by Anna Smith Spark (Book Review)
The concluding volume in Anna Smith Spark’s epic and dark debut trilogy rejoins our anti-hero Marith Altrersyr some four years after the events of The Tower ...