Urban
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Walking Through Fire by Sherri Cook Woosley
While Sherri Cook Woosley’s debut novel, Walking Through Fire, is a well-plotted urban fantasy filled with harrowing battles, all sorts of freakish monsters, and ancient Sumerian ... -
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
Caution: review may contain spoilers. In Mark Lawrence’s gradual migration away from the world and characters of his debut novel Prince of Thorns, One Word Kill ... -
Paternus: Wrath of Gods by Dyrk Ashton
(Note: this review is of a pre-edited ARC of the book; there may be small differences between the book I reviewed and the final published work.) ... -
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Let he who names this virtuous tome some conflagration of the “urban” and the “fantastical” be forever shamed. In other words, I’m not a fan of ... -
Relics by Tim Lebbon
‘I like the fact there can be so many secret places in a city filled with people. It gives me hope.’ ‘Hope for what?’ Dean frowned, ... -
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
I’m a little bit embarrassed to admit that I bought this book solely because of its cover. Actually, no. I’m not embarrassed at all. That’s what ... -
Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi
“Power is more than strength. It’s the ability to save or destroy.” Keith Yatsuhashi’s debut novel Kojiki (2016) is a wide-screen epic fantasy, a coming of age story ... -
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“And that was that. You don’t get to rewind your life like a tape and splice it back together, pretending it never knotted and tore, when ... -
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
I’m going to begin this review of Three Parts Dead with the official blurb, since it does a much better job of summarising this quirky, unique novel’s ... -
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
As a born-and-bred northerner, I’ll admit I had doubts about how much I’d enjoy a book based entirely around the life and culture of London . ...
