Book Reviews
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King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Anyone will tell you that the middle part of any trilogy is usually the weakest; that it functions mostly as filler between books one and three, a ... -
Los Nefilim by Teresa Frohock
RIGHT NOW is a phenomenal time to be a fan of speculative fiction. Seriously: there’s an insane amount of amazing SFF writers in today’s market, and ... -
Those Above by Daniel Polansky
Those Above is the first instalment of Polansky’s epic fantasy duology The Empty Throne. Set in a world dominated by ‘Those Above’ – immortal four-fingered beings ... -
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a 150-page adventure with Auri, a minor character from the ... -
Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines
There really isn’t that much to say about Peter Clines’ Ex-Heroes other than that it’s full of zombies, superheroes and fun. (Think X-Men meets The Walking Dead.) ... -
Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell
Traitor’s Blade is the sort of novel that has undoubtedly been described by someone, somewhere, as either a ‘rollicking adventure’ or a ‘ripping yarn’. Possibly both, and ... -
Miserere by Teresa Frohock
Miserere is a strange one. The premise is interesting: in addition to Heaven, Hell and Earth, Frohock’s universe also a fictional dimension called Woerld, which acts as a ... -
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
I first discovered ‘grown up’ fantasy fiction at the age of twelve, when I first read Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. However, it wasn’t until I was ... -
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend. Let him think both bishops holy. Let him remember happy days in ... -
Half a War by Joe Abercrombie
As a huge fan of Abercrombie’s six First Law novels, I entered his Shattered Sea series with humongous expectations . . . and ended up feeling a ...
