Book Reviews
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HOWEVER MANY MUST DIE by Phil Williams (BOOK REVIEW)
I’m not usually a fan of fantasy involving guns, and neither of overly military focused ones. Nevertheless, I saw the cover of However Many Must Die ... -
A SWORD OF BRONZE AND ASHES by Anna Smith-Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark. A Sword of ... -
THIRTEEN WAYS TO KILL LULABELLE ROCK by Maud Woolf (BOOK REVIEW)
“I want the world to be gentle with me, but I don’t know if I deserve it. I’ve not been gentle with the world.” Being ... -
Writing The Future: Essays on Crafting Science Fiction (2023) edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V. Hirst (BOOK REVIEW)
“Whatever our very real future might hold, one thing is certain: so long as there are humans, the fire of the imagination will not go out, ... -
THE WISTERIA SOCIETY OF LADY SCOUNDRELS by India Holton (BOOK REVIEW)
“A lady stays tranquil and poised under all circumstances. Instead of panicking, she squares her jaw, protects her heart, and ensures that she has enough ammunition ... -
DESERT CREATURE by Kay Chronister (BOOK REVIEW)
“The high desert was as she remembered. All the vegetation looking either hungry or glutted, plants with ribs and collarbones and heavy, pendulous bellies … Only ... -
MIRRORS OF THE APOCALYPSE by Donald L. Moore (BOOK REVIEW)
“We’ve been hearing a lot about how immortal we are […] but no one has been around long enough to prove it” Donald L. Moore, ... -
PLAYTIME’S OVER by James Kinsley (BOOK REVIEW)
Kinsley’s first novella, Playtime’s Over, was published by Propolis in 2021. His second book, Greyskin is now out from Deixis Press. Greyskin is a fantasy western, a collection of interwoven settlers tales that paint a ... -
HOUSE OF ODYSSEUS by Claire North (BUDDY READ BOOK REVIEW)
Beth and Nils return to Claire North’s Greek isles in House of Odysseus, the sequel to Ithaca. We’ve done our very best to avoid major spoilers, ... -
THE HOUSE ON THE OLD CLIFFS by Adrian Tchaikovsky (BOOK REVIEW)
The Doors were there again… Adrian Tchaikovsky is an award-winning and highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author with works published at home in the UK ...
