Book Reviews
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TOP PICKS – January 2023
Welcome to our new feature – The Fantasy Hive Top Picks! Every month, we’re going to share with you our favourite reads of the month. We’ve ... -
ALL THE BLOOD WE SHARE by Camilla Bruce (BOOK REVIEW)
“We take care of our own. The rest can fend for themselves.” “It just will not do to let people see the maggots that crawl inside ... -
RISE OF EMPIRE by Michael J. Sullivan (BOOK REVIEW)
Please note this review will contain spoilers for the first book, Theft of Swords. “We either fight here and win, or die trying, because there ... -
THE JAGUAR PATH by Anna Stephens (BOOK REVIEW)
Whereas this will be a spoiler-free review, there will naturally be spoilers for book one, The Stone Knife, so if you haven’t read that, y’know, what are ... -
THE SANDMAN: BOOK TWO by Neil Gaiman (BOOK REVIEW)
The Sandman: Book Two – written by Neil Gaiman. Artists: Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, P. Craig Russell, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, ... -
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
“There isn’t any war and peace any more, no good and evil, no communism, no capitalism, no fascism. There’s one area of conflict left and that’s ... -
THE WHISPERING MUSE by Laura Purcell (BOOK REVIEW)
“You see, now, the beauty of tragedy? It has so many faces. Not all doom and gloom but nobility, honour and a hundred other qualities. You ... -
T H WHITE: A BIOGRAPHY by Sylvia Townsend Warner (BOOK REVIEW)
Sylvia Townsend Warner – T H White: A Biography (1967, Handheld Press edition 2023) “In fact, The Sword in the Stone had allowed him two wish-fulfilments. ... -
CHILDREN OF MEMORY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (BOOK REVIEW)
Having finished 2022 with Walking to Aldebaran I opened 2023 with another Tchaikovsky work Children of Memory, the third (and last?) in the series that began ... -
BERG by Ann Quin (BOOK REVIEW)
“A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father…” And with that iconic opening line, ...
