Book Reviews
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THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrea Stewart (BOOK REVIEW)
In an empire ruled by bone shard magic, the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her magic and her place on the throne, ... -
THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS by Jane Yolen (BOOK REVIEW)
“Once, on the far side of yesterday, there lived a girl who wanted to know the future.” ‘The Weaver of Tomorrow’ Jane Yolen is one of ... -
British Weird – Selected Short Fiction, 1893-1937 – Edited by James Machin (BOOK REVIEW)
“Has it ever been your fortune, courteous reader [Mr Hampole inquired] to rise in the earliest dawning of a summer day, ere yet the radiant beams ... -
Chaos Rising (Thrawn Ascendancy #1) by Timothy Zahn — Book Review
Synopsis: Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled ... -
THE IKESSAR FALCON by K. S. Villoso (BOOK REVIEW)
This is a year of hotly-anticipated sequels for me (hello Hollow Empire and Call of the Bone Ships!), and since I first read the self-pub version ... -
CRUISING THE COSMERE: The Way of Kings (Book Review)
The Hive are starting a new feature, which isn’t actually all that new as it was originally introduced on Fantasy Faction, but myself and possibly ... -
THE SEVENTH PERFECTION by Daniel Polansky (Book Review)
The Seventh Perfection is the second Polansky novella I’ve read, after the wonderfully high (or is it low?) concept The Builders, a revenge Western starring anthropomorphic ... -
Women’s Weird 2: More Strange Stories by Women, 1891-1937 – Edited by Melissa Edmundson (BOOK REVIEW)
“I knew all the time that for a man who had gone to bed in a commonplace hall bedroom in a very commonplace little town such ... -
THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE by Joe Abercrombie (BOOK REVIEW)
‘What some called madness he recognised as diamond-edged clarity. The time for arguments in the teahouse, for pretty words and fancy theories, was over. The grasping ... -
Knight’s Shadow by Sebastian De Castell — Book Review
Series: Greatcoats (#2) Published by: Jo Fletcher Books. Genre: Epic fantasy, grimdark, low magic(-ish?). Length: 20 hrs and 6 minutes, or 606 pages on hardcover. Format: ...
