Book Reviews
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Aching God by Mike Shel
Just to get this out of the way: I loved this book! Aching God is an exciting and atmospheric fantasy tale with strong tabletop RPG roots—which makes ... -
Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson
Snapshot is a convincing sci-fi mystery novella by master of the craft Brandon Sanderson. In a near-future America, the city of New Clipperton has some amazing ... -
The Stephen King Project – The Long Walk (1979)
About the project I will be reading all of Stephen King’s books in order of publication (with the exception of The Dark Tower series which I ... -
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 ... -
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
A word that keeps coming up when I see people talking about City of Lies (and plenty of people are) is “refreshing”. It’s one I’m going ... -
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
There were few books in 2018 that I could have looked forward to more than this one. The Divine Cities trilogy, rightly Hugo nominated, is one ... -
Darksoul by Anna Stephens
An unrelenting, heart-hammering, merciless thrill ride, Darksoul is the second book in the Godblind trilogy – and what a book it is! It picks up Godblind’s bloodied ... -
The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark
With The Court of Broken Knives, Anna Smith Spark made a glorious and inventive debut. The courses of some very diverse lives converged on the bronze ... -
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 ... -
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
“We are made up of stories. And even the ones that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.” An argument used to ...