Book Reviews
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THE WOLF OF OREN-YARO by K.S. Villoso (Book Review)
Look, I don’t want to be all hipster about it, but I first read The Wolf of Oren-yaro in July 2018. Having read one of the ... -
OF CATS AND ELFINS by Sylvia Townsend Warner (BOOK REVIEW)
“What is the prevailing mood of these stories we call folk stories? Is it heated and sentimental like the undoubted products of the human imagination – ... -
THE UNSPOKEN NAME by A.K. Larkwood (Book Review)
“Nothing in this world has earned the power to frighten you, Csorwe” The Unspoken Name is the first book in The Serpent Gates series by A.K. ... -
THE KINGDOM OF LIARS by Nick Martell (Book Review)
‘Dying wasn’t new to me. I had an understanding that it would come for us all one day; all that differed was the time. It was ... -
BLOOD OF ELVES by Andrzej Sapkowski (Book Review)
I’m a Witcher: an artificially created mutant. I kill monsters for money. I defend children when their parents pay me to. If Nilfgaardian parents pay me, ... -
VOX MACHINA ORIGINS Vol 1 (Graphic Novel Review)
The Good: Art, story, characters, all of it gets 5 stars from me. I might be a little biased as a fan of the show (Critical ... -
THE GIRL AND THE STARS by Mark Lawrence (Book Review)
And so I finish 2019 as I started it: with a review of a Mark Lawrence ARC, my fifth of the year and my 50th book ... -
THE NINTH RAIN by Jen Williams (Book Review)
‘Noon felt her heart begin to beat faster in her chest. The ancient city of Ebora, for centuries largely forbidden to humans, was now passing beneath ... -
The Mystery of Speculative Fiction: THE HEALER and THE CITY AND THE CITY
Murder mysteries and speculative fiction are two very different genres. But what would happen if Hercule Poirot had an excursion into Twilight, or Detective Inspector Rebus ... -
THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST by Ursula K. Le Guin (Book Review)
This is the latest “SF Masterwork” that I picked off a Waterstones shelf as part of my occasional self-education in the classis of speculative fiction. The ...
