Book Reviews
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THE FLIGHT OF THE DARKSTAR DRAGON by Benedict Patrick (Book Review)
What do you get when two reviewers clamor to get their hands on the same ARC? You get a battle royale. Uh, scratch that. You get ... -
LEGACY OF GHOSTS by Alicia Wanstall-Burke (Book Review)
Blood of Heirs, Alicia Wanstall-Burke’s debut, introduced us to two leading characters at opposite ends of a vividly drawn world. Though Lidan the southern princess and ... -
THE DRAGON REPUBLIC by R.F. Kuang (Book Review)
The Good: Doubles as a weapon – both physically (it’s a big book) and mentally (will require counselling after reading). Also: one of the most powerful ... -
THE BLACK HAWKS by David Wragg (Book Review)
‘Never fight fair, never spare a killing blow, never consider for a moment that what’s on the end of your blade is another living, thinking, dreaming ... -
HOWLING DARK by Christopher Ruocchio (Book Review)
‘The world is filled with monsters: dragons in the wilderness, serpents in the garden. We must become monsters to fight them. Anyone who thinks otherwise has ... -
Here Be No Dragons: 4 Non-Fiction Books to read in 2019
It’s that time again! What time, you ask. That time when I show up and spout off on books that don’t involve magic. I know, I ... -
CHILDREN OF RUIN by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Book Review)
In Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky delved deep into the alien familiarity of spiders, building – through accelerated evolution – a species wholly inhuman in its ... -
THE BONE SHIPS by RJ Barker (Book Review)
As someone who loved RJ Barker’s debut Wounded Kingdom trilogy, I was thrilled to get an ARC of his new book – and to save any ... -
WE ARE THE DEAD by Mike Shackle (Book Review)
A flick of his fingers and the knife was an inch away from her eye. ‘You should never make fun of a man with a knife.’ ... -
CROWFALL by Ed McDonald (Book Review)
The Good: Above and beyond the compelling characters and punchy plot, this is a book that keeps you guessing right up until the final page. The ...
