Book Reviews
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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 ... -
LOST OBJECTS by Marian Womack (Book Review)
“And then came the giant insects, like dark angels who had climbed up from hell by mistake. The centipedes, the caterpillars, the moths and the butterflies, ...
