Tag: fantasy
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WENDY, DARLING by A C Wise (BOOK REVIEW
Content warnings: A huge amount of medical abuse and gaslighting; depictions of abusive asylums; mentions of suicide; mentions of sexual assault. I don’t tend to consider ... -
THE FALL OF BABEL by Josiah Bancroft (BOOK REVIEW)
The Fall of Babel is the stunningly imaginative end to an amazing journey. Josiah Bancroft has crafted for himself and his readers the most exceptional and ... -
BEASTS AND BEAUTY: DANGEROUS TALES by Soman Chainani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: Traditional fairy tale grimness, including violence, death and murder, child abuse, forced marriage, and so on; racism and colourism. Nothing is graphically described. You ... -
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan – Book Review
I’m crazy about historical fantasy and She Who Became the Sun is one of the best I’ve read in recent memory, and as far removed from ... -
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow (BUDDY READ BOOK REVIEW)
let’s not pretend girls with swords don’t get shit done… The Buddy Read Dream Team (Nils and myself, Beth) are back. Nils managed to get her ... -
MASTER OF DJINN by P. Djèlí Clark (BOOK REVIEW)
Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark is the first full length novel set in his alternate Cairo universe. Other works set in this same universe ... -
FURY OF A DEMON by Brian Naslund (BOOK REVIEW)
Please note this review may contain mild spoilers for Blood of an Exile and Sorcery of a Queen. The power has shifted and as Empress ... -
The Headlock of Destiny by Samuel Gately – Book Review
Neither beer nor wrestling appeal to me, so why on Earth did I have so much fun with The Headlock of Destiny, a book about—what else ... -
THE CITY OF BRASS and THE KINGDOM OF COPPER by S. A. Chakraborty (BOOK REVIEWS)
“Fog shrouded the great city of brass, obscuring its towering minarets of sandblasted glass and hammered metal and veiling its golden domes. Rain seeped off the ... -
THE LAST DAYS OF HONG KONG by G. D. Penman (BOOK REVIEW)
I’VE JUST WORKED OUT THE TITLE. That’s so damn clever… The title obviously, not me. Damn I hope you gave yourself a proper pat on the ...
