Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t recall in all my years of reading fantasy seeing a book as obviously based on the Crusades as Gunmetal Gods. This is no criticism – learning of the Crusades in High School and beyond was fascinating, but let’s just say what we learned was somewhat biased. We had armies from Europe going on […]
Legacy of Bones by Kirk Dougal
This was recommended to me by some fellow reviewers so, having signed up for a Kindle Unlimited trial, I jumped at the chance to check it out. I even went so far as to leapfrog my epic review backlog to put the word out there… So, what’s it all about? Gera, now qualified as a blacksmith, decides to leave his […]
An Altar on the Village Green by Nathan Hall
My dip into Kindle Unlimited continues, this time with An Altar on the Village Green by Nathan Hall, which has been getting some good praise on the review circuit. More excitingly, I finished it yesterday, so you don’t have to listen to my whining about how I read it a year ago. Hurrah!! So, what’s it all about? The world […]
Paladin Unbound by Jeffrey Speight
I’ve heard a lot of talk of this book online, so I actually signed up for Kindle Unlimited just to read it. This is the author’s (Jeff Speight) first book and he has put out a solid first effort. The story tells of Umhra, a half-orc mercenary who is taking his small band of fellow half-orcs (the Bloodbound) to score […]
Horus Rising by Dan Abnett
Hot on the heels of reading listening to my first ever Warhammer book, I read listened to my second. NOW I understand the popularity. Bear in mind that the target audience for this book is folks who love Warhammer and have a far greater knowledge of its universe than I do. I had to do a little research for this […]
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
I seem to make a lot of crass confessions on here, so why stop now? For someone who listens to a lot of audiobooks (or maybe because), I hardly ever listen to podcasts. When I saw this book on the shelves at my library, I knew nothing about it, only finding out about the podcast by reading the blurb on […]
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
I have a dark and shameful secret that I am going to unload on you all. I remember seeing The Expanse pop up in my suggestions on Netflix, and thinking “that sounds like the kind of show I would like.” It was (good job Netflix!). The cast was great, the story was engaging and the effects were cool. A few […]
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
I cannot tell a lie – I love a good ghost story. While this has ghosts in it, it’s not really a ghost story. I loved it anyway. Disclaimer – I read this in October, so forgive me if I’m a little hazy on some of the details. So, what’s it all about? Cady Archer is going to Harvard. She […]
Demon King by Erik Henry Vick
Erik Henry Vick has been around for a while and is well-known in independent dark fantasy circles. The Demon King isn’t his first book, but the first of his I have read (listened to). What we have here is a story about a small town where evil entities are taking children. The book has two distinct timelines where the children […]
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Last year, despite my love of fantasy and sci-fi, I found it heavy sledding listening to many of them on audio, so I started having affairs with other genres. I’ve always liked horror and been fascinated with serial killers, so The Whisper Man sounded like a good fit. When I found out it was narrated by Christopher Eccleston (yes, THE […]