I’ve been meaning to get on the Ben Galley bandwagon for a while now, but my immense TBR has continued to hinder my attempts. When I got a chance at an ARC with a (hooray!) deadline, I finally got to check out one of the best self-published authors out there. So here goes – In the Arctian Empire, the gods […]
Not Me: Dude, you’re reading a lot of books lately? Don’t you have other stuff to do? Me (Looks at all the stuff I should be doing): Um, nope? Okay, onto Bird Box. If any of you follow me on Goodreads or Twitter, you may notice I started reading Josh Malerman’s apocalyptic horror a couple of days ago. well. it’s […]
**AUDIOBOOK AND MINOR SPOILER WARNING** I was only commenting recently on how tough it can be the middle book in a trilogy. THIS is the middle book in a trilogy (Legend of the Gods), and the author pretty much nails it. Alana has been taken by Quinn to the Tsar’s palace, much to her surprise, and there are more surprises […]
My third foray into the the author’s Harbinger series, and boy was it good. Oh, by the way, there are some minor spoilers. Cettie is now settled as keeper of Fog Willows, with the her role even more important as Fitzroy is away leading the war effort against Kingsfountain. Sera has been ostracised and has been living under the watchful […]
This is not your father (or mother)’s epic fantasy. In fact, this may be as far from epic fantasy as possible. This is more like a poster child for grimdark or sword and sorcery, and it is (mostly) glorious. Life in The Circle is hard. The people live in clans (think Germanic tribes), sometimes warring amongst themselves, but mostly just […]
Another day, another audiobook finished. This time we have CT Phipps’ homage to HP Lovecraft, and we run the gamut through much of HPL’s more popular stories, tying it all together nicely along the way. The Old Ones have returned and laid waste to the Earth, leaving a planet greatly changed from the one we know. Much of the Earth […]
Doesn’t seem like five minutes ago I was writing my last review, a fine historical fiction piece. A big genre jump this time, as I delve into another favourite, this time horror. I reviewed Alan Baxter’s Manifest Recall not so long ago, and I loved it. I read today in an interview with Baxter that one of his main influences […]
I’m quite the fan of historical fiction, I love how it can breathe life and perspective into great characters and events that we know of, but will never really know. But that’s not all historical fiction can do. An author such as James Mace can take an obscure and mostly irrelevant piece of history, and create an enjoyable tale with […]
It’s been an interesting first few months reviewing for Netgalley. Some of the books have been, let’s say “less fun,” while others have been great. This one definitely leans towards the latter category. When I signed up for it a while back, the premise sounded interesting, but by the time I actually started it (about 36 hours ago), I had […]
It’s over. Nine glorious books (ten if you include Darkness Forged) and Ragnarok is here. This has been one of the finest series I’ve ever read, independent or otherwise, and it’s been a pleasure to be on board as a beta reader for the last half of it. All the characters are back, and the stories are brought to their […]
