I received a free copy of the audiobook from the author in return for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinions. The City of Kings is the newest novel in the First Earth Saga, in a world Rob J Hayes has been building for a long time. If you haven’t read the author’s work before, have no […]
I received a free copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinions. I’ve always had a thing for dystopian fiction, and near future efforts in particular. When this one popped up on Netgalley, I jumped at the chance. And it was a good one. Cloud is a massive fictional online retailer which […]
I received a free copy of the audiobook from the author in return for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinions. In the future, humankind has reached the stars. A malfunctioning ship forced its occupants to land on a planet, where they’ve been stuck ever since, hoping to find the right materials to get back to their […]
I received a free copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinions. Silas Bershad is an exile, his land taken from him and he is cast adrift as a dragonslayer, a career with a short shelf-life. Bershad proves to be remarkably capable,and 14 years and 65 dragons later, he’s still kicking around. […]
A Doctor Who book, written by my favourite Doctor, Tom Baker. Seriously, what could possibly go wrong? The answer? Not a lot, really. When the Doctor, shrewd Sarah Jane Smith and abbable but daft Harry Sullivan show up on a remote island somewhere off the coast of Great Britain (it’s never quite clear where), they think it’s for a well-earned […]
Black Creek, a time-spanning novel featuring a battle between powerful beings who roughly equate good and evil, without it being that simple. Also has dinosaurs. Sound good? Here’s my take. Worldbuilding The story spans many time periods, from the birth of the planet right up to its post-apocalyptic near future. A sizeable part is set in the Old West (or […]
I received a free copy from Netgalley in return for an honest review. My opinions have in now way been compromised. Sally Janes is the titular last astronaut. Having led a failed attempt to land on Mars, she has lived with the shame ever since. But when her old boss, Roy McAllister, offers an olive branch to lead a crew […]
I received a free copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinions. The gods have fallen from the skies, and taken up residence in Lagos, where they sometimes make a nuisance of themselves. This is where David comes in. David is a demigod, and uses his enhanced abilities to take out […]
I received a free audio copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. This in no way alters my opinion of the novel. I didn’t realise when I signed up for this that it was a Lit RPG. While I don’t hate them, they’re certainly not my favourite, although I have come across a couple of decent ones. […]
I received a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. So here goes: I have to be honest, I hadn’t heard of this one before the author contacted me. Of course, this doesn’t really mean anything as far as the book is concerned. It had good ratings, so I thought I’d give it a blast, and […]
