This is my third review for Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week, and this time around I’m introducing a debut author – I got this ARC from Booksprout, essentially Netgalley for self-published authors. I don’t use them often, but I have found some gems there – like this book. This is the first book by the author, HL Tinsley, who has done […]
Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
Obligatory Star Wars reference – the author was inspired to write this book by his love of Star Wars. He says it in the book. Every review, even a one-word-review will mention this, so I feel obliged to. Job done. Format: E-Book Obtained from: PublisherPrint length: 592 pagesPublisher: OrbitISBN: 9780316519540 You will read many great novels this year. Some will […]
The Book of Koli by MR Carey
I received a free uncorrected proof from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The world has changed. Humans once dominated the globe, now we live huddled in walled towns, afraid of the outside world where everything is dangerous. Koli is one such human. He has the same miniscule dreams of everyone else, then he finds a piece of old […]
The Warehouse by Rob Hart
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 […]
Review – The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
 Cale is an acolyte of the Hanged Redeemers, a church of warrior monks tasked with restoring their faith to the world. They are however at war with the Antagonists, whose aim is to corrupt the earth with their foul ways. But there is more to Cale than meets the eye, and when he escapes their monastery, the Redeemers must track […]
Review – Smoke and Summons by Charlie N Holmberg
Sandis is a vessel, a host to one of the Numina, demons from the ethereal plain. She is used as a weapon by the dire Kazen, a man who treats his vessels well, as long as they adhere to his rules. Â When one of her fellow vessels is killed during an experiment, Sandis escapes to the city to find her […]
Review – A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by CA Fletcher
The world has ended, not with a bang, but more of a whimper. There were no meteors, no alien invasions, no zombie apocalypse. Instead, people just stopped reproducing. No more babies = no more humans. Of course, if that were 100% true, this would be a very short book. A minute percentage continued to conceive, and lived on in the […]
Review – Ravencry by Ed McDonald
I read Blackwing, Ed McDonald’s debut novel, earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. It was about as close to perfect (for me, anyway) as a novel could get – great characters, awesome setting and a slap in the jaw ending that Nostradamus wouldn’t see coming. When the first novel is this good, there is always an air of […]