***Take note people – due to a booboo on behalf of the ARC provider, who shall remain nameless due to their usual awesomeness, the review for The Herald of Autumn is actually based on The Harrowing of Twilight and vice versa. Rather than rewrite both reviews (due to laziness), please consider that when reading criticisms. Both books are well worth reading.*** I […]
***Take note people – due to a booboo on behalf of the ARC provider, who shall remain nameless due to their usual awesomeness, the review for The Herald of Autumn is actually based on The Harrowing of Twilight and vice versa. Rather than rewrite both reviews (due to laziness), please consider that when reading criticisms. Both books are well worth reading.*** Tommy […]
So, who’s heard of portal fantasy? I can’t honestly say I’ve ever read any before this year, and this is my second in a few months, having read and reviewed The New Magic by Joseph Malik a while back. There are similarities that were likely more to do with the sub-genre than anything else, so I’m not going to bother […]
I picked this one up ages ago, and it’s been languishing on my TBR ever since. Then a few days ago I heard it was a semi-finalist for the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off, which is run by the venerable Mark Lawrence and has churned out some gems over it’s short life. Having read this, I can see this being […]
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 […]
**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 […]
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 […]
Another day, another Netgalley review. This is the first book by this author, and it’s a decent enough first effort. The plot revolves around Alaezdar, a former mercenary who ran from his unit after killing one of his fellow mercs. He finds some peace in a town called Valewood, where the locals welcome him and he settles in helping out […]
