I have finally caught up to (not “with”) my 2021 reviews, but this is the first I will be posting on here. It should be a fun experience getting through 2021, as I read 197 reviewable “things” last year. I shall refer to them as “things” as some people take umbrage when we refer to “things” as books when they […]
**Potential Spoiler Warning** I have to add this first, although I try hard not to ruin too many books for people. However, this is a sequel so it gets harder to not drop the odd S-Bomb.. I reviewed Tides of Mana a while back, and liked what Matt Larkin had done with Hawaiian mythology after his tour de force retelling […]
Those of you who have read my previous reviews will no doubt be aware of how much I enjoyed this author’s Ragnarok Era series, which told of the events leading up to the death and rebirth of the world, ergo the eschaton cycle, from the perspective of the Norse gods who tried to prevent it. Now we have the same […]
I kind of hate these things. I read so many books, and like them for different reasons. Trying to quantify them for a list such as this is not only hard, but almost unfair to the other books I liked. I’m going to try and put them some in some semblance of order, but just because one is numerically superior […]
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 […]
We’ve reached book eight in this massive romp through Norse mythology (and beyond), and Odin’s efforts to defy Ragnarok look to be in vain. He endeavours to cast off the yoke of urd and defy the strands woven by the Norns. But is that as simple as it sounds? Not that it sounds simple. With the future looking bleak, Odin […]
