Category: Book Reviews

I read and reviewed From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos as part of the SFINCS3 novella contest. My review is…

Erikson is well known among us book tubers as the author of the fantastic epic fantasy series…

 I read The Butcher’s Lot by Cate Baumer as part of the SFINCS3 novella contest. My review is honest, and…

I read and reviewed Sunbathers by Lindz McLeod as part of the SFINCS3 novella contest. My review…

2025 was a great year on Panel Chewing. Of course we had a few trombone worthy issues,…

I was curious about The Wickwire Watch, having read some of the reviews when it was entered…

This short novel delves into another made up society in a post-apocalyptic world. Wyndham deftly blends new…

Another month goes by and another Sci-fi Masterwork gets read. This one seemed intimidating at first glance….

Learning to Bleed continues the contemporary vampire story of Spencer and Laurel, which started in Coal Gets…

Spirits of Vengeance is the third of Rob J Hayes’ standalone novels which take place in his…

The Scroungers by Thomas J Devens is one of a series of interconnected standalone novellas, which form…

Alright fantasy fans, have I got a book for you! A history book that takes non-fiction and…

“… the worst day together is better than the best day apart.” That quote hit really close…

The Dead Man (Mennik Thorn 0.5) is a prequel novella for Samphire’s Mennik Thorn mage-for-hire series and…

To hear more about this issue and other comics we pulled this week, click here. I’ve never…

In two issues, the Lapham’s have established characters, motivations, conflict, family drama, setting, a crime to solve…

The Drowned Heir is an intriguing maritime fantasy, filled with lyrical, evocative prose and set in a…

The opening pages of this novella were horrifically disturbing. I found them very impactful and was a…

Ken Liu is one of those authors that I’ll read anything he writes. After reading The Dandelion…

Beware the embrace of the water deepThe darkness pulls you down to sleepTo an early grave you…

This year, I am taking part in the SFINCS3 contest as a judge on the TBR team….

This year, I am taking part in the SFINCS3 contest as a judge on the TBR team….

I was given a free copy of this anthology by contributor P.L. Stuart and asked to review…

Promise concludes Bharat Krishnan’s WP Trilogy. All three books came out in rapid succession at the end…

Before I get too much into this review, I just need to point out one thing: The…

The Winter Goddess is a tale steeped in Irish mythology, set in medieval times when the gods,…

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An Unlikely Coven is a fun urban fantasy tale of found family fighting against all odds to…

The Broken Sword (Dragon Spirits #3) is the final chapter in L.L. MacRae’s fabulous character-driven fantasy series,…

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The Isle in the Silver Sea is a sapphic love story set in an alternate version of…

*I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review* I meant to…

Coal Gets in Your Veins is a contemporary urban fantasy with cosmic horror overtones, from one of…

The Execution of Rooker Flynn is a book about an enduring, life-affirming friendship made unshakeable by an…

Tim Hardie’s low fantasy novel A Quiet Vengeance brings all the exotic flavour of the Middle East…

While Darkness Gathers is a follow up novel by author and professor Philip Chase to his fantastic…

The Shadow Gate is the second book in LL MacRae’s Dragon Spirits fantasy trilogy. I loved the…

“… life on Mars hadn’t been all roses and rainbows. She seemed to remember worrying over piles…

At first glance, Sean Crow’s 2021 cyberpunk fantasy novel Quenched in Blood is a flashy, violent affair….

The science fiction novel Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage was released in 2023 and he’s one of…

Standalone novels do not get their fair share of time in the sun, and dark fantasy standalones…

“A dragon’s laughter was somehow more terrifying than its roar.” The Citrine Key is the prequel novella…

I sit and stare at this book and I have the same mental block toward writing a…

I am currently working my way through books I have had on my Kindle for a while,…

The Victoria Marmot: The Complete Series #1-5 box set is a collection of five young adult fantasy…

There comes a time in a long, epic fantasy series when the end is in sight and…

“… as for the idea of putting our tails between our legs and running,” he took a…

Fenn’s first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face…

Before we were TRAITORS…Before there was a GRAVE waiting for us all..While more than WORMS remained…It started…

“Orochi, the king of the dragons, has ordered his brothers and sisters to destroy humanity. It falls…

Fortune’s Fool is an impressively large tome at 737 pages on Kindle, so it requires an investment…

*I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review* I didn’t really…

The Murderbot Diaries #1 “Murderbot + actual human = awkwardness” When I say I like sci-fi The…

The Devising completes the Dark Oak Chronicles fantasy trilogy by Jacob Sannox. Sannox is a writer of…

Click here to listen to Panel Chewing: Pick of the Week 87 If you listen to the…

Dance With Me is a novella written by Livia J Elliot and I was kindly sent an…

To hear about the rest of the books we discussed this week, episode 85 can be found…