Category: Book Reviews

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Holy fuck fuckity fuck fuck!  I know. That’s probably no way to start a review, but by…

‘“Some wounds never heal,” said Arthur. “Tristan’s regret will never fade.”’ I conclude my review of Jacob…

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‘Fear is stale bread and hard cheese. Terror is milk and honey,’ Malagant grinned. ‘And right now,…

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A novel of the Malazan empire, this book is the fifth in a series with that title…

In this next “chapter” of a series of books that started with Sapiens and attempts to explain…

King Arthur is back, but can he stop the Ravenmaster? This is the first of three reviews…

Hear about the other books Mike and I discuss this week on this episode of the podcast:…

Are you ready for an out of body experience in a dark spooky sci-fi setting where consciousness…

Aulirean Gates Book 1 “Stories not told are soon forgotten.” This is a story told with love…

Steven Erikson! He takes jabs at commercial art! He throws a haymaker at critics! He strikes body…

To hear Mike and I discuss this book and the rest of what we read last week,…

As an avid reader I always plan out my reading for the year ahead, trying to ensure…

I truly never thought I would not finish a book due to the fact that I despised…

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Imagine a future that creates a working elephant from the lost DNA of a mammoth and improves…

Godless Lands was Sean Crow’s debut novel and the first book in his Godless Lands grimdark fantasy…

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“It’s no surprise that there’s something very unsettling about burying your only friend in the ground while…

Welcome to a romantic tale of magic and love; an ultimate fairy tale without the fairies; a…

Join me if you will, in my regimen of Double Speak. Embrace my hate for this pamphlet…

As I were going up Withered Hill With night-time coming soon I met a man under the…

Hearken to the days of old! When magic filled the air! And those who had the will…

In The Devil Delivered, Erikson is the devil who delivers us a tale of a grim near…

Lee C Conley’s writing drew my eye after I read some of his excellent short stories, published…

Finally a debut that I’m keen to reread! ???? Magic. Mystery. Mayhem.Tonally apt writing, compelling story and…

Not another Top 10 list! by Mike M So I have been doing this podcast thing with…

The much awaited finale to the Osten Ard saga … With The Navigator’s Children, Tad Williams delivers…

“Banksie, hi. What are you up to?” “Well, I’m going to be writing a book about whisky.”…

Released in 2020, Valhalla Steel is an illustrated novella bursting with ideas and invention written by Sean…

In Age of the Dryad we return to the fantasy world of Jacob Sannox’s Dark Oak Chronicles….

This book is a reread for me, some 20 years after last picking it up. I’m delighted…

Before starting A Court of Broken Knives I was reading Leviathan Wakes. For those who haven’t read…

Usually when I watch the live adaptation I’ll avoid reading the books because it ruins the reading…

Obsidian Awakening is one of those books that feel easy to read, but when you look back…

My Heart is a Chainsaw is a love letter to slasher movies. It reads like a slasher…

“Anger was an old companion of mine by now.” Ancillary Sword is the sequel to the all-conquering…

Before we get into the review, we should talk first about Sarah Chorn.  Sarah is an author,…

I had high expectations for this book, it’s been one I’ve been looking forward to for a…

“being a king is a cruel honour.” I’ll start by saying that reviewing this book without spoilers…

Escape Reality is a science fiction novel written by Kayla Frost and was published in November of…

Before I started Edge of the Breach, I heard about how dark and brutal it is.  That…

On rare occasions I start a book and immediately feel like the book was written for me. …

Weird Tales of Argana Zeit Volume 2 by Owain Oakwood The second collection of Owain Oakwood’s short…

I’m not a big fan of coming of age stories, so when I went into this one…

Ancient Bloodlines Illicit Substances Floating Nuns With a tagline like that, alongside the mysteriously strange yet beautiful…

Being in power is very different to seizing power I was provided with an ARC of Lord…

After its release in 2013 Ancillary Justice swept away all the competition, winning just about every sci-fi…

I continue my series of reviews looking at PL Stuart’s The Drowned Kingdom Saga, a tale inspired…

Weird Tales of Argana Zeit Volume 1 by Owain Oakwood Cosy paranormal mysteries aren’t my usual go-to…

“How easily we make sure our allies and enemies are saved or sacrificed shows who we really…

Legacy of the Brightwash (the first book in the Tainted Dominion series) is an extraordinary debut fantasy…

A Drowned Kingdom by PL Stuart The Drowned Kingdom Saga is an ambitious seven-book epic fantasy series…

“Justice without the possibility of mercy is simply vengeance” What a debut novel. Kerstin Espinosa Rosero is…