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Neil Williams

About Neil Williams

I'm a long time obsessor of SFF. Got hooked because of Redwall as a kid and haven't stopped since. I'm a Dallas, TX local, husband, father of two, Christian, and a photographer/videographer by trade. I love reading and want others to find books they'll love as well! You'll find me posting reviews on twitter, book recommendations and bookish content on TikTok, as well as long form content on Youtube. All under the name @neilthebookguy (YT channel is BookSubs)

Neilthebookguy’s Top 5 Reads of 2023

December 19, 2023 by Neil Williams 1 Comment

2023 has been a year full of exciting reads for me. In fact, I have read more self published books than I have ever read in one year. On top of that, they even make up the majority of the 65 books I’ve read this year! All that to say, I’ve read a lot of […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, List, Recommendations, Self Published Tagged With: 2023, a shade of madness, card mage, combat codes, Cradle, neilthebookguy, No Heart for a Thief, Top 5, Top Reads of 2023

Review: Grievar’s Blood (The Combat Codes #2) by Alexander Darwin

September 12, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis The second book in an action-packed science fiction trilogy set on a far future world where the fate of nations is determined by battle-hardened warriors who are trained to compete in brutal single combat. In a world where single combat determines the fate of nations, the Grievar fight in the Circles so that the […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Heist, Mechs/Robots, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Action, action novel, Alexander Darwin, fighting, Hachette, Magic, Martial Arts, mixed martial arts, Orbit, orbits, Science Fiction, The Combat Codes

Book Tour & Review: Through Blood and Dragons (The Forged and The Fallen, Book 1) by R.M. Schultz

August 21, 2023 by Neil Williams 1 Comment

Synopsis Steeped in blood. Ruled by those with dragons. Cimeren is a world divided by a mysterious forest and the vast Lake on Fire. Suspicion brews on both sides, and the south has fallen into chaos as battles and quarrels rage between kingdoms. In the border outpost of Nevergrace, Cyran Orendain is dealing with the […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Book Tour, Dark Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Book Tour, dragon, dragon rider, Escapist Book Tours, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Indie, Self Published

The Diamond Device (Accidental Capers, 1) by M. H. Thaung

July 8, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

This is a review in conjunction with the 2023 Self Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC2 for short!) The Diamond Device is one of six semi-finalist that the judging team, Team Escapist, is reviewing as they seek a finalist to move forward in the competition. Synopsis After diamond power promises to replace steam, an unemployed labourer […]

Filed Under: Heist, Murder Mystery, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, Soft SciFi, SPSFC, Steampunk Tagged With: Science Fiction, Self Published, SPSFC, SPSFC2

Book Review: A Space Girl from Earth (The Kyroibi Trilogy, 1) by Christina McMullen

July 2, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Yesterday, her biggest worry was failing an exam. Today, it’s saving the galaxy. From her six foot four inch height to the uniform white dots that peppered her skin in perfect geometric patterns, Ellie Whitmore was certainly unusual, but an alien from the other side of the galaxy? Of course not. That’s just what […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Middle Grade, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, SPSFC Tagged With: Science Fiction, Self Published, SPSFC, SPSFC2

Book Tour and Review: A Talon’s Wrath (Riftborn, 3) by Steve McHugh

June 26, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Lucas Rurik faces unwanted celebrity, ancient enemies, and dangerous zealots in a thrilling urban-fantasy noir from the author of the Hellequin Chronicles. Centuries of life experience inside and outside the Rift couldn’t prepare former Raven Guild member and riftborn detective Lucas Rurik for his latest set of challenges. First, when his capture of a […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Book Tour, Detective Noir Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: a talons wrath, Detective, Fantasy, Mystery, Noir, riftborn, series, Sherlock Holmes, Steve McHugh, talons wrath, Wrath

Book Review: Deceit (The D-Evolution, 1) by Sean Allen

June 22, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis A galaxy on the edge of crumbling. A human who shouldn’t exist. One last chance to save the stars. Colonel Jerrel Abalias is furious with himself. After his best soldier dies at the hands of an assassin, he fears his failure may have cost the Dissension its last hope of winning the ages-long war. […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, Space Opera Tagged With: Book Review

Book Review: The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga, 1) by Alexander Darwin

June 20, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis In a world long ago ravaged by war, the nations have sworn an armistice never to use weapons of mass destruction again. Instead, highly-skilled warriors known as Grievar Knights represent their nations’ interests in brutal hand-to-hand combat. Murray Pearson was once a famed Knight until he suffered a loss that crippled his homeland — […]

Filed Under: Asian Inspired, Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: academy, Action, Alexander Darwin, Book Review, combat, combat codes, Fantasy, fantasy scifi, fighting, hand to hand combat, Magic, Martial Arts, Orbit Books, Orbit Publishing, school, scifi fantasy

Book Tour & Review: The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley

May 8, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis The morning before he found the dead body, Jathan Algevin thought he had his whole life just the way he wanted it.   He knows his city inside and out, and doesn’t bother carrying a sword, trusting his wits and his fists well enough to get by, hustling extra coin by ratting out loathsome magi […]

Filed Under: Book Tour, Dark Fantasy, Detective Noir Fantasy, Erotic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews, Self Published, Thriller, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Dark, Detective, detective noir, Fantasy, Grimdark, lust, Magic, Mystery, Noir, noir fantasy, Self Published, sex, The Monsters We Feed, Thomas Howard Riley, Thriller

Book Review: New Yesterday by Frasier Armitage

April 10, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

The cover for New Yesterday by Frasier Armitage.

Synopsis Find your past. Save your future. What if you could change everything in your life you wish you’d done differently? Fix regret? Unlock the potential of your past? That’s what Adam Swann did in New Yesterday, a city where events in the present can alter history. He’s living the life of his dreams, yet he […]

Filed Under: Alt History, Dystopian, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, Soft SciFi, Time Travel Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Frasier Armitage, Indie, New Yesterday, Science Fiction, Self Published, time, time machine, Time Travel, Yestermorrow

Book Review: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

March 14, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her father’s painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family. Ester’s path leads her to the King’s Royal Mews, where the giant rocs of legend are flown to […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Asian Inspired, Fantasy, Novella, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Fonda Lee, Green Bone Saga, Macmillan, Macmillan Publishing, Monster, Mythology, Tor, Tordotcom, untethered sky

Book Review: The Dark Heart of Redemption (A Chronicles of Actaeon Story, Book 2) by Darran Handshaw

March 6, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis “Some secrets are best left undiscovered.” Pyramid, the great heart of Redemption, lies under siege by tribal invaders that threaten to destroy the very civilization that the Dominions have created. The Engineer, Actaeon, leads a force of Raedelleans from the south, where they pause to investigate the secrets of abandoned Travail in search of […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Dystopian, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Darran Handshaw, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, scifi, Self Published, sequel, The Dark Heart of Redemption, The Engineer

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