There are stories that are pure escapism, popcorn fueled jaunts through a fantasy world designed to entertain above all else. I love those kind of stories. Hell, I named my company after those types of stories. But, I’ll be damned if it doesn’t feel good to be completely and utterly destroyed by a book every once in a while. I’m talking reaching inside and scooping out all my feelings, scraping me until I’m hollow, leaving me sobbing in the dark with an empty can of Pringles in my lap. :smiley face:
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Book Tour Review: The Outworlder by Natalie J. Holden
The Outworlder was a wonderful blend of science fiction and fantasy.
Review: Stones of Light (Threadlight #2) by Zack Argyle
Synopsis Chrys swore to never again let the Apogee take control but, in a moment of desperation, he gave in. Now, he will learn what the Apogee truly wants. In Alchea, Laurel will do anything to get her threadlight back, even if it means working for the leader of the Bloodthieves. But she has no […]
Review: At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
Nijkamp has written a wonderful, diverse YA book that really hits home. You never learn too much about the teens lives’ before they were sent to the Juvenile Centre, there are theories about what each teen may have done but you never really find out about their lives before. The focus is far more on the current situation, how a group of forgotten teens try to survive the pandemic that has broken out.
The Spawn of Spiracy (A Disaster of Dokojin #2) by Jesse Nolan Bailey
The Spawn of Spiracy is every bit the successor to the Jealousy of Jalice; the world expands in every direction, the world bigger, the characters familiar. Without needing to really mention it, Nolan Bailey is a great writer, the pages atmospheric, drawing me in once more. The world is rich, and there’s plenty new problems for our cast: the Sachem is banished, but the danger not gone. And there’s an experimental Dokojin that might be the answer. Though, somehow, Spiracy is loose.
Review: The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning
Summary: A thrilling race against the clock to save the world from fantasy creatures from a cult 80s film – perfect for fans of Henson Company puppet classics like Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, and The NeverEnding Story. Jack Corman is failing at life. Jobless, jaded and facing the threat of eviction, he’s also reeling […]
Book Tour: The Spawn of Spiracy (A Disaster of Dokojin #2) by Jesse Nolan Bailey
Hello everyone! Thanks for tuning into my stop on the Escapist Book Tour of The Spawn of Spiracy by Jesse Nolan Bailey. I’m so excited to be part of this tour and can’t wait to share this with you! Below, you will find information about the book and author, along with an excerpt from the novel itself and an opportunity to win a hardcover copy of your own.
Book Tour & Review: The Outworlder by Natalie J. Holden
Synopsis Some battles can’t be won by swords. Aldeaith’s parents escaped the oppression of their native Tarviss to settle within the Dahlsian Empire. Growing between cultures, Aldeaith always felt like an outcast. His awkwardness around people and propensity to daydreaming didn’t help. Joining the Dahlsian army was supposed to be a fresh start. A new […]
Book Tour: The Outworlder by Natalie J. Holden
Hello and welcome to my stop on the Escapist Book Tours book tour of The Outworlder by Natalie J. Holden! I am so glad to be kicking off the tour and I thought what better way to introduce the book than by sharing an excerpt from between the pages themselves?
Author Chat: Gareth L. Powell
Join FanFiAddict’s Adrian M. Gibson and author Gareth L. Powell for a chat about his new book Stars and Bones, its timely themes, the mentorship of Diana Wynne Jones and Helen Dunmore, paying it forward with a “field guide” on writing, the appeal of writing space opera and accessible sci-fi, social media and mental health and much more.
Review: The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
Summary: An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author of The Warehouse…. “An engrossing and thought-provoking sci-fi mystery that is also an achingly beautiful meditation on grief and the pain of lost love.” (S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears) […]
Cover Reveal: Ledge (The Glacian Trilogy #1) by Stacey McEwan
Book Blurb: If she has to cut her own fouled toes from her feet, she will. She will crawl to the bottom if she must. But even so, as the frost steals through her clothes and claims her by inches, she wonders if it wouldn’t be wiser not to follow him any longer. She wonders if it would hurt less to lie here and let the cold take her.
Dawsyn does not know what it is to live below. She was born on the Ledge—a prison with no need for walls and chains, an icy mountain shelf. When an opportunity to escape the Ledge presents itself for the first time in half a century, Dawsyn must take it. All she has to do is trust the very creature who kept her captive in the first place.