Synopsis: Healer. Harlot. Heretic. Magdalena Overmorrow is the magician that women go to when they need illegal abortions in the kingdom of Astoleyn. When she is betrayed and arrested, she is banished to the realm’s northernmost city to await her trial where she will be watched over by the pious Lord Proctor of Cair Gramora. […]
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Review: The Twelve Loves of Christmas: an advent calendar of festive romance stories for Christmas
Synopsis: Count down to Christmas with twelve sealed festive love stories from various romance authors. The perfect treat for yourself or a gift for friends, partners, family and romance fans looking for a little extra love and magic this Christmas. The Twelve Loves of Christmas is a swoon-worthy, novelty advent-style short story collection – some […]
Review: Wildwood by Laika Studios
Synopis After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness—an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and […]
Review: Mortality Gauntlet (The Hybrid Helix #9) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis: Hyperion was Rohan’s hero. His idol. His mentor. Even his friend.The shadow of that man has been Rohan’s ward, his confidante, then his rival, and ultimately his enemy.That Hyperion has caused the death of innocents. Has attempted to destroy the entire human race. Cares for nothing but his own revenge.He’s stronger than Rohan, tougher. […]
Review: A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen) by Hazel S. Wilkes
Synopsis: Lyra Izacalli does not clutch onto the jagged remnants of her past—she buries them deep beneath her skin. To feel is to give power to the past—to let grief and memory carve through her like a blade. But Lyra refuses to let them win. She will not let the sharpened words of men who […]
Review: The Worth of Scars (Book One of the Scarred Saga) by Gabriel Farrell
Synopsis A bookworm, a brothel madam, a gangster, an aristocrat, a widow and a war hero walk into an inn – though it turns out there’s nothing funny about what happens next. For humanity’s ancient enemy the Serafin are rumoured to have returned, and the old man who assembled such an unlikely band believes these […]
Review: The Forever King by Ben Galley
Synopsis Revenge loves company. Mithrid Fenn wants nothing to do with magick. Magick is a curse word, banned by the vast Arka Empire and punishable by death. Its purging has finally brought peace to war-torn Emaneska. Only a stubborn rebellion, led by the warlord Outlaw King, raids and pillages the empire’s northern fringes. To cliff-brat […]
Review: A Court of Splintered Harmony: The Valkyrie Cycle, Movement I (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 6) by Sarah J. Maas
Synopsis: What was broken will be remade. Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands. The […]
Review: Mortality Gauntlet (The Hybrid Helix #9) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis Hyperion was Rohan’s hero. His idol. His mentor. Even his friend. The shadow of that man has been Rohan’s ward, his confidante, then his rival, and ultimately his enemy. That Hyperion has caused the death of innocents. Has attempted to destroy the entire human race. Cares for nothing but his own revenge. He’s stronger […]
Review: However Many Must Die (The Blood Scouts #1) by Phil Williams
Synopsis: “A high-fantasy Band of Brothers (Sisters), that successfully captures the hope, the despair, and the gallows humour of soldiers fighting a war beyond comprehension. I loved every page, even the heartbreaking ones.” – Rob J Hayes, author of The War Eternal and The Mortal Technique Wild Wish was trained to do one thing: kill. […]
Review: The Spare by Annie Neugebauer
Synopsis: It’s not a sequel. It’s next in the sequence… Kasper is tired of these extended family reunions. No matter what she does, she’s always the odd one out. She’s used to feeling outnumbered, but on this remote camping trip, those numbers keep changing. Review: Annie Neugebauer’s “Outsiders Sequence,” is nothing short of existentially torturous, […]
The Wolves of War By John Gwynne
THE WOLVES OF WAR ARE BAREING THEIR FANGS International bestseller John Gwynne delivers a blockbuster epic fantasy inspired by Slavic mythology and packed with ancient magic, heroic sacrifice and thrilling adventure.‘A heartfelt tour de force by one of fantasy’s greatest writers’ Jay Kristoff, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the Vampire The Clans […]