Synopsis All roads lead to Underhill, where it’s always winter, and never nice. Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children’s books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids’ television presenter whose every attempt to advance his career ends in self-sabotage. His family history seems to be […]
Adventure Fantasy
Review: Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Synopsis She was good at making friends. Coppelia is a street thief, a trickster, a low-level con artist. But she has something other thieves don’t… tiny puppet-like friends: some made of wood, some of metal. They don’t entirely trust her, and she doesn’t entirely understand them, but their partnership mostly works. After a surprising discovery […]
Review: Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
Synopsis: Return to the cozy fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller, Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune […]
Book Review: Conan in the City of the Dead by John C. Hocking
TL;DR Review: A classic Conan adventure: dark, bloody, fast-paced, and filled with monsters and magic. Synopsis: Two epics in one hardcover as Conan the mercenary faces hideously transformed wizards and undead creatures in action-packed fantasy combining Robert E. Howard’s trademark sword and sorcery with concepts straight out of Lovecraftian horror. Combines the classic Conan and the […]
Review: Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J. Munden
Synopsis: An undead orc knight leaves battle behind for a new kind of afterlife—one with good food, good friends, and maybe even fatherhood. Rottgor is worn out. Literally. Barely held together by dark magic, he has protected the Necropolis for centuries. When he’s forced into retirement, he’s faced with a new challenge: to forge a […]
Book Review: Ironbound (Ironbound, Book 1) by Andrew Givler
Full transparency: I’m the Director of Publicity for Aethon Books. However, this review is 100% honest, unbiased, and based solely on my reading experience. TL;DR Review: Addictive, fast-paced, and beautifully dark. A progression fantasy I’m still thinking about weeks after reading! Synopsis: Arcane Ascension meets The Blade Itself in the epic fantasy adventure IRONBOUND, where the will to survive – […]
Book Review: Academy of Outcasts (Academy of Outcasts #1) by Larry Correia
Full transparency: I’m the Director of Publicity for Aethon Books. However, this review is 100% honest, unbiased, and based solely on my reading experience. TL;DR Review: Enjoyable from start to finish. Easy reading, a fun adventure flavor, and one of my favorite supporting characters in recent years. Synopsis: All Oz Carnavon ever wanted was to […]
Review: The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell
Synopsis: An epic quest fantasy debut that is the Tlingit indigenous response to The Lord of the Rings. When Elān trapped a salmon-stealing raven in his cupboard, he never expected it would hold the key to saving his people from the shapeshifting Koosh invaders plaguing their shores. In exchange for its freedom, the raven offers […]
Review: The Ascenditure (Daughter of Summit and Sea #1) by Robyn Dabney
The Ascenditure might be one of the most fun books I’ve read this year—a fresh breath of mountain air.
Review: The Art of Legend (War Arts #3) by Wesley Chu
Synopsis: Once in a faraway kingdom there was a man prophesied to be the chosen one, who would defeat a great villain, the Eternal Khan, and save the kingdom. But then the Eternal Khan died . . . and the prophecy was broken. For Jian, the fated hero, this could have been a moment to […]
Review: The Fall of Selvandrea by T.J. McKay
Synopsis: Remember the wolf. Remember what’s out there in the dark. Valdaris was a middling artillery captain before his people fell to a conquering rival. Then he fell further still, snatched from the battlefield by a ruthless cult and cast into the depths of ultimate evil. Transformed by powers he can’t begin to understand, Valdaris […]
Review: The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown
Synopsis: From the author of the internationally bestselling The Book of Doors, another fantastical, stand-alone novel in which a trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties. The world of unknowable objects—magical items that most people have no idea possess […]