SYNOPSIS Anger will not be quenched by blood alone. The Missing, a rebel army that is little more than a rumor, may be Kaylo’s only path to exact his vengeance against the empire that claimed his home and killed his family. If it means a chance to balance the blood he owes, he will steal […]
Adventure Fantasy
Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
Synopsis A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never even noticed them. That’s about to change. Their stories spiral around […]
Review: The Crystal Shore (The Tempered Soul Series) by Jo de-Lancey
Synopsis How far would you go for a shot at redemption? Killian O’Shea is a charlatan who masks his painful past with a smirk and a shrug. One night, the neurotic Ren Thorncliffe walks into his life and changes it forever. Ren’s father is dying, and the only thing that can save him is an […]
Review: A Ritual Of Bone (The Dead Sagas Volume 1) by Lee C. Conley
Synopsis “Only valour and steel can stand against the rising dead” Arnar is a land of warriors, its people as stalwart as the stones themselves. In a land of dark forests and ancient hill forts, a forgotten evil is awoken by curious minds. The Great Histories and the Sagas say nothing of this evil, long […]
Review: Synced (Gilded Blood Series #4) by Rachel Rener
Synopsis War is coming – and this time, I swear it’s not my fault. Sol and his reanimated Unseelie army are hell-bent on destroying the Seelies once and for all. Worse, he’s stolen the most priceless relic in this land – Zayn’s grimoire – along with my magic-unleashing gilded blood. Oh yeah, and Sol’s claim […]
REVIEW: No Heart for a Thief (Malitu #1) by James Lloyd Dulin
SYNOPSIS We are the stories we tell ourselves…even the lies. The Thief, a great spirit, and her descendants have abused their ability to steal magic for centuries. When Kaylo starts to hear the song of other people’s magic, he must learn to hide from his people as well as the invaders. A gift or a […]
Review: Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay #1) by Chris Wooding
Hello again, dear reader or listener, if rich world building you don’t even notice happening, chaotic disaster characters, occasionally sharing the one braincell between themselves, hilarious moments akin to a comedy of errors, and feels that sneak up on you in between awesomely flowing action sequences is the thing you’re looking for your future reading, do yourself the favor and give The Tales Of The Ketty Jay a go.
Review: Gilded Blood Series #2)
Synopsis I keep telling myself things could be worse. Okay, so my mom’s been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal. And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don’t know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters. Oh, and let’s not forget […]
Review: The Lost War: Eidyn (Book One: 1) By Justin Lee Anderson
Synopsis ‘STRIKINGLY INTENSE. . . IMMERSIVE AND THOROUGHLY COMPELLING’ SFX The war is over but peace can be hell. Demons continue to burn farmlands, violent mercenaries roam the wilds and a plague is spreading. The country of Eidyn is on its knees. In a society that fears and shuns him, Aranok is the first mage to […]
Return To Edan by Philip Chase: Book 3 of The Edan Trilogy
Synopsis: After the events of The Prophet of Edan, Eormenlond is suffering from the chaos of war. While the dreaded Ilarchae are carving a war path through the land, civil war is also ravaging this world. In the midst of this turmoil Dayraven’s friends are searching for him as the elf shard may have talking over […]
Review: Inked (Gilded Blood Series #1) by Rachel Rener
Synopsis When Zayn, your smoking hot boss, tells you never to touch the cache of deluxe tattoo ink locked away in his office, you listen to him… until the day you run out of your own ink, your squirming client is on the verge of peeing his pants, and your boss is nowhere to be […]
Review: The Ice (The Bound and The Broken #3.5) by Ryan Cahill
Ryan Cahill is a master at weaving these characters into your heart and making you feel their feelings. It truly is a masterful skill – and it shines through in The Ice. I would absolutely recommend (again) this series to anyone who enjoys reading SFF.