Synopsis A King’s Dark Tidings Prequel Wesson is still years from becoming a man when an immense darkness stirs within his core. The sinister power bursts free during a confrontation with an old enemy, and Wesson’s tranquil life is left in tatters. Forced to flee a murderous mob, Wesson stumbles onto a tumultuous path where […]
High Fantasy
Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders #1) by Robin Hobb
Synopsis Wizardwood, a sentient wood.The most precious commodity in the world.Like many other legendary wares, it comes only from the Rain River Wilds. But how can one trade with the Rain Wilders, when only a liveship fashioned from wizardwood can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain River? Rare and valuable a liveship will quicken […]
Review: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
This book is, at the end of it all, like a written relaxing afternoon in a coffee shop. It’s charming and it’s fun. There’s a real time and a place for Legends and Lattes and I’m really glad I found it.
Review: Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
An entrancing, enlightening fairytale novel that blends the lines of history, fantasy, and romance.
Review: The Exile (The Bound and the Broken #2.5) by Ryan Cahill
Synopsis DO NOT HESITATE. DO NOT CONTEMPLATE MERCY. The Lorian Empire took everything from Dayne. His family. His home. His people. He will carve a bloody path through Epheria. He will have his vengeance, by blade and by blood. This is his story. The story of The Exile. Note: this is a companion novella, not […]
A Drowned Kingdom (The Drowned Kingdom Saga #1) by P.L. Stuart
Synopsis Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. With his Single God binding his knights to chivalric oaths, intent on wiping out idolatry […]
Review: Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles #1) by Ed McDonald
Synopsis Raine is seventeen-years-old and still on the run. She can see the dead, a secret that could get her killed. Seeking refuge with a deluded cult is her latest bad decision but rescuing an injured woman in the snow is soon revealed to be a horrific mistake. Hazia endangers not just Raine, but the […]
Review: Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E Cooney
Where do I start with this incredible book? I was completely blown away by the premise, the writing, the characters, and I was very sad for it to be over. I’ve tried to explain the plot to multiple people, but there’s something about it that is just completely inexplicable and it just WORKS.
Review: A Line Unsundered by Ricky Smith
Synopsis The debut novella from indie fantasy author Ricky Smith, A Line Unsundered tells the story of a tragedy that tears through a noble house, leaving death and betrayal in its wake. House Vasso is a noble family ruling a small town in the southwestern provinces of prosperous Selathar. Respected by most of their fellow […]
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn #1) by John Gwynne
Synopsis Varg, the thrall with a secret. Orka, the mother with a past. Elvar, the princess with a dream. Spread across The Banished Lands, a land near-destroyed by the war, and death, of the gods, they must fight for what they love. In the shadow of the gods lies dark magic, revenge and…The Bloodsworn. Review […]
Review: The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston
Synopsis When you are all out of heroes, all that’s left are the villains. Black Herran was a dread demonologist, and the most ruthless general in all Essoran. She assembled the six most fearsome warriors to captain her armies: a necromancer, a vampire lord, a demigod, an orcish warleader, a pirate queen, and a twisted […]
Book Tour/Review: Flames Over Frosthelm (An Inquitors’ Guild Novel) by Dave Dobson
Synopsis A special thank you to Dave Dobson for sending me a complimentary paperback and Escapist Book Tours for putting this whole thing together. Marten Mingenstern and Boog Eggstrom are rookie provisional inspectors for the Inquisitor’s Guild. When a burglary suspect turns rather explosive, Marten and Boog are then thrust into a conspiracy of apocalyptic proportions. […]