Synopsis She rides to claim her fate, he flies to burn it down. As the only woman in the Moontouched Brotherhood, Tani studies on the haughty island of Eavenfold surrounded by men who see her as an ill omen at best. Her Fate Ceremony is only days away, offering five possible escapes from the storm-locked […]
Fantasy
Review: The Moribund Monarch’s Masterpiece by Paul G. Zareith
A quick, dark novella. What begins as a tale of vengeance and rebellion becomes a tragedy steeped in faith and betrayal.
Hazelthorn by CG Drews
Synopsis Evander has lived like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn estate ever since he was taken in by his reclusive billionaire guardian. He can never leave, he can never go in the gardens and he can never be alone with Laurie, the boy who tried to kill him seven years ago. […]
Review: Only a Grave Will Do (Malitu #3) by James Lloyd Dulin
Synopsis: On the march towards war, blood is both a promise and a gamble. Newly dubbed the Hero of Anilace, Kaylo is thrust into leading a rebellion against insurmountable odds. His people are dying, if not in labor camps, in occupied cities as everything that makes them Ennean is stripped away. In two generations, the […]
Review: The Deadlands: Trapped (Deadlands 2) by Skye Melki-Wegner
Synopsis Wings of Fire meets Jurassic Park in The Deadlands: Trapped, the second book of this action-adventure series by Skye Melki-Wegner about five outcasts―and former enemies―who are the only hope to save their warring kingdoms from impending doom. As bloody battle rages on between the two surviving dinosaur kingdoms, Eleri and his fellow outcasts, newly exiled from their herds, […]
Review: Making History by K.J. Parker
Synopsis: KJ Parker’s new novella is a darkly witty historical fantasy. A group of scholars are asked to do the impossible by a ruthless king. The cost of refusal being death, of course. History isn’t truth…it’s propaganda. Academics can be cocky. Atop their perches of authority high above the thrumming masses of the unquestioning world […]
Review: Sins of Steel and Shadow (The Turned Book 1) by Steve Pannett
Synopsis: Centuries have passed since the lauded Battle King defeated the vampyr hordes and ended the Years of Blood, but the memories on both sides are long, and some grievances are not so easily set aside. Humans and vampyrs coexist in an uneasy peace, but no peace lasts forever. And for Bail Neren, there has never […]
Review: No Safe Haven (Malitu #2) by James Lloyd Dulin
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 […]
Uncharmed by Lucy Jane Wood
Synopsis Andromeda Wildwood is practically perfect in every witch way. Her life is a haze of pink, magic and impossibly high standards. The proud owner of Celestial Bakehouse, a bustling London bakery, Annie devotes her powers to pleasing others, and while perfection exacts a magical toll, it’s a price she is more than willing to […]
Review: The Fallen & The Kiss of Dusk (Crowns of Nyaxia #4) by Carissa Broadbent
Aaaaand Broadbent continues to cement herself as a must-read author for me. Where this book could have followed the usual romantasy pattern (the couple get together and then are immediately separated for an entire book) Broadbent breaks that and allows Mische and Asar to reunite early on.
Birth of a Dynasty by Chinaza Bado
Synopsis After witnessing the massacre of everyone he’s ever known and loved, M’Kuru Mukundi, the sole surviving member of the High Noble House Mukundi of Madada, vows revenge. He hides under the guise of farm boy Khalil Rausi… unaware that the real Khalil’s father is the bloodthirsty General of Zenzele army, and under the direction […]
Review: The Hallows by H. L. Tinsley
Synopsis The Hallow serum was once sacred to the Auld Bloods. Used to gain access to their lost ancestral powers, now it is regulated and administered by the powerful Providence Company. Evolved from the echelons of the Auld Church, the company exists to maintain the balance between faith, science and politics. But keeping the peace […]