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 […]
Fantasy
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 […]
Review: The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso
Synopsis: For fans of The Ministry of Time and The Midnight Library, a sweeping, unforgettable novel following two remarkable women moving between postwar and Cold War-era America and the mysterious time space, a library filled with books containing the memories of those who bore witness to history. Enter the time space, a soaring library filled […]
Norylska Groans by Clayton W Snyder and Michael R Fletcher
Synopsis Norylska Groans…with the weight of her crimes. In a city where winter reigns amid the fires of industry and war, soot and snow conspire to conceal centuries of death and deception. Norylska Groans…and the weight of a leaden sky threatens to crush her people. Katyusha Leonova, desperate to restore her family name, takes a […]
Voidwalker (Beasts of the Void, #1) by S.A. MacLean
Synopsis Fi has carved out a career as a cross-dimensional smuggler by sticking to simple rules: keep your routes secret, always draw your energy sword first, and – at all costs – avoid the daeyari, the carnivorous immortals who have ruled for millennia. When she’s hired to smuggle a bomb into the capital, instinct tells […]
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: Arthur by Giles Kristian
Synopsis: Years have passed since the clash of shield-walls echoed across the land . . . The Saxons are now the lords of Britain. And yet the bards still sing of Arthur – ‘In our darkest time, when we need him most, shall he come again.’ Ageing mercenary Beran has no love of bards’ songs. […]