The Exile is a novella that should not be skipped for fans of The Bound and The Broken. A story of devastating loss & brutal revenge, this is a tale told with finesse!
Reviews
Review: At Eternity’s Gates (Ruin of Empire #4) by David Green
Synopsis THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE EMPIRE OF RUIN SERIES As a long-planned endgame begins, the future of Haltveldt balances on the edge of the slimmest of blades. Calene Alpenwood rallies her comrades against the spreading darkness, but faces overwhelming threats from both sides of enemy lines. The entity known as the Corruption, the living […]
Review: 36 Streets by T.R. Napper
This book is everything I want from cyberpunk. I want morally grey characters. I want a dystopian world. I want mind-bending tech. I want to question what is real. I want the story to ask the difficult questions. I want everything that 36 Streets delivered – a challenging and rewarding story.
Review: Callus & Crow – The Wayward World Chronicles Volume 1 by DB Rook
Synopsis A genre hybrid of western meets grimdark post-apocalyptic fantasy. Can a path of blood lead to redemption? Is redemption enough to amend a wayward world? Morality and reality have shifted from their natural axis. Technology and ideology derive from the remnants of a world long dead and segregated by the monsters that now rule […]
Guest Review: The Horror at Lavender Edge (Undine and Cross #1) by Christopher Henderson
Synopsis London, October 1971. A paranormal investigator seeking a cure for his psychic ‘gift’. A disillusioned policewoman determined to help a terrified old lady, whatever it takes. And a haunted house more deadly than any of them could imagine. Will anyone survive THE HORROR AT LAVENDER EDGE? The first standalone novel in the Undine and […]
Review: When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan
Summary In a future ravaged by fire and drought, two climate refugees ride their motorcycles across the wasteland of the western US, and stumble upon an old silver mine. Descending into the cool darkness of the caved-in tunnels in desperate search of water, the two women find Lavinia Cain’s diary, a settler in search of […]
Review: Dark Woods, Deep Water by Jelena Dunato
Nothing like the cold wintry chill of a delicious dark fantasy debut Summary In the depths of a remote forest, an enchanted castle preys on unwary travellers. The servants of the Goddess Morana sacrifice to their dark mistress every soul who crosses its threshold. One terrible night, three people who should never have met find themselves trapped there: a […]
Review: Rise of the Ranger (The Echoes Saga #1) by Philip C Quaintrell
Filled with elves, magic, dragons, a secret assassins guild (more on them later) and more fantasy tropes than you can shake a magical stick at, Rise of the Ranger is a great start to what promises to be a brilliant series!
Guest Review: Mosaic by Catherine McCarthy
Synopsis SOMETHING WICKED WAITS. When Robin Griffiths embarks upon the restoration of a stained-glass window in a thirteenth-century church, little does she comprehend the stakes involved. The more slivers of glass she pieces together, the more she realizes things are not what they appear to be in the seemingly cozy hamlet of Bilbury. Piece by […]
Series Review: The Hybrid Helix Series by JCM Berne
The Hybrid Helix Series is superhero space opera fantasy. It’s action-packed, entertaining, witty, and with wonderful slice-of-life moments that give it an episodic feel that works so well.
The series is a melding of genres – sci-fi, fantasy, space opera, and superhero – perfectly mixing action, humour, and mystery. Ultimately, it is supremely character driven in the style that makes the superhero genre so enduringly popular.
The Black Lung Captain (Tales of the Ketty Jay #2) by Chris Wooding
Synopsis Deep in the heart of the Kurg rainforest lies a long-forgotten wreck. On board, behind a magically protected door, an elusive treasure awaits. Good thing Darian Frey, captain of the airship Ketty Jay, has the daemonist Crake on board. Crake is their best chance of getting that door open—if they can sober him up. For a […]
Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Synopsis 16-year-old Wilder Harlow is determined to fall in love this summer. Friendless at school and bullied for his differences, Wilder hopes that a family holiday away will be the fresh start that he needs. Staying in a quaint little cottage overlooking the sea in Whistler’s Bay, Wilder forges bonds that will impact the rest […]