Synopsis: Kimberly has a unique addiction. Eating spiders is both her only pleasure and destroying her from the inside out. Will she be able to see her way through before it drives her into an early grave? Review: Despite what common sense tells us, we’re all haunted and horrified by the very obvious myth of […]
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Review: Don’t Bloody the Black Flag by James Lloyd Dulin
Synopsis The fight for peace is often a war. To end nearly a century of war plaguing Ennea, a clan of nomads plans to bring leaders from the four nations together. They task a young water dancer named Isála to deliver a missive to a northern general, her estranged mother, and convince her to join […]
Review: Whispers of a World Breaker (Elmerian Chronicles #1) by Corey Ratliff
Synopsis Aric’s job is simple; assist the elves as they moved dragon eggs across the kingdom. When an orc raid leaves a dragon in peril and her egg vulnerable, the responsibility falls into Aric’s hands to complete the mission. But when the dragon hatches, Aric’s life is thrown into disarray. Accused of being the world […]
Australian & New Zealand Author Showcase No 20 – Luke Arnold
An idea squeezed into my head in 2023, after seeing so many of the book community gathering at conventions across the US and UK. And once my FOMO subsided, I got to thinking about who might be gathered together if we had similar conventions closer to home. Pending the master planning required to arrange a […]
Review: Recreational Panic: Stories by Sonora Taylor
Synopsis: Fear is so much a part of our lives that instead of running away from it, we’re finding ways to relax with it. Could it be through a true crime obsession that leads to stalking, or a camp song sung with murderous intent? Maybe it’s better suited in an unwieldy email chain, or making […]
COVER REVEAL + EXCERPT: Strange & Sundry Magics (A Wayward Heroes Adventure) by Cal Black
Blurb When the witch Velta Quorrie finds the skeleton of the King’s Champion in her swamp, her plans of a quiet life studying magical plants are uprooted. The kingdom of Malka will fall to a dark invasion if there is no Champion to defend them. An ancient prophecy says so. Velta might not believe in […]
Review: Swan Song by Robert R McCammon
Synopsis: Swan is a nine-year-old Kansas girl following her struggling mother from one trailer park to the next when she receives visions of doom—something far wider than the narrow scope of her own beleaguered life. In a blinding flash, nuclear bombs annihilate civilization, leaving only a few buried survivors to crawl onto a scorched landscape […]
Review: Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy #1) by Dan Abnett
A modern day sci-fi tragedy told in 54 volumes, Horus Rising is the beginning & the birth of this momentous era in one of the most expansive sci-fi universes ever created.
Review: Night of Knives (Novels of the Malazan Empire #1) by Ian C. Esslemont
Synopsis: The empire is named for the tiny island and city of Malaz, now a sleepy, seedy backwater port. Tonight however, a once-in-a-generation Shadow Moon brings demon hounds and darker beings. Also, a prophecy promises the return of long missing Emperor Kellanved to the contended imperial throne. This night will determine the fate of the […]
Review: Undead Samurai by Baptiste Pinson Wu
Rating – 9 /10 Synopsis ” His hand moved before his brain could. His left hand pulled on the saya, while the right drove the blade forward.” Japan, 1625 A new Drum Master has risen, and soon the nation will fall to the curse of Izanagi. Answering the call of his kotsuzumi, dead warriors abandon […]
Review: When The Devil by Emma E. Murray
Synopsis: In When the Devil, Libby finds salvation in a new sapphic partner, homebrewed poison, and facing a God she no longer believes in. Review: Thank you to Shortwave Publishing for shooting over an ARC copy in return for an honest review. “When The Devil” is released on the 7th May 2024. In this sapphic, Southern […]
Harry’s Top 10 reads of 2023
Without further ado, here are my top 10 reads of 2023!