Synopsis: The Mother lied. The Mists that writhe and swirl beyond the walls of Keselgraad are not her enemy; they are her creation, a way to eradicate the city’s inhabitants before they can grow strong enough to pose a threat to her paramountcy. Precious few are aware of the goddess’s duplicity. Lord Matellas Thane was […]
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Review: Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs by Adam Bassett
Synopsis: For a thousand years, The Old Town has stood as humanity’s last bastion against the maalkonis, malignant black mists that reduced the rest of the world to ash. They are kept at bay by rusty machines on the town’s walls. In order to survive, the dwindling population depends on one another. Since a young […]
Review: Praise by Sara Cate
This obviously is mostly a website for Scifi, Fantasy, and Horror books, but every once in a while I read a book in a different genre that I really want to share anyways. Today, it’s a Romance book. I was obsessed with this one and immediately bought a print copy of it when I was […]
Book Review: The Scour (An Empire of the Wolf Novella) by Richard Swan
TL;DR Review: Things are far darker than they appear, but justice must be done. A story as utterly Vonvalt as I could have asked for! Synopsis: A HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE A JUSTICE ACCUSED OF MURDER AND A SINGLE QUESTION What is The Scour? In the dying port town of Gdansburg, Sir Konrad Vonvalt finds the unthinkable: […]
Review: The Ascenditure (Daughter of Summit and Sea #1) by Robyn Dabney
The Ascenditure might be one of the most fun books I’ve read this year—a fresh breath of mountain air.
Shadows Upon Time (Sun Eater #7) by Christopher Ruocchio
Synopsis The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen. The trumpet sounds. The end has come at last. After his victory at Vorgossos, Hadrian Marlowe finds himself a fugitive, on the run […]
Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2) by Travis Baldree
Synopsis Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to […]
Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Synopsis In the shadow of extinction, legends are forged. From The New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day. Two and a half centuries before the Hell Divers, the Machine War erupted—autonomous killer robots turning Korea into a battlefield that threatened to consume civilization. As the […]
Medusa by Rosie Hewlett
Synopsis You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one… Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out. Determined to expose the centuries […]
Review: Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by Emma E. Murray
The return of horror’s new transgressive star Synopsis Birdie lost everything when her son died. Now, on track to rebuild her life, she has to evade her abusive partner Russ’s rage and manipulations while also worrying about a home-invading serial killer that has descended on her community. Told through multiple POVs, from a decomposing murder […]
Review: Crossroads of Ravens (The Witcher #0.1) )by Andrzej Sapkowski
Synopsis Witchers are not born. They are made. Before he was the White Wolf or the Butcher of Blaviken, Geralt of Rivia was simply a fresh graduate of Kaer Morhen, stepping into a world that neither understands nor welcomes his kind. And when an act of naïve heroism goes gravely wrong, Geralt is only saved from […]
The Dragon’s Path (#1 of The Dagger and the Coin) by Daniel Abraham
Synopsis The dragons are gone, the powerful magics that broke the world diluted to little more than parlour tricks, but the kingdoms of men remain and the great game of thrones goes on. Lords deploy armies and merchant caravans as their weapons, manoeuvring for wealth and influence. But a darker power is rising – an […]