Synopsis: Healer. Harlot. Heretic. Magdalena Overmorrow is the magician that women go to when they need illegal abortions in the kingdom of Astoleyn. When she is betrayed and arrested, she is banished to the realm’s northernmost city to await her trial where she will be watched over by the pious Lord Proctor of Cair Gramora. […]
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Review: Wildwood by Laika Studios
Synopis After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness—an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and […]
Review: A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen) by Hazel S. Wilkes
Synopsis: Lyra Izacalli does not clutch onto the jagged remnants of her past—she buries them deep beneath her skin. To feel is to give power to the past—to let grief and memory carve through her like a blade. But Lyra refuses to let them win. She will not let the sharpened words of men who […]
Review: A Court of Splintered Harmony: The Valkyrie Cycle, Movement I (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 6) by Sarah J. Maas
Synopsis: What was broken will be remade. Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands. The […]
Review: However Many Must Die (The Blood Scouts #1) by Phil Williams
Synopsis: “A high-fantasy Band of Brothers (Sisters), that successfully captures the hope, the despair, and the gallows humour of soldiers fighting a war beyond comprehension. I loved every page, even the heartbreaking ones.” – Rob J Hayes, author of The War Eternal and The Mortal Technique Wild Wish was trained to do one thing: kill. […]
Review: Cello’s Gate (The Sky Pirates of Imperia #1) by Maurice Africh
Synopsis: ONE CREW OF SKY PIRATESSEVEN MYTHOLOGICAL STONESA RACE TO FIND THEM ALL Captain Grey and his crew of sky pirates have a reputation for doing the impossible. From breaking into high-security military research facilities, to conning the iCity elite – there isn’t a lock they can’t pick, a safe they can’t break, or a […]
Review: Defy the Dusk (The Sundering Duet, #1) by Danielle L. Jensen
Synopsis: In the Sundered world, there are two options: ride the dawn, or face what rises in the night. Twenty years ago, Lirien’s magic fractured the world and unleashed nocturnal creatures that brought civilization to its knees. Amidst the carnage came salvation: the most powerful survivors were invited to board Dawnrider, a high-speed rig that […]
Review: The Anguished Earth by Richard Swan
The atmosphere The Anguished Earth creates is top notch, melding the horror tinged, Dark Age setting with the backdrop of an active outbreak of a deadly disease. As you follow a state appointed Justice on the trail of escaped child murderer, you feel the unsettling sensation of darkness lurking in every corner.
The Turbulent Appearance of Brise Collier (Folk with a Disregard for Convention #2) by Natalie Kelda
Synopsis Grief and despondency consumes every moment of Ellie’s waking hours. Or at least every moment that isn’t spent toiling away in the cramped and dark confines of an English coal mine at the turn of the nineteenth century. She doesn’t believe her dreadful existence can get any worse but then a firedamp explosion claims […]
Review: Mark of the Warrior (Breathmarked #2) by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee
Synopsis: In the explosive finale to the instant New York Times bestseller Breath of the Dragon, a young warrior fights to reunite his family and the realm. Two brothers. Two nations. One destiny. Exiled as a traitor after the Guardian’s Tournament, Li Jun has vowed to retrieve the stolen Scroll of Heaven and to honor […]
Review: Kiana by Zammar Ahmer
Synopsis: War is only part of her story. When I was young, I fell asleep to the song of artillery.We were told we would win.But the enemy never got the message. They came from across the mist with the devil’s magic, stole our land, and enslaved our families. And then you decided to send me, […]
Review: To Dream in Darkness by Ann Liang
Synopsis: China in the age of brilliance, where gods freely wander the three realms. Amongst them is the cruel and beautiful Death God, who has never failed to collect a soul on time. Until now. For when he seeks out Rujia, the noble god of healing—she makes him an offer he can’t refuse: she will […]