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Grimdark

Review: Anji Kills A King (The Rising Tide #1) by Evan Leikam

May 9, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam

Synopsis: An unlikely assassin struggles to escape a legendary bounty hunter in this breakneck fantasy debut that will grab you by the throat—perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, and Christopher Buehlman. She killed for a cause. Will she die for it too? Anji works as a castle servant, cleaning laundry for a king […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, High Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Debut Author, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Macmillan Audio, Tor Books

Review: For a Few Days More by Z.B Steele

May 7, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis The Hinterlands are a lawless place of broken dreams and broken people. Roth is a bodyguard trying to leave his dark past behind, but history has a way of turning back up. Cynthia is a bandit who’s trying to make a future by wading through blood. They travel separately, trying to live by their […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Grimdark, Indie Published

Book Review: A Low Country (Low Country #1) by Morgan Shank

August 22, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Insanely fast paced action, complex and damaged characters, and a breathtaking Wild West-flavored world. Synopsis: Everything went to hell in the first week. Sharla was ready to settle down after four years on the road, but when Claws raid her town and take her lover, Renn, she knows it’s time for action. She’s […]

Filed Under: Grimdark, Weird West, Western Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Self Published, Western

Book Review: The Last Shield by Cameron Johnston

August 13, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Grueling, gritty, and grimdark as hell. A main character who takes badass and resilient to a whole new level. Synopsis: A gender-flipped Die Hard set in a mysterious castle, Cameron Johnston’s The Last Shield is an engaging fantasy read, perfect for fans of John Gwynne and Mark Lawrence. The ancient forest realm of […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Grimdark, High Fantasy, Military Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Grimdark Fantasy

Cover Reveal: Black Stone Heart Deluxe Edition by Micheal R. Fletcher

July 19, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

Happy Friday, y’all! We’re so stoked to be revealing the cover of Michael R. Fletcher’s latest-and-greatest: a DELUXE EDITION hardcover of Black Stone Heart, the book that put him on so many of our radars. Micheal’s got a few words to say before we get to the good stuff: “I have wanted to do a […]

Filed Under: Cover Reveal Tagged With: Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Self Published

Review: The Storm Beneath the World by Michael R. Fletcher

March 20, 2024 by Ed Crocker Leave a Comment

We’re going to need a bigger fly swatter Synopsis Cursed by the gods, the insectile ashkaro live on flying islands travelling the eternal River of Days while a hellish firestorm devours the world below. Collected into queendoms, the higher caste brights live in the luxurious windward rain-forest while the servile dulls scrape out a desperate […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Self Published

Review: The Hallows by H.L. Tinsley

February 22, 2024 by Ed Crocker Leave a Comment

Drugs, nuns and secrets – no, not your average weekend night out but the return of the Princess of Grimdark. 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 […]

Filed Under: Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Noir

REVIEW: Buzzard’s Bowl (Tragedy of Cedain #2) by John Palladino

November 29, 2023 by Seanchalant Leave a Comment

SYNOPSIS Cedain continues to collapse. Ashmount’s destruction shatters the Magicai while the culprits responsible continue sabotaging the world. All the while, the next season of Buzzard’s Bowl begins and Edelbrock, in his constant fight for survival, desires a vengeance he can only find in the arena. Seradal and Villic find themselves in the middle of […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Buzzard's Bowl, Fantasy, Grimdark, John Palladino, Self Published, Tragedy of Cedain

Review: The Hunter’s Lament by Steve Pannett

September 25, 2023 by Ed Crocker Leave a Comment

Come for the fights, stay for the heartbreak Synopsis Infamous bounty hunter Bitter Sweet has led his crew of like-minded miscreants for nearly three decades. They can track and capture any man or woman in the known world…for a price. But Sweet is tired. Decades of pursuing the lowest reaches that humanity has to offer […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Grimdark

Book Tour & Review: The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley

May 8, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis The morning before he found the dead body, Jathan Algevin thought he had his whole life just the way he wanted it.   He knows his city inside and out, and doesn’t bother carrying a sword, trusting his wits and his fists well enough to get by, hustling extra coin by ratting out loathsome magi […]

Filed Under: Book Tour, Dark Fantasy, Detective Noir Fantasy, Erotic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews, Self Published, Thriller, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Dark, Detective, detective noir, Fantasy, Grimdark, lust, Magic, Mystery, Noir, noir fantasy, Self Published, sex, The Monsters We Feed, Thomas Howard Riley, Thriller

Book Review: A Shade of Madness (The Ashes of Avarin, Book 2) by Thiago Abdalla

January 25, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Avarin tumbles into madness through the shattered ruin of a centuries-old peace. As griffin riders clash against airships above and hordes of madmen below, Lynn finds herself surrounded by enemies. Ones that will test the limits of her faith. To defeat them, she must risk everything… including her sanity. Adrian has lost the Legion, […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Book Tour, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews, Self Published, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Magic, Self Published, Thiago

The Fangs of War by E.J Doble (The Blood and Steel Saga #1)

April 26, 2022 by readmyblurb Leave a Comment

Synopsis After the brutal execution of Provenci’s King by the roving forces of Tarraz, a new military government vaults into power with the nefarious Alvarez at the helm. Hell-bent on bloodshed and the glory of an imperial past, he amasses the largest army seen in a generation and plunges the two nations into a bloody […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Books, E.J Doble, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Grimdark Fantasy, Self Published, The Fangs of War

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