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Grimdark

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

Review: We Men of Ash and Shadow (Vanguard Chronicles, Book 1) by H.L. Tinsley

February 18, 2022 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis ‘We Men of Ash and Shadow’ is the first book in the Vanguard Series and follows the journey of protagonist, John Vanguard, through the dark and corrupt city of D’Orsee. A Grimdark gas lamp novel, ‘We Men of Ash and Shadow’ explores themes of redemption, loyalty, and betrayal against the backdrop of a world […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Debut, Fantasy, Gaslamp, Grimdark, Low Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: Assassins, Book Review, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaslamp, Grimdark, Holly Tinsley, Self Published, Tinsley

Guest Post: What is Grimdark to Me? by Clayton W. Snyder

August 4, 2021 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Child of Nod, Clayton Snyder, Clayton W Snyder, Demons Ink, Felix Ortiz, Grimdark, Guest Article, Guest Post, Queen of Nod, River of Thieves, The Obsidian Palm, Thieve's War

Book Tour: Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods #1) by Zamil Akhtar

July 30, 2021 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: A Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Tour, Book Tours, Conqueror's Blood, Cover Art, Dark Epic Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fantasy book, Fantasy Books, Fantasy Debut, Grimdark, Gunmetal Gods, High Fantasy, SPFBO 7, SPFBO7, Storytellers on Tour, Zamil Akhtar

Oathbreaker by A.J. Rettger

June 29, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Horror, Oathbreaker, Self Published, SFF

Review: The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie (The Age of Madness #2)

April 25, 2021 by readmyblurb Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Grimdark, Joe Abercrombie, The Age of Madness, The Trouble with Peace

Review: A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness #1) by Joe Abercrombie

April 11, 2021 by readmyblurb 1 Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: A Little Hatred, Fantasy, Grimdark, Joe Abercrombie, The Age of Madness

Review: Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path #1) by Michael R. Fletcher

February 27, 2021 by Dan Smith 2 Comments

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Black Stone Heart, Book Bloggers, Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Grimdark, Grimdark Fantasy, Michael R Fletcher

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