The Devil and the Dark Water is a mystery thriller novel set in 1634. The majority of the story is set on a merchant ship called the Saardam as it travels from Batavia to Amsterdam. In addition to the typical silks, spices, pepper and mace, the ship is also transporting, in shackles, the world-famous detective... Continue Reading →
I received a review copy of A Fool’s Hope in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Mike Shackle and Gollancz. A Fool’s Hope picks up events about a minute after the conclusion of We Are the Dead. Tinnstra and four-year-old Queen Zorique are on the deck of a ship in the Golden Channel... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my page. I hope you're all good and looking forward to Xmas. I'm doing one of these "what I will read next" posts as I find them useful to try and stay focused on my reading plan. These pages are so I hopefully won't be drawn... Continue Reading →
Please note: I don’t believe my review includes any spoilers for Rhythm of War, but to be safe: minor spoilers may follow. Originally posted on Grimdark Magazine.Rhythm of War picks up events approximately a year after the finale of Oathbringer. The Knights Radiant have continued their war against Odium’s Fused and Singer armies though neither... Continue Reading →
Dalinar Kholin and his armies escaped the battle with the Parshendi on the Shattered Plains and now find themselves at the mythical city of Urithiru. Although Dalinar’s forces were arguably the victors, the Everstorm summoned by the Parshendi is wreaking havoc and brandishing chaos throughout Roshar. What’s worse is that when the storm hits the... Continue Reading →
I continue my The Stormlight Archive re-read with Words of Radiance, which is one of the finest fantasy novels that I’ve ever read. Everything that The Way of Kings did well, this book does better, and I was so engaged and entranced that I devoured these 1000+ pages in under a week. The main point... Continue Reading →
With Rhythm of War being released on 17th November 2020, I decided that now would be a perfect time for me to do a re-read of The Stormlight Archive, which begins with The Way of Kings. As I originally read these novels before I started reviewing, this time I will jot down a few thoughts... Continue Reading →
I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Tower of Fools in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Andrzej Sapkowski and Gollancz. In The Tower of Fools, we are introduced to the twenty-three-year-old nobleman Reinmar of Bielawa, also referred to as Reynevan, whilst he is having sex with another man’s wife. Unfortunately, the... Continue Reading →
Warriors of the Storm is the 9th entry in The Saxon Stories series that follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg and it is my favourite of the books so far. It has a brilliant opening and the standard doesn’t drop for the length of the whole book. At the beginning of Warriors of the Storm, a fifty-something-year-old... Continue Reading →
I received a limited edition proof copy of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Christopher Paolini and Tor Books. Originally posted on Grimdark Magazine. In To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, we follow the third-person perspective of Kira who is a xenobiologist. We join... Continue Reading →
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