Review of ~ Peter Newman – The Boundless (Deathless #3)

Soon to be posted on Grimdark Magazine. I received a review copy of The Boundless in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Peter Newman and Harper Voyager. The Ruthless was my favourite fantasy read of 2019 and that lead to The Boundless being one of my most anticipated releases of 2020. When The...

Review of ~ Joe Abercrombie – The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness #2)

Originally posted on Grimdark Magazine. I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Trouble with Peace in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank both Joe Abercrombie and Gollancz. Following on from the dramatic events that concluded A Little Hatred, we return to the First Law world whilst it is enjoying a...

Review of ~ Brian Naslund – Sorcery of a Queen (Dragons of Terra #2)

I received a review copy of Sorcery of a Queen in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Brian Naslund and Tor. “Let me get this straight. Sitting on this ship, we have a stranger who claims to be a Witch Queen. An emperor-killing exile. And a notorious thief. In what realm would I...

Review of ~ Bernard Cornwell – The Burning Land (The Last Kingdom #5)

In The Burning Land, the fifth entry in The Saxon Stories, we follow the escapades of a 35 or 36-year-old Uhtred of Bebbanburg. He’s still Alfred’s oathman and has been residing in Lundune. The Danish warrior, and Uhtred’s ex-servant Haesten is an everpresent nuisance, but in this novel, we are introduced to the leader and...

Review of ~ Every Sky a Grave by Jay Posey

7/10 - I received an uncorrected proof copy of Every Sky a Grave in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Jay Posey and Harper Voyager. Review was originally posted at Grimdark Magazine. In Every Sky a Grave we follow Elyth, an agent for the First House of the Ascendance. This female-only order regulates...

Review of ~ Stoker’s Wilde by Steven Hopstaken & Melissa Prusi

7.5/10 - I received an advance reading copy of Stoker's Wilde in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Steven Hopstaken, Melissa Prusi, and Flame Tree Press.The concept of Stoker's Wilde intrigued me straight away. It is an epistolary novel that is set in the late nineteenth century and sees Bram Stoker...

Review of ~ Dyrk Ashton – Paternus: War of Gods (Paternus Trilogy #3)

9/10I received an uncorrected proof copy of Paternus: War of Gods in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Dyrk Ashton.Only a handful of days have passed since the hospital attack in Paternus: Rise of Gods but so much has changed for Fi and Zeke. These seemingly average teenagers have been whisked away from...

Review of ~ N. K. Jemisin – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritence #1)

8/10 - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms follows Yeine, a nineteen-year-old who, at the novel’s beginning, is invited to visit her family seat by her grandfather Dekarta Arameri. The family seat is the city of Sky which is the heart of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and includes a beautiful and impressive floating palace. The reason for...

Review of ~ Boy in the Box – Marc E. Fitch

7/10 - I received an advance reading copy of Boy in the Box in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Marc E. Fitch and Flame Tree Press. A decade ago four friends decided to go hunting in Coomb’s Gulch as their way of celebrating for a stag weekend. Jonathan was getting...

Review of ~ Melissa Caruso – The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin #1)

I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Obsidian Tower in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Melissa Caruso and Orbit Books. “There are two kinds of magic.There is the kind that lifts you up and fills you with wonder, saving you when all is lost or opening doors to new worlds of...