Review of ~ Simon Crook – Silverweed Road

Silverweed Road, the collection of short horror stories, is dark, unique, chilling, and very British. Silverweed Road, the road, is made up of around 40 mock-Tudor houses, is J-shaped, has a dead-end that leads to ominous woods, is full of peculiar characters, and strange happenings are a regular occurrence. Short story horror anthologies aren’t typically my...

Review of ~ J.T. Greathouse – The Garden of Empire (Pact and Pattern #2)

The Hand of the Sun King was the first-person autobiographical recounting of Wen Alder’s formative years. As The Garden of Empire mentions quite early on, there is still much of Wen Alder’s story to tell, yet this is now becoming the story of an empire. This is a neat way of explaining that throughout this entry, we follow...

Review ~ Daniel Abraham – The Tyrant’s Law (The Dagger and the Coin #3)

The Tyrant’s Law, the 3rd entry in Abraham’s The Dagger and the Coin series, is another steady and enjoyable epic fantasy read. It increases the stakes and drama, adding layers to the flourishing world-building whilst not quite being up to the same high standards as The King’s Blood. The events of The King’s Blood were wrapped...

Review of ~ R.R. Virdi – The First Binding (Tales of Tremaine #1)

The First Binding is the epic fantasy debut of author R.R. Virdi and is an intriguing and exciting first entry in the Tales of Tremaine series. The novel itself is a massive 817-pages. In a similar fashion to Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind and Jay Kristoff's Empire of the Vampire, The First Binding...

Review of ~ Steven Erikson – The Fiends of Nightmaria (Bauchelain and Korbal Broach #6)

I received a review copy of The Fiends of Nightmaria in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Steven Erikson and Tor Books. The Fiends of Nightmaria is a 112-page novella that is set within Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont's Malazan Universe and is the sixth entry in the Tales of Bauchelain and...

Review of ~ Louise Carey – Inscape

I received an uncorrected proof copy of Inscape in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Louise Carey and Gollancz. Inscape is a high-quality cyberpunk thriller that’s set in a futuristic version of London following an event called the Meltdown. Throughout the novel’s pages, we follow Tanta, a young CorpWard, which is essentially a...

Review of ~ T.L. Huchu – The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights #1)

I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Library of the Dead in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to T.L. Huchu and Tor Books. The Library of the Dead is the first entry in the Edinburgh Nights series. Throughout the book, we follow a 14-year-old dreadlocked punkish youth called Ropa. Ropa works as...

Review of ~ Mike Shackle – A Fool’s Hope (The Last War #2)

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...

Books that I am planning to read and review over the next few months (Dec ’20 – Feb ’21)

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...

Review of ~ Brandon Sanderson – Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4)

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...