Review of ~ Mike Shackle – We are the Dead

8/10 I received a review copy of We Are The Dead in exchange for an honest review. I'm writing this for Grimdark Magazine and it will be posted on that website on the 16th of August 2019 for the blog tour. Thank you to Mike Shackle and Gollancz for the opportunity. Tinnstra is the daughter...

Review of ~ J.P Ashman – FALL

8/10 I received a review copy of FALL in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank J.P. Ashman for the opportunity. As this is a short story I will keep my musings brief too. FALL is an excellent cyberpunk action thriller that follows a female soldier called Senfel. As the only survivor...

Review of ~ Josiah Bancroft – Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel #2)

9/10 To be posted on Fantasy Book Review shortly ~~ I received an advance reader copy of Arm of the Sphinx in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Josiah Bancroft and Orbit Books. Bancroft's second outing in The Books of Babel series was originally self-published in 2015 and has recently been...

Review of ~ John Gwynne – A Time of Dread (Of Blood and Bone #1)

As originally posted on Fantasy Book Review 9/10 I received an advanced copy of A Time of Dread in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank John Gwynne and Pan MacMillan for this opportunity. The story places readers within the Land of the Faithful approximately 120 years after the conclusion of the...

Review of ~ JA Andrews – A Keeper’s Tale: The Story of Tomkin and The Dragon

7.5/10 I received a free copy of A Keeper's Tale in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to JA Andrews. Set in the world of The Keeper Chronicles which includes SPFBO semi-finalist A Threat of Shadows, this is an enjoyable fantasy fairy tale told to a crowded inn full of enthusiastic patrons, by a...

Review of ~ T.M. Lakomy – The Shadow Crucible

9/10 I received a review copy of The Shadow Crucible in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank T.M. Lakomy and Select Books Inc. for this opportunity. This novel was influenced by the scriptures found within the Nag Hammadi scrolls which were written sometime between the 2nd and 3rd-century A.D. and resurfaced...

Review of ~ Craig Schaefer – Winter’s Reach (Revanche Cycle #1)

8/10 Winter's Reach is Craig Schaefer's entry for this year's Self Published Fantasy Blog Off and is Fantasy Book Review's first semi-finalist. Although he is mostly known for the Daniel Faust series, this is Schaefer's foray into writing complex dark fantasy. It starts by following a young nobleman called Felix who has a plan to...

Review of ~ Josiah Bancroft – Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel #1)

9/10 Will be posted on Fantasy Book Review shortly. Josiah Bancroft's debut novel is a huge deal in the world of fantasy fiction right now. I truly regret being late to the party but can safely say the hype is well deserved. Seeing only unanimously positive reviews from my blogging peers, I had to check...

Guest review ~ T.M Lakomy – The Shadow Crucible

8/10 Review by the awesome Michael Britt "Mortals are weak and prone to mistakes; do not measure us by our worst, but rather by our virtue. In a world where we have many reasons to be evil, some choose goodness." Shadow Crucible is such a strong debut novel! I'm not even sure what I could...

Review of ~ Anna Smith Spark – The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust #1)

9/10 "Not sure I really feel like fucking someone who's part god and part suicidal drunk, you know" I received an advanced copy of The Court of Broken Knives via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Anna Smith Spark and Harper Voyager. This will be posted on Fantasy Book...