9.5/10 This will be posted on Grimdark Magazine on the 08/02/2020. I received an advanced review copy of A Time of Courage in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank John Gwynne and Tor for the opportunity. A Time of Courage is the final entry in the Of Blood and Bone trilogy... Continue Reading →
9/10 Soon to be posted on Grimdark Magazine. I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Girl and the Stars. I would like to thank Mark Lawrence and Harper Voyager for the opportunity. This tale is set in the same world as The Book of the Ancestor, yet in a completely different environment. We follow... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
9.5/10 - Review by Holden R Johnson (The Red Heir) “Convergence,” Tool said. “Power ever draws other power.” Why have I waited so long to read this? There will be spoilers in the section that discusses characters - so please tread lightly! Gardens of the Moon, The first entry in the Malazan Book of the... Continue Reading →
8.5/10 "The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills" The Eye of the World, the first epic fantasy book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, provided me with exactly the kind of experience I expected from it. 1. An old school fantasy feel. 2. Lots of intense descriptions of every small detail that... Continue Reading →
6.5/10 - The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great is a short novel within the Penguin Epics collection. Essentially these are shortish texts about some of the finest figures in history or mythology and other titles in the series include tales about Aeneas, Beowulf and King Arthur amongst others. The full text that this book... Continue Reading →
9.5/10 - If you follow the frequency of my reviews then you will be able to analyse that I have devoured the stories from John Gwynne's fantasy epic saga, The Faithful and the Fallen at an inhuman pace, and the reason for this is that they are spectacularly envisaged works of art. I always find... Continue Reading →
9.5/10 - Ruin is Gwynne's third novel in his stunning epic fantasy saga, The Faithful and the Fallen. The fabled God-War is no longer a mythical looming prophecy; it is very real and the events unfolding within The Banished Lands are presented to us by a plethora of vivid and dramatic characters. The perspectives we... Continue Reading →
9.0/10 "One thought circled in his head like the black birds swirling about the mountain peaks. They must be stopped." - Corban Valour carries on literally minutes after the action when Malice presented us such an amazing breathless finale. We witness the so-called Bright Star Corban; and his bizarre accumulated band of all sorts that... Continue Reading →
