Review of ~ John Gwynne – A Time of Courage (Of Blood and Bone #3)

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...

Review of ~ Ramsey Campbell – The Wise Friend

8.5/10 I received an advance reading copy of The Wise Friend in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Ramsey Campbell and Flame Tree Press for the opportunity. This was the perfect example of why I love being a book reviewer. Being sent a novel I knew nothing about and randomly deciding...

Review of ~ Robin Hobb – Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders #1)

8.5/10 The Liveship Traders is the second trilogy in Robin Hobb's The Realm of the Elderlings saga. After a couple of false starts, I ended up loving The Farseer Trilogy. I adored the tale of The Fitz and the Fool so much that I carried on following their narrative, probably incorrectly as this chronologically is...

Review of ~ Brian D. Anderson – The Bard’s Blade (The Sorceror’s Song #1)

8.5/10 To be posted on Grimdark Magazine in the next few days. I received an advanced review copy of The Bard's Blade in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Brian D. Anderson and TOR for the opportunity. Vylari is hospitable and picturesque although it is a quite mundane environment where we...

Review of ~ David Wragg – The Black Hawks (Articles of Faith #1)

8/10 I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Black Hawks in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank David Wragg and Harper Voyager for the opportunity. Chel is from a minor noble house and is bored to death working for his step-uncle. He has no real ambitions. He misses his family...

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 ~ Tom Lloyd – Knight of Stars (The God Fragments #3)

7/10 I received an advanced review copy of Knight of Stars in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Tom Lloyd and Gollancz. "We're here to drink beer an' fuck people up, but we ain't halfway through the beer yet." After somehow surviving the labyrinth of Jarrazir the soldiers of Anatin's Mercenary...

Review of ~ Evan Winter – The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)

9/10 *Minor spoilers may follow.* The inhabitants of Omehi who are known as the Chosen have been warring with the savage hedeni tribes for hundreds of years. The hedeni may have superior numbers but the Chosen have the Gifted. These are powerful female mages who can source power from the underworld Isihogo. The Gifted are...

Review of ~ Brian Naslund – Blood of an Exile (Dragons of Terra, #1)

7.5/10 - Soon to be posted on Grimdark Magazine I received an uncorrected proof copy of Blood of an Exile in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Brian Naslund and Tor. Bershad the Flawless is a dragon-slayer. After betraying the King fourteen years ago Bershad was exiled and given a brutal...

Review of ~ R. F. Kuang – The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

9.5/10 - Soon to be posted on Grimdark Magazine. I received an uncorrected proof copy of The Dragon Republic in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank R.F. Kuang and Harper Voyager. The Dragon Republic is a phenomenal follow-up to what was one of my highest rated fantasy books of 2018, and...