Reviews
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Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb : Review
After nearly killing his oldest friend, the Fool, and finding his daughter stolen away by those who were once targeting the Fool, FitzChivarly Farseer is out for blood. And who better to wreak…
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Relic by Renee Collins: Review
Moon John motioned to the table. “Try. Most can create at least a spark their first time.” I curled my fingers around the relic. That darn antsy feeling made it hard to focus,…
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Hollow City by Ransom Riggs : Review
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it “an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished…
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Clockwork Lives by Kevin J Anderson: Review
At first you will hate me for this. Then you will love me. When I first started reviewing, I asked certain people if they had anything they would like me to look at.…
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Hunter by Mercedes Lackey : Review
Centuries ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were slashed open allowing hideous fantastical monsters to wreak havoc; destroying entire cities in their wake. Now, people must live in enclosed communities,…
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Echoes of a Shattered Age by R. J. Terrell: Review
In the lower planes of the abyss, a large gray demon was devouring a smaller fiend. It raised its massive, horned head at a distant call. The call was coming from one of…
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Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger: Review
“Light leaping. We hitched a ride on a beam of light that was headed straight here.” “That’s impossible.” “Is it?” “Yeah. You need infinite energy for light travel. Haven’t you heard of the…
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The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán : Review
A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise as…
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Archmage by R.A. Salvatore : Review
The pall that had descended over the North is gone, and a new day has dawned on a victorious Mithral Hall, but no matter how bright things seem on the surface, Drizzt and…
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Review: Nightborn by Lou Anders
First to a Castle in the Briars, Where end all of life’s desires. Over Oak and under Corn. There to seek the soundless Horn. Last year, Lou Anders released his first middle-grade novel,…
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Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Clone Army Attacketh, by Ian Doescher
To Shmi or not to Shmi? The curtain rises on yeoman Jedi Anakin skywalker, a man torn between duty to his Masters, attraction to Padmé, and concern for his beloved mother, Shmi. His…
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Dead Men Don’t Cry by Nancy Fulda: Review
What you’re lookin’ for. You won’t find it here…Folk find lots of stuff in this place, but never what they came looking for. These days novels get all the attention, but there is…
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Armada by Ernest Cline : Review
Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he’s spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one…
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The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan : Review (Or the Ravings of a Fanboy)
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns…
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Moon Called by Patricia Briggs : Review
Mercedes “Mercy” Thompson is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote…
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Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1) by Jim C. Hines : Review
Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects.…
