Reviews
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The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks : Review
*Review may contain spoilers for book one, The Black Prism (my review of which can be found here)* Gavin Guile has five years to live, five great purposes left and one huge problem.…
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An Oath of the Blood by Valerie Zambito : Review
“One will be betrayed, one will be lost, one will be gravely injured and one will die.” Following the destruction of the magical Kingdom of Pyraan, four powerful shifters and a Draca Cat…
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Crown Thief by David Tallerman : Review
Meet Easie Damasco: Thief, swindler and lately, reluctant hero. But whatever good intentions Damasco may have are about to be tested to their limits, as the most valuable – and dangerous – object…
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Review: The Kneebone Boy, by Ellen Potter
“Some say he’s part animal, covered with hair, with claws for hands and ears like a bats. When his mother first laid eyes on him she fainted dead away…” Life in a small…
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Ironskin by Tina Connolly : Review
Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin. When…
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Past of a Marked Man by Jennifer Hirtler : Review
If I could not live my life honorably without being reviled, then I would not. If they feared me, I decided, they should have a reason. – Kagnos, Past of a Marked Man…
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The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin : Review
Thrown into chaos, the aristocracy of the Winter Kingdoms must defend itself against magic, and with the clock ticking, the fate must rest on the shoulders of our heroes. Matris “Tris” Drayke, a…
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Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente
September is a girl who long for adventure. When she is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard, well, of course she accepts. (Mightn’t you?) But Fairyland is in turmoil,…
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Sins of the Son by Linda Poitevin : Review
** This review may contain spoilers. My review for book 1 : Sins of the Angels may be found here. Humanity is on the doorsteps of Armageddon, and their only hope lies upon…
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Review: The Magicians and Mrs. Quent, by Galen Beckett
Of the three Lockwell sisters – romantic Lily, prophetic Rose, and studious, book-loving Ivy – it’s Ivy, the eldest, who’s held the family together after their father’s silent retreat to the library upstairs.…
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Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
MY NAME IS KVOTHE. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity…
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My Travels with Eos by Chris Bemis : Review
What path of evolution would humans take during interstellar travel? Enter the Nyx, a species that has traveled to the far reaches of space. They found Earth, and sent a delegation to share…
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Eye of the World by Robert Jordan : Review
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…
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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson : Review
Breathe. Hallandren and Idris; two kingdoms sitting side by side. Hallandren; an ostentatious kingdom of colors, gods, Breath and a spectrum of colorfully dressed crowds bustling within sunny streets. And Idris, a…
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The Black Prism by Brent Weeks : Review
Colour. Emotions. Light. Magic. In a world where colour is the foundation of all magic, The Prism – Gavin Guile rules over all seven satraps as a religious and political figure and as…
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The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson : Review
Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before Destination. Thousands of years past, in the lands of Roshar – a land of stones and storms. Storms so powerful and frequent as to have…
