Harrow the Ninth – Review
Looking back at the books of 2019, the one that has stuck with me the most, latching on even as my brain slowly melted in quarantine, was Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth. February feels…
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Fate of the Fallen Review – The Joy of the Unexpected
When it comes to fantasy, it has inevitable hangers-on, specific ideas, certain character archetypes that spring to mind. Our imagination fills up with magic, swords, dragons, and, of course, heroes. The monomyth that won't…
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The Grand Dark Review: A Dieselpunk Slow-burn
The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey is my first foray into the genre known as Dieselpunk, a style that combines diesel technology, retro-futuristic technology, and the feeling of uncertainty, paranoia, and hopelessness. This novel…
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The Library of the Unwritten Review: Librarian’s Unfinished Business
A story can move you to anger, to cry, to empathize with people you do not know or who are imaginary. A story can inspire you to write your own story. But what happens…
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Review – A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie.
It feels as if Joe Abercrombie has been mentioning a new trilogy in the world of The First Law since Red Country was released and his young adult novel, Half A King was announced. Finally, A Little Hatred has arrived…
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Review – Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
Seven Blades in Black is easily the best work by Sam Sykes yet, which is saying something considering his previous series, Aeons' Gate and Bring Down Heaven. While his world building and the plot…
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Review – The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
In the port city of Vastai, to serve as the Raven's Lease is to one day sacrifice yourself to the god known as the Raven so he will, in turn, serve and protect that…
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How To Overcome Your Reading Slump – The Wizard’s Way
Perhaps you, the humble wizard, are deep within the stacks of the archives, but when it comes to those tomes on the arcane arts you’re having a hard time of it. You’ve been pouring…
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Review – Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
With the third entry of Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archives, Oathbringer, releasing today, the arc that comprises the first five books is more than halfway through. The third book takes nearly all the events…
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Review – Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Everfair by Nisi Shawl is an alternative history set in the Belgian Congo during King Leopold II's reign. Instead of years of slavery, racism, and genocide a congregation of Fabian Socialist from Great Britain…
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