By now I hope you’ve read the nuanced and eloquent reviews of The Sky on Fire by Christina and Josh. This is not going to be one of those reviews, because everything they said I agree with and they said it better than I will. No, I’m here to give you a review of The …
Anahrod was a teenager when the dragons declared her a traitor and had her executed, but she survived and thrived in the Deep jungles far below the peaks where dragons ruled over society. Her past comes back to haunt her many years later as her survival is discovered, and the First Dragon, Neveranimas, wants to …
Steph and Josh talk about Erin M Evan’s Empire of Exiles. In this book changlings and intrigue haunt a small country of refugees, and magic users must resist the allure of spiraling and letting their element completely take them over. Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (StephOKingston) and you …
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers tells the story of the Everly family burdened with a curse, a bargain made with a mysterious woman named Penelope, who always comes to collect. Marianne Everly, determined to lift the curse, leaves her only daughter, Violet, behind with her brothers. The problem arises when Violet’s mother never …
We’ve made it to another year of No Page Unturned and we’re talking our top 5 books of 2023. Apologies to the nation of Belgium in advance. Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (StephOKingston) and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt) …
Gather round gentle listeners as we do our annual check in with Brandon Sanderson’s latest (sort of) books. This time Josh and Steph read Tress of the Emerald Sea and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. These excellent novels were part of Sanderson’s Secret Projects but are now available to all. We dug in, had a …
We are talking about each of our top 3 books of 2023 as of August! Your hosts are Josh MacDougall (FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston) and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt) and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us …
Since the release of her novella Silver in the Wind in 2019, I’ve been a fan of Emily Tesh, so her debut novel, Some Desperate Glory, was high on my anticipation list for 2023. In this science fiction thriller, contact with aliens has happened, and it ends with the destruction of Earth. Now Valkyr is …
As someone who has read a hefty amount of detective novels, I knew precisely what Richard Swan was doing in The Justice of Kings, the first book in his The Empire of the Wolf trilogy. It’s written like a classic Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot in a fantasy setting, with elements of both making up …
The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess is a skin-crawlingly good horror book by Andy Marino, his first novel for adults. It explores the real and supernatural darkness inside one woman and has an excellent blend of psychological and body horror that will keep you turning pages. Marino’s visceral and descriptive style set you firmly in …