With everything going on in the world right now, I find myself forced to write something like this in the hopes that I'll keep to a stringent posting schedule, over here and at booknest.eu both. Giant Days Vol. 01 by John Allison This slice of life has a female version of me as one of... Continue Reading →
Concept art of Kreia. At the heart of the best-written video game based on the Star Wars universe is Kreia, a complex character who serves to voice criticism against, and complicate, the way we perceive the Force. Kreia, known also as Darth Traya, was a Jedi Master turned Sith after her exile at the hands... Continue Reading →
When I read The Devil's Apprentice last year, I enjoyed it well enough, though I had a number of issues with some of the prose and saw the revelations coming from a mile away. How does its follow up compare? Read on to find out! https://giphy.com/gifs/reading-bored-wallace-and-gromit-34ZNcoaN5u4hi The Die of Death follows up six months after... Continue Reading →
This book review was originally published over at booknest.eu. Self-PublishedGenre: Fantasy, Low FantasyPages: 220Format: Kindle e-bookCopy: Courtesy by the author through r/fantasy’s TBRindr list in return for an honest review; The opportunity of coming across a gemstone of a book is why I am happy to read the works of indie fantasy authors whose titles... Continue Reading →
It is a dark time in the galaxy. So what better way to alleviate the darkness than via a selection of memes based on everyone's favourite space opera?! DISCLAIMER: I've made none of these memes, I've merely saved them over the years. We all know the bothans are incompetent, Admiral Ackbar Just Confirms it. Here... Continue Reading →
I don't remember how I came across Ecstasy and Terror but I knew when I read its blurb that I would love it. Having read every one of the essays in this collection, I've found myself not only loving it but hungry for more of Mendelsohn's writing. This anthology by Mendelsohn(who is Editor at Large... Continue Reading →
Star Wars fans on Twitter, Reddit and all over the Internet have had a field day with all kinds of interesting tidbits, courtesy of Episode IX's novelization. Virtually all of it has to do with Palpatine clones - which is one nightmare I'd hoped we had collectively turned away from after Disney's wiping of ye... Continue Reading →
Originally posted over at Booknest.eu. Pictured here is my own copy. So pretty @_@ Published by: Gollancz.Genre: (Dark) FantasyPages: 486Format: HardbackPurchased the Exclusive Edition from Waterstones. The world we readers knew from the First Law Trilogy has changed. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Joe Abercrombie’s standalone novels in the... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/nLfQAKglKrA A Plague Tale: Innocence is a remarkable third-person narrative game, telling the story of Amicia and Hugo de Rune as they evade the Inquisition during the peak of the bubonic plague in France. I am IN LOVE with the characters and horrified by the world; I think, you will be, too.
The Grimoire Reliquary 