https://youtu.be/ClaEXVuFo4Y Eskara Helsene has been many things: an angry teenager, the victim of brainwashing and abuse, queen and villain and an enemy to the gods themselves. In Death's Beating Heart, she aims for the stars by trying to save the world from Sevorai's nightmarish hunger, Norvet Meruun. The issues with that are numerous: first among... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/ybwU401U3VI Years after closing the book on the Darkest Dungeon, I was thrilled to discover that the latest Steam Next Fest offered a demo of the soon to be released Darkest Dungeon 2; I finished my--predictably bloody--first sojourn into what is promising to be as massive a game as the first one. This is once... Continue Reading →
Series: The War Eternal by Rob J. Hayes (#4)Genre: Dark FantasyDisclaimer: Received a copy of this a little before release for review. https://youtu.be/XOl0i-BmGWg What a ride! The first three books of Rob J. Hayes's War Eternal series make for some of my favourite dark fantasy reads. Protagonist Eskara Helsene was many things in those books:... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/E0bqVRouLjo You can read this review here.
Hello, everyone! I've made a video version of my 2020 review of Along the Razor's Edge -- while doing that, I also updated it somewhat. Hindsight is a wonder, once you've read an entire series, isn't it? Expect the rest of the series reviewed within the end of next week! https://youtu.be/BhNRPro3Fys
Book 1 review here | Book 2 review here https://youtu.be/18TywmTuv7E Series: The Black Iron Legacy # 3Published by: OrbitGenre: Dark FantasyReview Format: paperbackPurchased Copy. The third novel in the Black Iron Legacy series, The Broken God awakened my slumbering love for dark, heart-wrenching fantasy. Following the Tripartite Armistice that saw Guerdon divided in three influence... Continue Reading →
Admit it! You thought I'd miss the whole March book blog event--and I nearly did. But fret not, Reader, I've got you covered with a long overdue look at a sequel that flew past me last year. It's time to gush over Andrea Stewart's Bone Shard Emperor! A Sequel Worthy of the Name When I... Continue Reading →
Previous | Very obvious spoilers ahead! My fellow adventurer Kosara and I have finished the second part of Red Sister – and boy, do we have some thoughts! Read along as we try to make sense of the second half of this riveting fantasy novel. K: So, since last time we started with a brief... Continue Reading →
Next | My fellow adventurer Koki and I have been reading the first installment in the Book of the Ancestor series - and boy, do we have some thoughts! Read along as we try to make sense of the first half of this riveting fantasy novel. SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF RED SISTER, "Red... Continue Reading →
There's something delectably fun about a villain that's perfectly defined by their name, especially when that name is a monosyllabic nouns like "Pride" or "Sin" or "Ruin". Everything's on the label - you can be comfortable in your expectations as to the goals they'll pursue but how they get there is anybody's guess! It's also... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 