Hullo, everyone! I got a gig as Assistant Editor for the Fantasy Hive, which means that I'll be posting plenty of fantasy reviews over on the site. I'm beyond excited to get started, so without further ado, here's the link to the first one, my review of Josh Erikson's Blight Marked! Below, of course, you'll... Continue Reading →
Published by: Self-publishedGenre: Epic FantasySeries: The Wildfire Cycle #01Format: ebookReview Copy: Courtesy of TheWriteReads, as part of the Kingshold Blog Tour! Kingshold was difficult to get into – so difficult, in fact, I hate to admit that if I wasn’t part of this blog post, I might not have gotten past the opening third…which would’ve... Continue Reading →
This review was originally published over at booknest.eu. Published by: HarperVoyager (2010 ed.)Genre: Sci-Fi, FantasyPages: 296Format: paperbackAwards: Hugo Award for Best Novel (1968)Copy: Picked up at my local library. Support your libraries, folks! His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and... Continue Reading →
Hullo and welcome to this tiny review, in which I will bitch and moan about Fool Moon for a wee bit! Why? Because #EverythingIsContent ! I listened to James Masters's reading of the first Harry Dresden novel almost two years ago -- my Goodreads shelf tells me I read it on June 29, 2017 --... Continue Reading →
(Minor Spoilers Ahead) Senlin Ascends (review here) was an excellent first act in Josiah Bancroft's fully realized and fleshed out world, with intricate characters and a number of mysteries which set the imagination on fire. Originally self-published in 2015, Arm of the Sphinx came to be re-released by Orbit this March, in preparation for The Hod King which... Continue Reading →
Beginning a D&D campaign is a daunting experience, especially when your entire experience role-playing is in a few Pathfinder games. Dungeons&Dragons' latest edition is by no means an overly complex game. Most of the rules are explained in a clear, forthright way, and both the Player's Handbook(PHB) and Dungeon Master's Guide(DMG) are excellent books, introducing... Continue Reading →
Another Monday, another Top Ten List! I've been reading and thinking about magical weapons, sentient swords, talking scythes and so decided to do another one of my favourite little lists! If I get an arsehole of a wielder, I'm going to pretend that I'm just your normal, every-day magical sword. No sign of sentience from... Continue Reading →
Today's quote is all about the past! We all have our pasts. I suspect we keep them nebulous not because we are hiding from our yesterdays but because we think we will cut more romantic figures if we roll our eyes and dispense delicate hints about beautiful women forever beyond our reaches. Those men whose... Continue Reading →
I saw "The Dark Tower" movie today, and it left me with...mixed feelings. Matthew Mchonaghy makes every scene he's in so much fun, but the adaptation makes everything so much...less. The ideas shown within the movie are a fraction of what The Dark Tower is about. But this is about the book, not the movie.... Continue Reading →
Diary Entry #0190 Mine powers of tracking have proven useless in the quest to discover where Amara, mine treacherous, body-snatching former wife, has ran off to. I will not give up, however. She cannot hide for long. Diary Entry #0191 I came across an apple merchant today. Apples, he told me, blessed by the gauntleted hand of the... Continue Reading →
