https://youtu.be/H14T15uIspU Fonda Lee's Green Bone Saga has gained the status of a modern classic over its publication between 2017 and 2021. I haven't read it yet, and so can tell you, hand over heart, Untethered Sky is a triumphant introduction to Lee's work. Chock-full of compelling characters, this novella exudes a love and respect for... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/9OJ8tWgmLQA K. J. Parker is a master of voice. His Siege Trilogy accents this mastery, providing the reader with narrators with personalities large enough they threaten to drown out most other voices. How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It, the middle book in this trilogy, has to contend with a difficult task:... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/tiysvCXILfw Another fast-paced novella courtesy of Alastair Reynolds, Slow Bullets makes for one of those reads you can't step away from. After reading the first scene in the library, where I picked this title up, I sat down in the evening and didn't stop reading until there was no more Slow Bullets left to read.... Continue Reading →
Because all you needed was another Unsouled review https://youtu.be/RAVjoVfBWMI How about literature as comfort food? Sometimes you need to unwind in-between serious, demanding reads, to lose yourself in a world whose stakes, while not low by any means, don't hit quite as deep as they otherwise might. For me, Unsouled, the first book in Will... 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 →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_MExqxvyY I delight in the way in which time travel paradox is rendered across the 173 pages of Alastair Reynolds' Permafrost. This novella is the kind of read that engulfs you, covers you in a sheet of ice that won't let go until you're well and clear; but I assure you, even with its covers... Continue Reading →
"Establishment Reviewed: Sins of the Mother"The Dark Lord (Occasionally Responds to Unintentionally Helpful Villain)KarataanFantasy Yelp Member Since ██████Review Posted On: The Day A Moon Fell666/5 stars There I am, exploring a new world and there I go, finding myself a nice 'lil island with a nice lil' inn on it. And there she is, a... Continue Reading →
"Legends and Lattes: Best Latte I've Ever Had"The Multidimensional Dark Lord (Responds also to "Unintentionally Helpful Villain")ThuneFantasy Yelp Member Since ██████Review: Legends and LattesReview Posted On: The Seventeenth Blood Moon On The Pious Man's Head10/5 stars After hearing about the proprietor of this novel establishment, the orc Viv, I expected a good time. I got... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/LzvqI1MBMo8 Below you'll find the text-based review: The flagship title of the X-Men has dropped any pithy adjective. No more "Uncanny" for our mutant protagonists as they move away from protecting a world that fears them. That's a decidedly secondary objective now; with Jonathan Hickman's relaunch of the series, everything's changed. This first volume of... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 