Mini-reviews of fantasy books: The Fifth Season, The City of Stairs, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Turning Darkness into Light
Time for some more mini-reviews of fantasy books. The only thing these books have in common is that I read them all on holiday this year. We had a week
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Novella mini reviews (2): The Haunting of Tram Car 015, Silver in the Wood, The Deep, Riot Baby, Penric’s Demon
Novellas are my new greatest love. I already did one post covering Of Dragons, Feasts and Murder by Aliette de Bodard, The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo,
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Lodestar award mini-reviews: Catfishing on Catnet, Dragon Pearl, Riverland
There were three nominees for the Lodestar award that I couldn’t put down, I tried, but they demanded to be read. I loved Catfishing on Catnet for how fun and
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Demon Haunted by Ashe Armstrong Review
Grimluk is an orc with one purpose: hunting demons. For the past month, Grimluk has traveled with his newly adopted sister, Gwen Quinn. Grimluk hopes to find the cause and
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A Ghostly Request by Krista D. Ball Review
Miss Elizabeth Knight’s occult studies are thrown into chaos when her younger sister is finally allowed to come out into society. There are gowns and bonnets and shoes to purchase.
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The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood Review
I read this for mod book club over on r/fantasy, and somehow despite having taken the most notes ever, I never got round to reviewing it. Well, here goes, 4
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BLM Bingo reviews: Dread Nation, A Song of Blood and Stone and Queen of the Conquered
These are some of the books I’ve read for the Tarot Black Lives Matter book bingo, presented by The Tarot Sequence fandom! This is run primarily by Kathy @pages below
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Od Magic, The Blue Sword & The Last Herald-Mage (Valdemar) – shortish reviews
From the depths of my drafts folder arises a new post of mini-reviews that I’d forgotten about. These books share a sort of old-timey fairytale and comforting style. The Blue
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Spirit Caller: Books 4-6 by Krista D. Ball Review
You can read my review for Spirit Caller 1-3 here, don’t read this if you haven’t read the series as it will contain vague spoilers for the first books. Rachel
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Rosewater by Tade Thompson Review
Tade Thompson’s Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction’s most engaging new voices. Rosewater is a town on the
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