Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix – Series Review
Pippa
Five Great Charters knit the land. Together linked, hand in hand. One in the people who wear the Crown. Two in the folk who keep the Dead down. Three and…
Pippa
Blood of the Gods by David Mealing
Blood of the Gods is the second book in the epic fantasy trilogy, The Ascension Cycle. It follows closely after the events of the first book, Soul of the World.…
The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon – Spoiler Free Series Review
The Books of Pellinor is a four books epic fantasy series written by the Australian author, Alison Croggon. Here in the UK the first book is called The Gift, but…
The Hyena and the Hawk by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Spoiler Alert: This review contains minor spoilers for the previews books. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish them. The Hyena and the Hawk is the third…
Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan
This is the second instalment of the Gods of Blood and Powder series and follows the events of the first book, Sins of Empire, with the same three perspectives. The…
The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Originally written in Japanese and published in 2006, this edition of The Beast Player is translated by Cathy Hirano. At the heart of this book is a coming of age…
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
Under Heaven is the first book in the Under Heaven duology. It is set in a fictionalized version of the Tang Dynasty of 8th Century China and contains a masterful…
An Echo of Thing to Come by James Islington
An Echo of Thing to Come is the second book in The Licanius Trilogy, the first being The Shadow of What Was Lost. The trilogy is an epic fantasy set…
The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams
This is the second book in the Winnowing Flame trilogy and continues soon after the end of the first book, The Ninth Rain. Since this is a sequel I will…
Death’s Mistress by Terry Goodkind
Death’s Mistress is the first book in the Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles series. It is a new series following a character already established in Goodkind’s previous books, the…
The Tale of Shikanoko by Lian Hearn – Spoiler Free Series Review
Depending on which edition of these books, you will either have four books or two bind ups containing two books each. The four books are Emperor of the Eight Islands;…
The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts – Spoiler Free Series Review
The Empire Trilogy is a collaborative political fantasy series by the American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. It is also a part of the larger Riftwar series by…