Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
Richard Bray
What Half a King does is remind us that it’s not the violence or occasional profanity that has made Abercrombie such a tour de force – it’s his perceptive ability…
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The 100 – TV Series Review
Kit
I feel that I should start this review by stating that I have never been a super huge fan of sci-fi, in either print or visual media forms. It wasn’t…
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Review
Juan de Dios Dougnac
“We are nothing but dwarfs, standing on the shoulders of giants”, Bernard of Chartres allegedly said, and I’d be hard pressed to find a bigger truth. Whether in fantasy literature,…
Black Feathers & The Book of the Crowman by Joseph D’Lacey
Matt Maenpaa
Our world is collapsing, the planet choked with pollution and strangled by economic hardship. A government agency with dubious intent, known as the Ward, is collecting political dissenters and rebels,…
So What’s The Fuss About Scrivener?
Adrian Faulkner
If you’re a writer, whether you are unpublished or a bestseller, it’s likely that you’ve heard of the writing software called Scrivener. It’s possible that you’ve heard some of your…
The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Sonia Grace
This review contains spoilers for the previous books. Read with caution if you have yet to finish The Long Earth and The Long War. The Long Mars is a worthy…
Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson
Jo Niederhoff
Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson, takes place in Boston ten years before the start of the American Revolution, after the Stamp Act but before the colonists’ opinion turned against the…
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Claire Lines
Quentin Coldwater is a genius. His GPA is a higher number than most people know a GPA can be, his prospects for college entry are just about limitless, and he’s…
The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter by Rod Duncan
Alister Davison
The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter is a detective story with a difference, the biggest being that the detective himself, one Mr Barnabus, is not all he seems. So much so, that his…
Sworn in Steel by Douglas Hulick
This review contains spoilers for Among Thieves. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. It’s no surprise that Douglas Hulick’s Sworn in Steel, the second…
Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
Zachary A. Matzo
Am I painting with a wide brush when I say that, for most of us, children’s books are something we read as, well, children? Or to children, maybe? Rarely, if…
Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Charlie Hopkins
G.R.R.M. states in his introduction that’s the “Rogues is not meant to be a fantasy anthology” but I picked it up for the authors that I knew from being a…