A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Phil Norris
Fifteen years ago a civil war known as Robert’s Rebellion rocks the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and brings about the downfall of the powerful Targaryen family, who had ruled for…
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The Raven’s Shadow by Elspeth Cooper
Mike Shackle
The desert of Gimrael is aflame with violence, and in the far north an ancient hatred is about to spill over into the renewal of a war that a thousand…
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Hierath
Please be aware that this review contains spoilers. Doomsday Book is widely regarded as an SF classic, the first book in the acclaimed Oxford Time Travel series. First published in…
Gentleman Bastard Read Along – Chapters 9-12
Overlord
Welcome to Week 3 of our Lies of Locke Lamora Read Along. I hope you had a great bank holiday (if you are in the UK) and that you are…
Sci-Fi/Horror Book Club – September 2013: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Lisa Taylor
Our Sci-Fi Book Club honors the memory Richard Matheson, a true legend of the genre, with our September book Club read. Matheson received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement…
Fantasy Book Club – September 2013: The Folding Knife by K. J. Parker
In September, we will be reading The Folding Knife by K. J. Parker. In case you missed it last week, Jared Shurin wrote up a wonderful and persuasive plea on…
Gentleman Bastard Read Along – Chapters 5-8
Welcome to the second week of our incredibly in-depth Read Along of The Lies of Locke Lamora. Last week was great fun, there were some really intelligent answers to the…
Cold Steel by Kate Elliott
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
The last installment of the Spiritwalker trilogy, Cold Steel follows the further adventures of Catherine Bell Barahal as she tries to save her cousin Bee who walks the dreams of…
A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon
A. E. Marling
If the idea of a scientific adventure to find a golden lotus delights you, try A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon. This historical fantasy of an alternate 19th century…
Dark Child (Omnibus Edition) by Adina West
Dan Hanks
Urban/paranormal fantasy? Female protagonist? Vampires and werewolves? I know what you’re thinking. It’s going to be tough to get through this without making the obvious comparison. So I won’t even…
Charm by Sarah Pinborough
This review contains spoilers. If you have yet to read Poison, read this review with caution. How do you follow the re-imaging of Snow White, why with the re-imaging of…
Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
Nicholas Schmiedicker
Kinslayer is Jay Kristoff’s latest installment in his Lotus War series. The story picks up not long after the end of Stormdancer, Shogun Yoritomo is dead at the hands of…