Relapse by Blake Northcott
Kit
Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for book one: Vs. Reality. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. Earlier this year, I reviewed Ms. Northcott’s…
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Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff – Review
Overlord
Being a Martial Artist, when I saw the cover of Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff my jaw dropped. Then, flipping the book over, I saw the following testimonial from Patrick Rothfuss…
The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett
Matt Maenpaa
The word limen in Latin means “a threshold”, and in modern context, the word liminal can be interpreted as a state between one or the other, often in reference to…
Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper
Alister Davison
It’s been reviewed here before, has been a book club read, but Songs of the Earth is a book I have to shout about. Here’s why. Years ago, I gave…
Trinity Rising by Elspeth Cooper
Mike Shackle
A year ago, I reviewed my first book for Fantasy-Faction. It was for Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper. It was one of my favorite books of 2011. Fast-paced…
Mass Effect Series Review
Mordin: Might go somewhere sunny. Sit on beach, look at ocean, collect seashells. Shepard: You’d go crazy inside an hour. Mordin: Might run tests on seashells. The Mass Effect series…
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Rachel Riegel
Here’s a title that, until a few weeks ago, had flown completely below my radar. My sister-in-law suggested it to me, claiming that if I loved The Hunger Games Trilogy,…
The Book of Transformations by Mark Charan Newton
Dominic Stevens
The Legends of the Red Sun series has been compared to the Book of the New Sun, and it’s not hard to see why. In both series, a dying red…
Sinbad: Worth the Price of Admission?
Faith M. Boughan
…which, if you’re watching on cable, is probably anywhere between $60-$200 per month. But who’s counting? If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard of the new show,…
Cursed by Benedict Jacka
Paul Wiseall
This review contains some spoilers for Fated and Cursed. Please read with caution. Fated, the first novel in the Alex Verus series from Benedict Jacka is, in my opinion, one…
God’s War by Kameron Hurley
“Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert.” As opening lines go, they don’t come much better. It sets the book’s grim tone,…
Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Snuff is Terry Pratchett’s 39th Discworld novel, almost thirty years after writing his first. The series has been a huge success, with worldwide translations, audiobooks, conventions and ceramic figurines worthy…