The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks
ChrisMB
We interrupt my regular schedule of reviews to bring up a matter that has caused me to give pause and reflect on things of late. This January (as in the…
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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
In the effort to break away from the overwhelming US/European cultural trend that runs rampant through so much of fantasy, I decided to start expanding my reading to a more…
Fantasy Book Club – February 2012: The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
Overlord
This month we will be trying a book that hasn’t had a huge amount of exposure, and yet, behind the scenes, in the blogging community, it has a lot of…
Empire State by Adam Christopher
So, essentially, we as fantasy fans don’t mind a bit of repetition. In fact, I think the majority of us would admit that within our genre there isn’t a huge…
The Worm Ouroboros by Eric Rucker Eddison
Nyki Blatchley
We all know what epic fantasy is supposed to be like. It should involve a vast war between good and evil (or at least between significantly better and significantly worse)…
Giant Thief by David Tallerman
Do you remember when giants were ‘in’? No? Well, actually – neither do I. Probably because giants had their hey-day many, many years ago. Hercules met a few, David took…
City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton
Dominic Stevens
Often these reviews begin with comparing the writer in question with another; or even to a combination of two or even three writers. The novel features boats, then compare the…
The Great Bazaar by Peter V. Brett
Paul Wiseall
Last year I reluctantly read The Painted Man. I say reluctantly because everyone told me that I had to read it but based on the tagline, ‘Sometimes, there is very…
Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan
Since I really enjoyed Theft of Swords, and my habit is to keep reading something until it ceases to be entertaining, I picked up Rise of Empire. As before, the…
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is, without doubt, one of the very best fantasy writers around today. What I think Brandon does better than anyone else out there is create a world that…
Control Point by Myke Cole
Mike Shackle
“Write what you know,” is normally the first advice any aspiring author is given. But when you write fantasy books, perhaps it’s not the most practical, as magical abilities do…
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Some books are just a fun read. They don’t pretend to be anything other than that. They take you to interesting places full of fascinating people where, for a short…