Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #4: Fall of the Second Five
Geoff Matthews
* Disclaimer * Writing and reading are subjective arts. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK – normal people…
Reviews
The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon – Spoiler Free Series Review
Pippa
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…
El Ministerio del Tiempo (Ministry of Time) – TV Series Review
A. M. Justice
I am a sucker for costume dramas. If a show involves somebody wearing farthingales, I will give it a try, and I’ll usually hang in there even if it’s not…
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
Rakib Ahmad Khan
It seems that I have a thing for sentient elephants. My first experience was the excellent Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg. But, The Only Harmless Great Thing is…
Draigon Weather by Paige L. Christie
Steven Poore
In Adfen, men fear the coming of Draigon Weather – the oppressive heat, the lasting droughts, the slow death of everything that can only be appeased by sacrifice. And women…
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
JC Kang
Ferris Bueller Goes to Hogwarts: the Video Game. Though both have left tire tracks over my books in the charts and competitions, I can’t decide whether I hold a deeper…
Witch by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
Jo Niederhoff
“She must be rich, Holly thought. Then, for the first time, she realized, I’m rich now, too.” Readers, I rolled my eyes. Your parents were going to get you a…
Critical Role Is A Natural 20 Of A Good Time
Kellie Doherty
“How do you want to do this?” is a phrase that’s branded on t-shirts and hoodies, stickers and scarves. It’s hinted at around gaming tables, talked about on the Internet,…
Legend by David Gemmell
Jessica Juby
Legend introduces us to a tribe called the Drenai, who feature in 12 other books by Gemmell which form The Drenai Saga. Under attack from the Nadir, all is seemingly…
Birth of the Firebringer by Meredith Ann Pierce
S. H. Paulus
Spoilers Warning: This review contains spoilers. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. “He was born under a dark moon.” I grew-up with a hearty,…
Black Man (a.k.a. Thirteen) by Richard Morgan
Toby Frost
Carl Marsalis is a Variant Thirteen, a genetically-engineered throwback to a strain of human that died out thousands of years ago. He is a tough, aggressive loner, instinctively cunning and…
Darkly Dreaming by Chloe Hammond
Richard Marpole
This is a book about vampires, about becoming one and subsequently coping with the changes that being a fatal predator of the night brings (i.e. expect a high body-count). It’s…