The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
T. L. Greylock
Warning: Contains Stage 9 Book Adoration and Booze Let’s just get this out of the way, and then maybe we can level with each other. I loved The Lions of…
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Urskuul’s Reading Circle: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Dan Sutcliffe
Hello, and welcome to the first official Urskuul’s Reading Circle Newsletter! Read on for brand new details of the discussions that occurred at the latest meeting (wherein we reviewed the…
A Wizard Alone by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
Whatever else may be your opinion of A Wizard Alone, you have to admit that you will likely never read any other book which opens with a boy arguing with…
The Hammer and The Goat / The Vagrant and The City by Peter Newman
T. O. Munro
Covers count. Every author knows this. Covers can make you buy books, they pose questions, raise mysteries – draw in the eye and the imagination. It is rare, however, for…
Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan
Richard Bray
Brian McClellan earned scores of new fantasy fans with the Powder Mage Trilogy. With Sins of Empire, the first book in his new Gods of Blood and Powder series, McClellan…
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
As a reviewer, Red Sister set me a challenge I have not had since The Girl with All the Gifts: the conundrum of capturing how it made me feel and…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Zachary A. Matzo
It isn’t often that you bring home a game that is a legitimate contender for the title of Greatest Game Ever Made. Games, like books, are so personal and subjective…
The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley
Laura M. Hughes
“There will always be wars. And I will always fight them.” Task is a soldier like no other. For one thing, he’s not human. For another, following orders is not…
A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab
Eric Christensen
Spoiler Warning: To the extent possible, I have done my best to minimize spoilers for the entire Shades of Magic trilogy. However, this is a review of the third book…
In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan
Steve Damarell
The fourth book of an ongoing series is a troublesome prospect. Stagnation and repetition are potential pitfalls, and there is no doubt that Marie Brennan totters on a precarious ledge…
The Black Guard by A. J. Smith
Aaron Miles
The Black Guard has been described as “Martin meets Lovecraft,” and doesn’t disappoint on either count. With bleak personal stories of loss and hardship, wars between rival nations and a…
The Wizard’s Dilemma by Diane Duane
Well, here we are. Another month, another volume of Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series. By now, you probably all know what to expect from this review: chatter about brilliantly portrayed…