Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
Nicholas Schmiedicker
In a genre that is dominated by the gritty and dark following the recent popularity of Game of Thrones, Max Gladstone delivers an impressive tale with an ultimate message of…
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Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Joie
I can’t resist all things dragon. I admit it. When I saw that Rachel Aaron/Bach had a new series out about a dragon society in the midst of a future…
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
Lucy Hounsom
Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell: a partnership fated to succeed from the start. Gaiman’s modest, restless prose teamed with the trademark art of Riddell results in a frank and glorious…
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
Sonia Grace
Will Everett has spent a long time wishing adventure would find him, but when it does it’s not quite what he expects. In one eventful day he meets the rail…
London Comic Con – Review
Holly Rymer
The dark water below promised a painful death should the cable snap. The gentleman making faces at us during the five minute cable car ride from one side of the…
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Nick Clark
If you’ve come into contact with any of David Mitchell’s work before, you’ll be well-acquainted with the sort of genre-switching, time-slipping, scene-shifting fiction that the author is best known for.…
The Detective by Jonathan L. Howard
Shambralyn Baker
“Don’t think you can quantify me and put me in a thesis. A census taker once tried to test me. I let my front garden eat him.” – Johannes Cabal…
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
Jo Niederhoff
Harper Price has everything. She’s president of the Student Government Association, has Cotillion coming up, does well in school, has a great group of friends (and one best friend, Bee),…
The Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
“Thrown out of the best universities, excommunicated from all the most popular religions and many of the obscure ones, fresh from his recent engagement in Hell, we present Johannes Cabal,…
Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
James Davies
This one was a strange one. When someone reads a sequel, they, in perhaps a blind state of expectancy, naturally believe the latter to be alike to the former, at…
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss – Extensive Review
Overlord
Reviewer’s Foreword Picking up The Slow Regard of Silent Things you are greeted by a number of warnings from the author: “You might not want to buy this book.” ……
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor – Video Game Review
Zachary A. Matzo
Author’s Note: This review is spoiler free! Licensed video games do not have the best of reputations. E.T., for the Atari 2600, is considered one of the worst games ever…