The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Victoria Hooper
Lauren Beukes is probably best known for her wonderful Clarke Award winning book Zoo City, an urban fantasy set in Johannesburg. Like Zoo City, The Shining Girls can be loosely…
One Piece – Manga Series Review
Juan de Dios Dougnac
On the day the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed, a huge crowd gathered to hear his last words: his treasure, won after pillaging through the entire world, lay somewhere…
Consider the Start of Your Story a.k.a. The Hook and The Arm It’s Attached To
Michael Everest
Is the hare really faster than the tortoise? Did the chicken come before the egg? Green means go, red means stop, but yellow means something in the middle – so…
The Daedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinez
Dan Hanks
The Daedalus Incident is one of those books that for many will be hard to pin down. A not-so-simple tale of adventure on the high seas of…well, nothing…it initially pops…
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
One of the many shocks that George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire gave me was how vivid the narration became by writing chapters from the point of…
The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler
A. E. Marling
If Hermione in the land of Narnia sounds like your dream come true, then you may love The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler. The story begins in proud Oliver…
The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle
Phil Norris
When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back with them a name out of half forgotten Viking legend – Skayling’s – and following in those explorers wake…
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Robbie Cameron
Morat Gurgeh is bored. The game player has reached the apex of his profession and lives a privileged and hedonistic life on his own mountain range playing games, writing papers…
Seven Kings by John R. Fultz
Nicholas Schmiedicker
We’re back to a world of giants, men, and ancient sorcerers in the sequel to the 2012 book Seven Princes. John Fultz has crafted an interesting world that hearkens to…
Cold Days by Jim Butcher
CptNemo
This review contains spoilers for the previous Dresden books. Read with caution if you have yet to read Ghost Story. Cold Days is the latest installment in the bestselling Dresden…
Cover Reveal: Any Other Name by Emma Newman
Jennie Ivins
Emma Newman’s Split World series was picked up by Angry Robot last year after discovering her through her series of short stories. Every week for a year and a day…
Discovering Discworld
Some of the earliest fantasy I remember reading were books from the Discworld series. This isn’t the usual route into fantasy, and is a little odd because Discworld is something…