Published: December 5, 2017 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Series: Chronicles of the One #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 419 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid... Continue Reading →
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe – Review
Published: February 26, 2017 Publisher: Self-Published Series: Arcane Ascension #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 621 (Kindle Edition) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Five years ago, Corin Cadence’s brother entered the Serpent Spire — a colossal tower with ever-shifting rooms, traps, and monsters. Those who survive the spire’s trials return home with an attunement: a mark granting... Continue Reading →
Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw – Review
Published: July 31, 2018 Publisher: Orbit Series: Dr. Greta Helsing #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 400 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Contemporary fantasy in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, whose family has been keeping the supernatural... Continue Reading →
The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French – Review
Published: June 19, 2018 Publisher: Crown Series: The Lot Lands #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 432 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A raucous, bawdy, blood-soaked adventure fantasy debut that's The Lord of the Rings reimagined by way of Sons of... Continue Reading →
A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond Villareal – Review
Published: June 5, 2018 Publisher: Mulholland Books Series: Standalone Genre: Horror, Fiction Pages: 432 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A virus that turns people into something somehow more than human quickly sweeps the world, upending society as we know... Continue Reading →
By Fire Above by Robyn Bennis – Review
Published: May 15, 2018 Publisher: Tor Books Series: Signal Airship #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 368 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: "All's fair in love and war," according to airship captain Josette Dupre, until her hometown becomes occupied by the... Continue Reading →
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio – Review
Published: July 3, 2018 Publisher DAW Books Series: Sun Eater #1 Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 624 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the... Continue Reading →
A Study in Brimstone by G.S. Denning – Review
Published: May 17, 2016 Publisher: Titan Books Series: Warlock Holmes #1 Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Pages: 336 (Paperback) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes is an unparalleled genius who uses the gift of deduction and reason to solve the most vexing of crimes. Warlock Holmes, however, is an idiot. A good man, perhaps; a font of arcane power,... Continue Reading →
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye – Review
Published: March 22, 2016 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Genre: Historical Fiction Series: Standalone Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the... Continue Reading →
Eden Conquered by Joelle Charbonneau – Review
Published: June 5, 2018 Publisher: HarperTeen Series: Dividing Eden #2 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 320 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau.. The Trials of... Continue Reading →
