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Published: June 30, 2018 Publisher: Grimdark Magazine Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Series: Standalone Pages: 380 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Get knee-deep in grit with twenty-five grimdark sci-fi and fantasy short stories from the shadowy vaults of Grimdark Magazine.... Continue Reading →
Published: May 15, 2018 Publisher: Orbit Books Series: Ardor Benn #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 784 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: "I'm hiring you to steal the king's crown." Ardor Benn is no ordinary thief. Rakish, ambitious, and master of... Continue Reading →
Published: June 4, 2015 Publisher: PanMacmillan Series: Standalone Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 600 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers? WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The last... Continue Reading →
Published: June 19, 2018 Publisher: Berkley Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy Pages: 336 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Once there was a mermaid who longed to know of more than her ocean home and her people. One day a fisherman... Continue Reading →
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme originally hosted on Breaking the Spine but has since linked up with “Can’t Wait Wednesday” at Wishful Endings now that the original creator is unable to host it anymore. This is a great way to share upcoming released you’re excited about! I've never read a Sam Sykes book, but now is probably... Continue Reading →
Published: May 15, 2018 Publisher: Tachyon Publications Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy Pages: 288 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In the ancient moors of Scotland, the king of Calidon lies on his deathbed, cursed by a ring that cannot be... Continue Reading →
Published: May 22, 2018 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Series: Empirium #1 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Pages: 512 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it.... Continue Reading →
Published: May 1, 2018 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: Untitled #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 544 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from... Continue Reading →
Published: February 28, 2002 Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Science Fiction Series: Takeshi Kovacs #1 Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.0/5.0 Synopsis: It's the twenty-fifth century, and advances in technology have redefined life itself. A person's consciousness can now be stored in the brain and downloaded into a new body (or "sleeve"), making death nothing more... Continue Reading →
Published: May 16, 2017 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Genre: Fantasy Series: Untitled #1 Pages: 432 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: An epic fantasy debut, The Empire’s Ghost weaves together the lives of the haves and the have-nots both desperately fighting to reassemble the remains of a fallen empire. The empire of Elesthene once spanned a... Continue Reading →
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