Published: April 1, 2016 Publisher: 47North Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Pages: 318 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: King Severn Argentine’s fearsome reputation precedes him: usurper of the throne, killer of rightful heirs, ruthless punisher of traitors. Attempting to depose him, the Duke of Kiskaddon gambles…and loses. Now the duke must atone by handing over his... Continue Reading →
Gilded Cage by Vic James – Review
A review copy of this book was received in exchange for an honest review. Published: February 14, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 368 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Not all are free. Not all are equal. Not all will be saved. Our world belongs to the Equals — aristocrats with magical... Continue Reading →
Charm by Sarah Pinborough –
Published: April 8, 2015 Publisher: Titan Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 208 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: The classic Cinderella story is given a sexy contemporary makeover in this wicked fairy tale featuring all the heroes and villains that we know and love: the handsome prince, the fairy godmother, the wretched sisters, and the beautiful girl. One... Continue Reading →
Wrath by John Gwynne – Review
Published: December 6, 2016 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 693 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair has taken control of the fortress at Drassil and three of the Seven Treasures are in his possession. And together with Calidus... Continue Reading →
Black City Saint by Richard A. Knaak – Review
Published: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Pyr Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Pages: 390 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: For more than sixteen hundred years, Nick Medea has followed and guarded the Gate that keeps the mortal realm and that of Feirie separate, seeking in vain absolution for the fatal errors he made when he slew... Continue Reading →
The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks – Review
Published: October 25, 2016 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 682 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: When does an empire fall? The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four-and those are falling before the White King's armies. Gavin Guile, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken, and... Continue Reading →
The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks – Review
Published: August 26, 2014 Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Pages: 757 (Paperback) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: As the old gods awaken, the Chromeria is in a race to find its lost Prism, the only man who may be able to stop catastrophe, Gavin Guile. But Gavin's enslaved on a galley, and when he finally escapes,... Continue Reading →
The Rose Society by Marie Lu – Review
Published: October 13, 2015 Publisher: G.P. Putnam Son's Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 398 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all. Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the... Continue Reading →
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden – Review
Published: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Fantasy Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved... Continue Reading →
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks – Review
Published: September 11, 2012 Publisher: Orbit Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 671 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Gavin Guile is dying. He’d thought he had five years left—now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every... Continue Reading →
