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Published: February 8, 2022 Publisher: Tor Nightfire Series: Standalone Genre: Horror, Science Fiction Pages: 343 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis:Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended. A GHOST... Continue Reading →
Published: March 29, 2022 Publisher: Orbit Books Series: Hostage of Empire #3 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 640 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:A richly detailed epic of ambition, honor, and sacrifice, The Bloody Throne is the masterful conclusion to Hostage of Empire,... Continue Reading →
Published: March 29, 2022 Publisher: DAW Series: Maradaine #4 (?) Genre: Fantasy Pages: 392 (Kindle) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:The autumn semester at the University of Maradaine is underway, and Veranix Calbert is doing his best to balance the new... Continue Reading →
Published: March 22, 2022 Publisher: Tor Books Series: Standalone Genre: Fantasy, Mystery 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:Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the... Continue Reading →
Published: March 22, 2022 Publisher: Orbit Books Series: The Dark Gods #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 576 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm there is a... Continue Reading →
Published: March 29, 2022 Publisher: Titan Books Series: Standalone? Genre: Fantasy Pages: 384 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:A sharp-tongued disgraced-noble-turned-mercenary has to stop the world collapsing into chaos in this gripping, savagely funny epic fantasy packed with unforgettable characters,... Continue Reading →
Published: November 30, 2021 Publisher: Bloom Books Series: Adrian x Isolde Genre: Fantasy, Romance Pages: 368 (Paperback) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis:Their Union Is His Revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king, Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. ⠀ But her... Continue Reading →
Published: March 15, 2022 Publisher: Solaris Series: Standalone Genre: Claims to be Fantasy Pages: 528 (Hardcover) My Rating: DNF at ~30% A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:An extravagant, lyrical fantasy about a city of poets and librarians. A city that never was. Cadenza is... Continue Reading →
Published: February 28, 2017 (orig. 1996) Publisher: Greenwillow Books Series: The Queen's Thief #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 320 (Paperback) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis:The king’s scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king’s prison.... Continue Reading →
Published: August 3, 2021 Publisher: Grim Oak Press Series: The Rise and the Fall #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 480 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis:After more than five hundred years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War's front lines. His assignment to rescue... Continue Reading →
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