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Month: October 2026

Book Review: The Devils (The Devils, #1) by Joe Abercrombie

Book Review: The Devils (The Devils, #1) by Joe Abercrombie


The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Devils is irreverent, vulgar, gruesome, and some of the most fun I’ve had in a very long time. Abercrombie gives us a cast of unforgettable but definitely gray characters, high stakes paired with intense action, and some of the wittiest, most hilarious writing I can ever remember reading. And when you pair all of that with the brilliant audio narration, it’s absolute perfection. Steven Pacey and Joe Abercrombie are a match made in some funhouse mirror version of heaven. …

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Book Review: Dead Beat (Ninth House Trilogy, #3) by Leigh Bardugo

Book Review: Dead Beat (Ninth House Trilogy, #3) by Leigh Bardugo


Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“Magic is real, but safe is make-believe.”

Wow, what an ending. Bardugo absolutely nailed the landing with this final installment in the Ninth House trilogy. I loved Ninth House and didn’t know how she could follow it up. And then there was Hell Bent, which blew me out of the water by surpassing its predecessor—I positively adored it. Honestly, I don’t think it was possible to continue that insane trajectory. But Dead Beat absolutely measured up, and was an immensely satisfying ending to the best dark academia/urban fantasy mash-up I’ve ever encountered. …

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