Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
Changes by Jim Butcher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Dresden Files (Book #12 of 25)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 554 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 18th March 2010 by Orbit (UK) & 6th April 2010 by Roc (US)
Changes was insane, a true Game-Changer for the series.
ARC provided by the publisher—Orbit—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover designed by: Emily Courdelle
Dead Man in a Ditch by Luke Arnold
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Fetch Phillips Archives (Book #2)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 448 pages
Published: 24th September 2020 by Orbit (UK) & 22nd September 2020 by Orbit (US)
It feels good to be back in Sunder City.
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
My rating: 1.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Sarantine Mosaic (Book #1 of 2)
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Pages: 451 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 1998 by Penguin Books Canada
It pains me to say this, but it’s time for me to accept that Guy Gavriel Kay’s books aren’t for me. …
ARC provided by the publisher—Gollancz—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover illustration by: Tomas Almeida
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Age of Madness (Book #2 of 3), First Law World (Book, #9 of 10)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Grimdark fantasy
Pages: 512 pages (UK Hardback)
Published: 15th September 2020 by Gollancz (UK) & 15th September 2020 by Orbit (US)
Incredibly mesmeric and brilliant. The trouble with reading Abercrombie’s newest book is that there’s no more new Abercrombie book to read. …
Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Dresden Files (Book #11 of 25)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 545 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 4th June 2009 by Orbit (UK) & 9th March 2009 by Roc (US)
Turn Coat is one of my favorite volume in the series so far, it’s up there with Dead Beat and White Night.
Cover Illustration by: Daniel Dociu
Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Expanse (Book #5 of 9)
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Pages: 535 pages (UK paperback)
Published: 4th June 2015 by Orbit (UK) and 2nd June 2015 by Orbit (US)
It’s all about the crew of Rocinante, and that’s the main reason why Nemesis Games is the best book in the series so far. …
ARC provided by the publisher—Head of Zeus—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover illustration by: Scott M. Fischer
Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Burningblade & Silvereye (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Post-apocalypse, Sci-fi.
Pages: 593 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 21st July 2020 by Head of Zeus (UK) & Orbit (US)
A captivating start to a series; if you’re worried whether Ashes of the Sun will be as good as The Shadow Campaigns or not, feel free to incinerate those doubts away now. …
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Lord of the Rings (Book #2 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, Classic Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Published: 11th November 1954 by George Allen and Unwin
“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
Divinity’s Twilight: Rebirth by Christopher Russell
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: Divinity’s Twilight (Book #1)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Sci-fi, Steampunk
Pages: 498 pages (US Paperback edition)
Published: 2nd June 2020 by Morgan James Fiction (Indie)
This was good, an ambitious SFF debut to what I foresee will be a large series.
Due to my TBR pile that continues to exponentially grow uncontrollably, I have to say that I rarely accept an ARC/review copy from an unknown author these days. My gut, however, told me to accept the request to review Christopher Russell’s debut, Divinity’s Twilight: Rebirth, and I’m glad I gave this one a go. I mean, how could I say no when Russell himself said that he’s a huge fan of The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson; the inspirations from that epic series was evident in his debut. …
Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Dresden Files (Book #10 of 25)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 444 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 11th June 2009 by Orbit (UK) & 1st April 2008 by Roc (US)
For better or worse, Small Favor is a fully action-packed packed—have I mentioned packed?—volume.