Cover Illustration by: Daniel Dociu
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Expanse (Book #4 of 9)
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Pages: 587 pages (UK paperback)
Published: 17th June 2014 by Orbit
Cibola Burn brings The Expanse back to its good form. …
ARC provided by the publisher—Harper Voyager—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover Illustration by: JungShan
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Poppy War Trilogy (Book #3 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Military Fantasy
Pages: 640 pages
Published: 26th November 2020 by Harper Voyager (UK) and 17th November 2020 by Harper Voyager (US)
Bursting with violence, devastation, death, and profound emotions. The Burning God is by far the best book R.F. Kuang has written in her career so far. …
Cover illustration by: Micah Epstein
Of Sea and Shadow by Will Wight
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Elder Empire: Sea (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 428 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 30th December 2014 by Hidden Gnome Publishing (Indie)
This pirate fantasy was almost as good as its parallel novel.
“The successful man visualizes success rather than failure,”
Cover illustration by: Micah Epstein
Of Shadow and Sea by Will Wight
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Elder Empire: Shadow (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 406 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 30th December 2014 by Hidden Gnome Publishing (Indie)
An incredible start to an assassin high fantasy trilogy with a strong potential to be even better than Cradle. …
Ascension by Brian K. Fuller
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Trysmoon Saga (Book #1 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Pages: 377 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 11th November 2014 by Brian K. Fuller (Indie)
Good, familiar, and also surprising classic fantasy take. …
Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Dresden Files (Book #8 of 25)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 428 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 4th March 2010 by Orbit (UK) & 1st February 2006 by Roc (US)
Not as good as Dead Beat, but this is another great read, as expected. …
Wolf of Wessex by Matthew Harffy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: Standalone
Genre: Historical fiction
Pages: 400 pages
Published: 14th November 2019 by Aria
A great self-contained historical fiction novel. …
Cover illustration by: James T. Egan of Bookfly Design
The Fury Yet To Come by Steven McKinnon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Raincatcher’s Ballad (Book #0.5 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy
Pages: 124 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 25th June 2018 by Steven McKinnon DBA Vividarium Books (Indie)
This incredible action-packed grimdark novella is free. If you’re a fan of the sub-genre, I highly suggest you take this opportunity to get the book by subscribing to the author’s blog. …
Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Dresden Files (Book #7 of 25)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 408 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 4th March 2010 by Orbit (UK) & 3rd May 2005 by Roc (US)
We human don’t deserve dogs, but how about Tyrannosaurus?
“Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don’t want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.”
Cover illustration by: Nekro
Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: Standalone
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 544 pages
Published: 21st April 2020 by Harper Voyager
An exciting and enjoyable standalone fantasy for both adult and young adult audience. …