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The Fall by Ryan Cahill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Bound and the Broken (Book #0.5 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Pages: 95 pages
Published: 1st November 2020 by Ryan Cahill (Self-published)
Wow. I can’t believe this great novella is available for FREE on the author’s website. …
Review copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Aching God by Mike Shel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Series: Iconoclasts (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 602 pages (Paperback edition)
Published: 9th April 2018 by Mike Shel (Self-published)
Aching God started off nicely and ended great, but I have issues with the overall pacing. …
The Widow’s House by Daniel Abraham
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Dagger and the Coin (Book #4 of 5)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 531 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 5th August 2014 by Orbit
A penultimate installment filled with war, tactics, and intrigues. The stage for the conclusion of the series has been established nicely.
“These are the weapons that greater forces use against each other. Put two boys to fighting each other with sticks, and the boys may come away well or poorly, but the sticks will always be shattered.”
Mistress of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Riftwar: Empire (Book #3 of 3), The Riftwar Cycle (Book #7 of 31)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Classic Fantasy
Pages: 864 pages (UK Paperback edition)
Published: 1st April 1992 by Doubleday
This is the second series I finished this year, and it’s a thrilling and rewarding conclusion to the Riftwar: Empire trilogy.
“Love doesn’t demand; it accepts. It has taken me my life to learn this.”
(This is a repost of an old review I wrote in May 2018)
Cover art illustrated by: Sam Weber
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series:The Divine Cities (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Urban fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Horror
Pages: 452 pages (US paperback edition)
Published: 9th September 2014 by Broadway Books (US) & 2nd April 2015 by Jo Fletcher Books (UK)
A truly wonderful start to a trilogy and one of the most original world-building I’ve ever had the chance to experience in a novel. …
Cover art illustrated by: Marc Simonetti
The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Riyria Chronicles (Book #3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 408 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 15th October 2015 by Riyria Enterprises, LLC (Self-published)
The Death of Dulgath is the best volume in The Riyria Chronicles so far. …
The Rose and The Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Riyria Chronicles (Book #2)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Published: 17th Sept 2013 by Orbit
My third time reading The Rose and The Thorn, and it still felt just as wonderful to be back.
ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
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Spirits of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: Mortal Techniques (Book #3)
Genre: Fantasy, High fantasy, Wuxia
Pages: 554 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 28th September 2021 by Rob J. Hayes (Self-published)
Rob J. Hayes has done it. He has created a novel that surpassed Never Die; Spirits of Vengeance is not only my favorite novel in the Mortal Techniques series, but it is also Hayes’s best work so far.
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The Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Dagger and the Coin (Book #3 of 5)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 512 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 14th May 2013 by Orbit
There’s no doubt for me that this was another great read, but I also have to admit that I didn’t enjoy this one as much as The King’s Blood.
“Knowing something another man wanted to know was a kind of power. Maybe the best kind.”
Servant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Riftwar: Empire (Book #2 of 3), The Riftwar Cycle (Book #6 of 31)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Classic Fantasy
Pages: 827 pages (UK Paperback edition)
Published: 1st September 1990 by Doubleday
Servant of the Empire is an incredible, political, and massive sequel to the excellent Daughter of the Empire.
“You people never cry enough… Uncried tears remain inside you, like poison.”