Cover art illustrated by Diego Spezzoni
The Fangs of War by E.J. Doble
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Blood and Steel Saga (Book #1 of 5)
Genre: Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Pages: 575 pages (Hardback edition)
Published: 11th January 2022 (Self-Published)
It is an impressive feat that a young 21-year-old writer wrote and published a grimdark fantasy debut the like of The Fangs of War. …
ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Cover art illustrated by Andrew Maleski
A War to End All by Michael R. Fletcher & Clayton W. Snyder
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Series: Manifest Delusions (Book #3 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 535 pages (Kindle edition)
Publish date: 18th September 2023 (Indie)
A War to End All is a philosophical and tepid conclusion to a brilliant grimdark fantasy series.
“The Old Gods were broken by wars and plagues of the mind, left reeling like the most bloodied veterans. Infected with horror at the cost of their actions, they retreated into dementia. Insanity as escape. Seeking to free themselves, they fled to a world of delusion, a world uncorrupted by jealousies and psychoses. And yet, in the end, even this they would pollute. So deep their need, so desperate their flight from their bitter past, they ignored the one truism all must bow before. Belief defines reality.”
Cover art by: Mansik Yang
Mother of Learning: ARC 4 by Nobody103
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Mother of Learning (Book #4 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Progression Fantasy, Web novel
Pages: 601 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 4th April 2023 by Wraithmarked Creative (Indie)
Mother of Learning was one of my priority series to start and finish this year, and I’m pleased Mother of Learning by nobody103 or Domagoj Kurmaic is the first web novel series I finished. It certainly won’t be the last.
“Children often do not understand the importance of what their parents try to teach them.”
Cover art by: Mansik Yang
Mother of Learning: ARC 3 by Domagoj Kurmaić
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Mother of Learning (Book #3 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Progression Fantasy, Web novel
Pages: 743 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 6th September 2022 by Wraithmarked Creative (Indie)
Mother of Learning has been one heck of an entertaining ride, and the beginning of the end is here. …
Cover art by: Mansik Yang
Mother of Learning: ARC 2 by Domagoj Kurmaić
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Mother of Learning (Book #2 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Progression Fantasy, Web novel
Pages: 644 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 1st December 2021 by Wraithmarked Creative (Indie)
Mother of Learning: ARC 2 by nobody103 or Domagoj Kurmaic was as good as the first volume. It almost completely topped ARC 1 that I read last month. …
Cover art by: Mansik Yang
Mother of Learning: ARC 1 by Domagoj Kurmaić
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Mother of Learning (Book #1 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Progression Fantasy, Web novel
Pages: 644 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 1st December 2021 by Wraithmarked Creative (Indie)
Mother of Learning: ARC 1 was a marvelous start to a time-loop fantasy series. It was so damn enjoyable to read. …
Prey Without Ceasing by Andrew Franks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I became friends with Andrew Franks on TikTok before I realized he was an author, because I enjoyed his taste and his content. When he reached out offering a code to the audiobook for Prey Without Ceasing, I was both excited and nervous. I tend to shy away from reading books written by people I’ve developed any kind of relationship with, because I try to be as (kindly) honest as I can be about every book I read, and this has cost me relationships in the past. But the synopsis of this book called to me so strongly that I accepted his offer and also purchased the Kindle book so I could tandem read and make notes. I made the right decision. This was definitely a book worth reading, and I related to portions of it so deeply that it was painful. …