Spirit Gate is the first book in the Crossroads trilogy, an old school epic fantasy. The world has a very Middle Eastern type setting with sands, people with brown skin who eat yogurt etc. There are many different religions with gods, some seem the same some are different. There used to be guardians that distributed […]
Godkiller is the first book in the series of the same name following an unlikely band as they make their way to the land the gods. Kissen’s entire family was killed as a sacrifice to the gods and she is the only survivor making her way by killing gods that are rising up. Inara is […]
John Scalzi is usually an author I can expect to open his books, read them, laugh a bit through the story and in general have a good time. Most of his stand alone books have been an interesting and have some connection to a show of concept everyone is semi familiar with. Red Shirts was […]
Heart of the Night is the first book in the Nightfire Quartet, featuring Indian Mythology as the base with a few tropes like found family, a love triangle and the chosen one. There are a lot of things to enjoy in the story overall and I had a good time. I think I would have […]
Illuminations is a cute story. I enjoy T. Kingfisher and this is one of those books that were supposed to satisfy her middle grade or kids book publishing but just was too adult for that and so it is published under her adult moniker. I guess this also happened with A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive […]
City of Bones was released years ago but is being republished in 2023. Since I have loved all of Well’s Murderbot series I was excited to jump into a different type of story produced by her. This is the type of fantasy I’m used to reading where we are light on romance, heavy on world […]
Sleep No More is the seventeenth novel in the October Daye series and it is a trip. This is a well established series and you will need to read all the books in order to understand most of the storyline in this one. Titania is back with a vengeance and she might not be able […]
Assistant to the Villain looks like a stand alone novel. It isn’t; it is definitely book one of some larger series. It is also is being marketed at as adult, this is MG or YA at best really. But if you keep those things in mind, I think there is some fun to be had. […]
Thornhedge is a a new kind of fairytale where the heroine isn’t beautiful and looking to be saved and the night is gentle and doesn’t really want to kill anyone. In the beginning, it seems like a Sleeping Beauty story and while there is a maiden in a tower no one should save her. Toadling […]
Not My Kind of Hero by Pippa Grant is a cute story of Maisey, a recently divorced mother who has inherited the hobby ranch where her uncle used to live. Looking for a new start and a place to get her daughter away from all the scandal from the divorce and her mother currently in […]