Ah February 29th, the absolute possible last day to do a post about Black History Month, thanks to the leap year. Considering this has never been done before on the Quill To Live, we’re really pulling out all the stops. But really, reading these authors shouldn’t be relegated to a single month every year. So…
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi promises an intoxicating world where elves, fae, and humans collide, but I was not pulled under this story’s spell. I liked the premise overall, and think that some cool, hard-earned reveals could have made this story pack a punch, but the execution was lacking. The story’s biggest weakness is that it…
I have quick-talking smart-asses on the brain and in my heart, and I have been feeding that fire with KJ Parker’s massive catalog of books. Parker continues to add to this large body of work by doing stuff like releasing entire trilogies at once at alarming speed. Today's subject is the first book in the…
Continue reading ➞ Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead – Instead Of His Intrusive Thoughts
Folks, serendipity has shined its beautiful face upon me. I rarely read several books so closely together that tackle themes that resonate strongly with me, while each successive work expands on them in different ways. If you don’t follow my work in particular, I urge you to take a look at The Dark Beyond The…
Continue reading ➞ Venomous Lumpsucker – A Sobering Draught of Dystopic Essence
Legion: The Many Lives Of Stephen Leeds collects three novellas by lesser-known boutique author Brandon Sanderson. The three stories—Legion, Legion: Skin Deep, and Lies of the Beholder—are loosely connected, resulting in an almost novel in three parts. It’s good fun as long as you don’t spend too much time pondering it. Stephen Leeds is a…
Continue reading ➞ Legion: The Many Lives Of Stephen Leeds – Quick & Quirky
I have read two Traci Chee books that are wildly different in terms of content and tone, and all I want to say is I am officially a big fan of this author. The first book, A Thousand Steps into Night, was a vibrant and fun adventure. But Chee’s newest book, Kindling, contains none of…
It took me about ten years of reading Science Fiction and Fantasy novels as an adult before I started to venture into the novella space. Since the short-form stories often don’t flow through traditional big publishers in the same way, most readers tend to move through the SFF genres without engaging with them much, which…
Eric Linke’s Dreams of the Witches Three was published by “Eric’s Golden Dragon Publishing.” This fact has exactly nothing to do with my review, but what a cool name for an indie publisher. Dreams of the Witches Three is an interesting take on fantasy from a promising new author. Radnor Magnusson is feared across the…
Continue reading ➞ Dreams Of The Witches Three – A Promising Debut
After the breathtaking conclusion of The Celestial Kingdom duology, Sue Lynn Tan invites us back to the world in her newest book, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom, to expand on unexplored moments from the series. If you have not read Daughter of the Moon Goddess or Heart of the Sun Warrior, I bid you farewell…
Continue reading ➞ Tales Of The Celestial Kingdom – Cosmic Chronicles
2024 is starting really strong for me, with back to back to back great books right out of the gate. Today’s contestant is Crucible of Chaos, a semi-stand-alone Greatcoats adventure from the incredible Sebastien de Castell. Crucible is a bridge book that spans the gap between his last Greatcoats quartet and his new series (also…
