When I initially read the summary of Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, I was not interested. Maybe I was off the heels of a bad book when I first encountered it, but when I rediscovered the book a couple of weeks ago, I decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised to find…
A little side project I have been pursuing is diving into fantasy series from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, to see if I can dredge up some hidden gems to recommend. I don’t often see many series from these decades recommended to me and I thought I might do the generous work of sifting through…
I am a father. I am a fan of dragons. These are two facts about me. A third fact is that I like to read and review books. A fourth fact is that I'd never considered just how many amazing dragon books there are for kiddos. Now that I have a five-month-old, I’ve been through…
Strap in because Metal From Heaven by August Clarke is one dark, mean, but spirited fantasy novel that takes a swing at capitalism and lands its fists. Marney Honeycutt just watched everyone she knew get cut down in the streets of Ignavia City. Industry Yann Chauncey heard the workers cry out for better conditions and…
Continue reading ➞ Metal From Heaven – Explosively Fantastic
A little while ago I read Africa Risen, a collection of short stories featuring authors from Africa focusing on the African Diaspora. It was a wonderful collection with a few authors I wanted to keep track of. One of whom was Tlotlo Tsmaase, who wrote a story called “Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition).” So when I…
John Gwynne’s The Bloodsworn Saga has come to a close with its epic finale, The Fury of the Gods. This completed trilogy takes on Norse mythology and incorporates it into an epic fantasy filled with blockbuster qualities like huge monster fights, intense sword fighting, epic twists and betrayals, dragons, and good old-fashioned Viking shenanigans. Unfortunately,…
Continue reading ➞ The Fury of the Gods – Indifference Of Mortals
Ask not what Stephen King can do for you—ask what you can do for Stephen King. That’s the question JFK put to us during his 1961 inaugural address. Here and now, we have the answer: read 11/22/63. It’s the latest book in my Stephen King backlog, and it sits in a somewhat unique place among…
Vlad Taltos, by Steven Brust, is a relatively unknown gem that has now officially been coming out for 30 years. Planned as a nineteen-book series and still going strong, Lyorn is the seventeenth(!!) entry in the story and one of my favorites. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this series and feel like…
Death never looked so good. Like no joke, he’s actually stunning and is an incredible crime-fighting partner. Signa Farrow can see this life-ending force of a man and uses his powers to solve a murder in Adalyn Grace’s book, Belladonna. Intrigued? Let’s continue. Signa Farrow’s guardians keep dying. The young woman seems like a curse…
