I have been aware of Orconomics, by J. Zachary Pike, for a while now. I have been following Mark Lawrence’s self-published blog-off for years, and we were even asked to be reviewers once. The competition has been my introductory point for numerous great series over the years, but it has also introduced me to a…
I tend to avoid fiction that is directly marketed as YA, but sometimes, I see a premise that is too cool to resist. To Shape A Dragon's Breathe (Nampeshiweisit #1), by Moniquill Blackgoose, is a colonial fantasy set in the States during a period when the English (Anglish) still controlled their colonies. The book is…
Continue reading ➞ To Shape A Dragon’s Breath – Hot And Heavy
Happy New Year! 2025 is here, there are new books coming out, and everyone is looking outwards to where fantasy and science fiction will go this year. Now is the perfect time to review the fourth book in a beloved and established series that people already have their minds made up about. Over the winter…
Are you curious to know what books we are looking forward to this year? Each member of The Quill to Live has staked their claim on the books they’ve been eyeing and are not-so-patiently waiting for in 2025. We hope that many, if not all, of these books end up on your list as well.…
Continue reading ➞ The Quill To Live Most Anticipated Watchlist: 2025
Hello, and welcome to the first-ever yearly reading reflection. This year, I asked our writers to sit down and take a little time to reflect on their reading years and see if they had any thoughts that bubbled to the surface when looking at their collective readings. Specifically, I asked them to go through and…
Continue reading ➞ A QTL Reflection: 2024 Accomplishments and 2025 Goals
Welcome back to another Quill to Live year-end book roundup. Nine years we have been doing this, so please get excited for our ten-year anniversary this coming March! 2024 has been an interesting year for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This year, the QTL team decided to slow down a bit. We diversified our reads,…
Jason Pargin, also known as David Wong, is an author we reviewed a while back but haven’t returned to in some time. I recently got curious as to what he has been up to and found that he put out an entire trilogy while I wasn’t looking. Zoey Ashe is a dystopian cyberpunk trilogy about…
Continue reading ➞ Zoey Ashe – Gets Reviewed By The Quill To Live
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…
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
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…
