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
Locklands, the final piece of the Founders trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett, is a story both worthy of discussion and hard to talk about. It is the last step in an increasingly complicated dance that Bennett has been leading and it ends with a beautiful flourish. Unfortunately, I can’t talk about the plot of this…
Continue reading ➞ Locklands – The End Of The World As We Know It
The subtitle of my review for In the Shadow of Lightning, by Brian McClellan, is less a baseball reference and more of an allusion to the famous saying about lightning striking twice. Because this is the third time I have read this story. Reviewing this first book of McClellan’s new series is very tricky because…
Continue reading ➞ In The Shadow Of Lightning – Three Strikes
I am torn in many directions, all of which are good, when talking about The Bloodsworn series by John Gwynne. This is an amazing series that sucks you in like a whirlpool, and I have enjoyed both of the installments I have read immensely. However, my only real struggle with the second book, The Hunger…
Continue reading ➞ The Hunger Of The Gods – Ravenous For More
The past weekend, I went to a beautiful spa in the woods for a much-needed day of rest and relaxation. The spa had all sorts of wonderful saunas and a pool, but it also had a reading room with little couches to relax on. Given my love of reading, a desire to relax, and a…
Among Thieves by M.J. Kuhn has been making a splash on booktok, so I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. Ever since I read The Lies of Locke Lamora many years ago, I have been a big fan of fantasy heist novels. However, I have sometimes found that I do not…
Continue reading ➞ Among Thieves – In And Out Without A Trace
