My high school reading list and I did not get along. There were very few books I enjoyed reading at that age, and the one I remember loving the most was Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. And honestly, that tracks even to this day because I do love a dramatic, gloomy, and depressing affair with…
Ten years! Welcome to the tenth anniversary of The Quill to Live's best books of the year list! 2025 has been a banger year for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. One of the strongest years of the decade, 2025 was filled with standout books in multiple genres. There were actually so many interesting releases, sequels,…
Welcome to a somewhat mysterious review about a somewhat mysterious book. I would hazard a guess that most of you have heard of the incredible breakout success, The Will of the Many by James Islington. If you haven’t, great news, you have a justifiably popular book awaiting you with a number of cool stuff–check out…
Continue reading ➞ The Strength Of The Few – Triplicate Triumph
Short, sweet, and to the point: this is one of my favorite books I have ever read. It feels very odd to be reviewing the ninth book in a series, but Dead Hand Rule is a strong contender for my best book of 2025, and that is saying something in a year that is so…
I am delighted to announce that The Quill to Live will celebrate its 10th anniversary this week (Thursday, March 27th)! Per this momentous occasion, the writers have been putting together a series of pieces that celebrate the site in both serious and silly ways. Over the next two weeks, we will publish tributes, lists, and…
Do you know what is not a wise decision? Picking up an enormous ten-book series when you are a reviewer trying to get out weekly content. But as everyone, absolutely everyone, says: wisdom is for fools. So today, I am here to talk about Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shadows of the Apt, the first and largest series…
Every year The Witcher seems to increase in popularity because it’s a fantastic IP and because it has shown up in a multitude of forms and mediums. However, unlike the more centralized efforts like Sanderson’s Cosmere, or the MCU, these cross-medium takes on the property are mostly self-contained and have seemingly different objectives. This can…
After the stunning popularity of our “Why You Should Read Malazan” post, I sat down and thought about what other massive series could use a deep dive guide for new readers. While there are a ton of series that we love, there are only a few that are complex enough in their wonder that they…
Continue reading ➞ Why You Should Read The Culture – Part One: The Hub
So I am going to do something I swore I would never do: review my favorite fantasy series of all time - The Malazan Book of the Fallen. The reason I am breaking my self-promise is the lovely people at Tor sent me copies of the new Malazan spin-off stories to review, Dancer’s Lament and…
Continue reading ➞ Why You Should Read Malazan – Part 1: The Introduction
