Kate Elliot has dazzled me in the past with her Alexander the Great-inspired space opera – The Sun Chronicles, and her fantasy novellas. I’ve always had too much on my plate to dive into her Crown of Stars series, but I may be changing my mind about that. The Witch Roads duology, by Kate Elliott,…
Furious Heaven, by Kate Elliott, is everything I wanted from a sequel and more. It is a brutal marathon of space conquest, populated by fun and deep characters that burn brighter than a blade in the forge. The worldbuilding is top-notch and just gorgeous to steep in. If you read my Unconquerable Sun review, expect…
Continue reading ➞ Furious Heaven – It’s All About Intergalactic Family
A few years ago, I read Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun. After enjoying the delight that was that novel, I promised I would read more of Elliott's work, and well, I have fallen short. At least until a couple weeks ago, when I read her latest novella. The Keeper's Six is a fun and exciting multi-dimensional…
Servant Mage is a nice little novella by Kate Elliott that I read (in ARC form) last year on a plane. I needed something to tide me over for my three-hour flight, and I ended up reading the entire story in a single sitting. When I got to the end, despite feeling engaged the entire…
This week 2020 is finally rolling to a close and we have been spending some time resting, recuperating, and catching up on a number of books from this year. Yet, the show must go on and we have been furiously planning a site refresh and scheduling all of our content for 2021. In the midst…
Its the start of October, my favorite month, and it seems like the perfect time to curl up with a giant book of short stories. Today we will be talking about The Book of Dragons, by a whole hell of a lot of authors and edited by Jonathan Strahan. Jonathan Strahan has been on my…
Continue reading ➞ The Book of Dragons – more. More. MORE DRAGONS
I don’t think it is a stretch to say that this has been a difficult year for most people. Thus, we wanted to get a jumpstart on getting amazing books into your hands in order to find a little joy. Instead of waiting until November to give you all a list of the best books…
It’s a little embarrassing to admit, but I’ve never read a Kate Elliott book before. I didn’t even realize how prolific a writer she is until someone recently pointed it out to me. While I consider myself pretty adventurous, this definitely feels like a glaring blind spot. Absent literally any other segue, what caught my…
Continue reading ➞ Unconquerable Sun – It Will Brighten Your Day with a Nuclear Radiance
