If you, dear reader, are looking for a hidden gem, I have some secret sauce for you. Late last year I snuck in a review for Lord of a Shattered Land, the first book in The Chronicles of Hanuvar. The book, by Howard Andrew Jones, made our Best of 2023 list and was easily one…
Continue reading ➞ Shadow Of The Smoking Mountain – Where There Is Smoke, There Is Fire
I managed to squeak in a lot of really good books in November as I tried to catch up on everything before our end-of-year list. Turns out having a child doesn’t do great things for your free time—who knew? Though I managed to read everything I wanted, I still have a large backlog of books…
Continue reading ➞ Lord Of A Shattered Land – Better Together
Another year, another slamming sword and sorcery novella from Anthony Ryan. Welcome back to the newest installment of “novellas that are killing it that you have never heard of,” starring City of Songs. This is the third installment of The Seven Swords, a novella series published by the independent company Subterranean Press who are famous…
The Ring-Sworn Trilogy, by Howard Andrew Jones, is an excellent series that is flying under the radar. When The Goddess Wakes is the third and final installment of the series. I have reviewed the two previous books, For the Killing of Kings (which was a top pick the year it came out) and Upon the…
Continue reading ➞ When The Goddess Wakes – Stop Sleeping On This Series
Alright full disclosure, I am only writing this review because I was provided a nice free ARC by Netgalley, and I feel bad that I never actually talked about the book. I was hoping to let Ten Arrows of Iron, the second book in The Grave of Empires series by Sam Sykes, quietly sail me…
The real takeaway I got from The Kraken’s Tooth is that Anthony Ryan is a strong writer. I obviously already knew that, given my familiarity with his other work, but it's nice to be reminded that the authors you like are good at their craft. The Kraken's Tooth is the second installment of a seven-part…
Continue reading ➞ The Kraken’s Tooth – What’s Krakenalackin
