Category: Book Reviews
You may know Richard for writing SF (Altered Carbon, Thin Air) or perhaps his A Land Fit For Heroes series involving Ringil the elf…
Abraham van Helsing is the most famous vampire hunter in literature, and while he vanquished the Count, he may not have been the best…
“On Earth, they depicted justice as blindfolded and impartial, but out here on the frontier, she was red in tooth and claw.” It’s not…
A young couple – Mavis and Jerrod – have what seems to be a wonderful marriage despite the tension that has been simmering for…
Well, you can’t say that reading Fantasy genre books is ever boring. Having last read and reviewed a lovely book involving magic and cats…
The origins of the werewolf legend are explored, as well as demonic possession, witchcraft, ancient gods, queer love, the life of a succubus, as…
A young girl named Leena is desperate to save her ailing brother pleads her case to the Saint of Silence (AKA St. Silas), the…
It’s well known that a genre – any genre – often relies on its tropes – some might say cliches. You know, fantasy involves…
Yah Yah Scholfield’s On Sundays She Picked Flowers marks her impressive debut. It is a novel about perseverance, generational abuse, race, and shapeshifting creatures.…
In the scale of things fantasy, goblins since the age of Tolkien (and before actually) have tended to have a bit of a bad…
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files is one of the best selling and most beloved fantasy sagas on the shelves. How can a series that is…
It’s getting to be a crowded place, this area of fantasy devoted to Asian-inspired fantasy. There’s a lot of it about: R F Kuang’s…
Cullen Bunn joins the ranks of “comic book writer turned novelist” with his adult debut, Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World. He…
James Logan’s Last Legacy series continues with The Blackfire Blade, which picks up the story of Lukan Gardova and his companions: the master thief…
My friend and colleague here at SFFWorld Mark reviewed The Everlasting in October. Once again, Alix E. Harrow has given readers a novel that…
Another month, another Adrian Tchaikovsky book… We have mentioned it before, but you may have noticed quite a few books from Adrian on the…
Generational trauma is an overriding theme in Christina Henry’s The Place Where They Buried Your Heart, a haunted house novel that sinks its teeth…
I was pleased to see this one arrive for review – after all, this series has been one of my favourites in recent years.…
Anne Bishop is a writer whose novels have “always been there” for me, I recognize her longevity and fanbase, but I never dipped into…
The Strength of the Few is the highly anticipated second novel of James Islington’s Hierarchy saga, published 2 years after The Will of the…