EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD EXCEPT ME by Django Wexler (Dark Lord Davi #2)
Beware of Spoilers for How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying… Sometimes, if you can’t beat them, join them. That’s where things…
Category: Book Reviews
THE UNSEEN by Ania Ahlborn
I’ve been enjoying Ania Ahlborn’s suspenseful, horror novels for a few years now so I was very happy when I was given the opportunity…
WHERE THE AXE IS BURIED by Ray Nayler
Ray’s book, The Mountain in the Sea, was one of my favourite reads of 2023; an ecological story that combined science fiction with fiercely…
HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by Daphne Fama
A novel set in the Phillippines in the 1980s has an eerily resonant backdrop to today in Daphne Fama’s emotionally charged horror debut, The…
LUCID by Oraine Johnson
What are dreams? Alternate realities, glimpses into ‘another place’, where our minds go free, or our brains trying to make sense of the previous…
ONE YELLOW EYE by Leigh Radford
Zombie stories have been a staple of horror fiction for quite some time, the undead creatures have shambled into the wider consciousness so it…
SPFBO Champions League! BY BLOOD, BY SALT by J.L. Odom
I was invited to participate in the SPFBO (Self Published Fantasy Blog Off) Champions League review by Mihir over at Fantasy Book Critic. As…
GIRL IN THE CREEK by Wendy N. Wagner
Fungal horror has been an undercurrent in horror for quite some time, Jeff VanderMeer has been telling stories featuring creepy mushrooms for years, T.…
MY EX, the ANTICHRIST by Craig DiLouie
Craig DiLouie’s My Ex, the Antichrist, continues his trend of injecting horror into a form of popular media. This time it is rock music,…
STAR WARS: DEATH STAR by Michael Reeves and Steve Perry
Star Wars: it’s a simple tale of Good versus Evil, isn’t it? Well, yes. At its basic level, it’s a space opera about the…
THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott (Witch Roads #1)
Kate Elliott is a modern mistress of fantasy, her Crown of Stars saga is a classic of the genre as well as more recent…
THE FRUGAL WIZARD’S HANDBOOK FOR SURVIVING MEDIEVAL ENGLAND by Brandon Sanderson
Well, this one goes to show that (again) I shouldn’t let my preconceptions determining my reading. From that title, I was expecting some sort…
THE NIGHT BIRDS by Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden is one of the most prolific and respected horror writers of the past couple of decades. He’s appreciated in the horror community…
THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut #4)
It has been five years since the last Lady Astronaut novel (The Relentless Moon) so to say that getting reacquainted with Elma York (especially…
THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh
Two years ago I reviewed Emily’s last book, Some Desperate Glory (review here) which was a science fiction novel. I liked a lot of…
OVERGROWTH by Mira Grant
Alien invasion stories are often the sole purvey… or rather primarily categorized in the science fiction section of your bookstores and libraries. When you…
THE DEVILS by Joe Abercrombie
If you’re a regular reader of SFFWorld reviews you should know that we are usually HUGE fans of Joe Abercrombie’s fantasy writing. So, any…
THE GHOST WOODS by C.J. Cooke
Unwed mothers, witches, folklore, haunted woods. These ingredients form the nucleus of C.J. Cooke’s The Ghost Woods. Although initially published in the UK in…
THE STAIRCASE in the WOODS by Chuck Wendig
You go on a hike with your friends through the woods, as the trees clear you notice a staircase. No walls, no ceiling. Just…
WHEN the WOLF COMES HOME by Nat Cassidy
Nat Cassidy’s third horror novel, When the Wolf Comes Home, takes the core of what makes horror– fear – and amplifies it across the…
