Book reviews on adult fantasy and high fantasy.
Amy Harmon is a New York Times bestselling author who often takes the nontraditional route of self-publication – and she’s highly successful with it. I’ve been seeing The Bird and the Sword flash on my GoodReads feed on a daily basis – read, reviewed, or added to a to-read list by many fellow readers – and…
The Mistborn saga is not over, but the first trilogy ends with book three, The Hero of Ages. Spoilers for the first two will be impossible to avoid in this review. The third book in Sanderson’s unique high fantasy wraps up Vin and Eland’s quest to stop the end of their world of mist and metal….
The First Vampire is incredibly well-researched historical fiction with a story line from the past that catches up with a story line in present times. Based on the life of Vlad the Impaler and his family lineage, John Davies inserts the paranormal and the supernatural to give birth to a new type of monster –…
The Well of Ascension is the second in Sander’s Mistborn series, a high fantasy set of books with a massive following. In this world, some people are born with the powers of allomancy – the ability to ‘burn’ metals and use them in a variety of ways. Each misting can only burn one type of…
The Final Empire is the first book in the high fantasy series Mistborn which has a dedicated cult-like following and an incredibly high readership. Six full novels are out in the series with a seventh to be published soon. I’ve seen the number of reads and reviews the series boasts on GoodReads and truth be told,…
After its release in 2012, The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey has won a bevy of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2013), The Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut (2013), and a GoodReads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction (2012), among many others. This modern fairy tale is as haunting as…
The Vampire Gaytooth is not your average story about vampires. The main character is Rodger, who aptly calls himself Gaytooth, who has a clever take on his vampirism (fangs) and his sexual preference (guys). He is, in fact, a most unusual vampire. He does not require human blood to feed or need to completely…
This is what I love. Finding an indie novel that is so stunning, it simply blows me away. Dregs of the Culver Waste is a dark fantasy series and it begins with Sand and Scrap. With a highly sophisticated plot sequence and a practiced hand for writing, Christopher Sendrowski has turned me into an instant fan. Pine Fire Publishing…
I got the chance to check out Book One in the urban fantasy M Series – M In The Demon Realm by Mark William Hammond. This novella is fast paced and filled with supernatural creatures who break free from hell to invade Manhattan. One reluctant protagonist stands in their way. Createspace | January, 2014 |…
Here’s a gem that’s been out for over twenty years but one that I’ve just now finished for the first time. Admittedly, I’ve never seen the musical which is probably a good thing – like reading the book before you see the movie. But for those of you who haven’t read it and even if…