The fourth instalment in the Singing Hills series – warning, may cause ugly crying. Continue reading
Category Archives: Fantasy
Book review: The Atlas Paradox
Bloody hell, this wasn’t worth it. I should have realised that after the first one, the second wouldn’t be much better. But boy, it could still fill a lot of pages with a lot of nothingness. And also, spoilers below, sorry. It’s so infuriating I have to. I’m not sure I’ve read a book where … Continue reading
Book review: The Atlas Six
I bought The Atlas Six because I accidentally bought the sequel first. And I’m more than slightly annoyed by this, because the ending of this book was so underwhelming. It’s like they ere’chopped off any kind of ending or build up to something happening. There is a major thing that happens, but it’s way earlier … Continue reading
Book review: Piranesi
I know I am several years late to the party, but what a great novel! I can see why it won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and got all the accolades it did. So for of those of you who missed it during the hype and wondered if it it’s good, it definitely is! It’s … Continue reading
Book review: Black Sun
Oh man, I’m really 3 for 3 of the last fiction books on my to-read shelf being, well, not for me. I really enjoyed the previous novels from Rebecca Roanhorse but I found Black Sun lacking. I also somewhat resented the structure of the book, but we’ll get into that. So, the setting is the … Continue reading
Book review: Stone Blind
Stone Blind is the story of Medusa, of Gorgon fame. The plot revolves around the various mortals, gods and goddesses that are involved in her ultimate beheading by Perseus. Unlike A Thousand Ships (another book by Natalie Haynes), this one has a fairly irreverent tone. The gods and goddesses are always whining, as are some … Continue reading
Book review: Hall of Smoke
The main plot revolves around Hessa, a disgraced warrior-priestess of the goddess Eang. But the larger struggle is between the old gods and new gods, which Hessa get’s all tied up in. Continue reading
Book review: Phoenix Extravagant
he main story involves an occupying force (the Razanei) and the territory they occupy (Hwaguk). But there’s tension, rebels as well as the mysterious ‘Westerners’ who the Razanei perceive as a threat. Continue reading
Book review: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
The premise sounded fun, there’s a part of the government which is basically a coven of witches, who deal with supernatural threats to the realm. There’s something on the horizon, but clearly that just turns out to be prejudice. Continue reading
Book review: The Cage of Dark Hours
The Cage of Dark Hours is the sequel to the fantastic The Helm of Midnight. Both several of the main characters from that book take centre stage again in this one – namely Thibaut (casual thief, male companion and sometime spy) and Krona, now captain of the Regulators (the magical police force.) Continue reading
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