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Book review: The Cartographers
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Book review: The Cartographers

Posted on March 26, 2022 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The plot is fairly straightforward: There is unresolved business between estranged father and daughter, Daniel and Nell, after he is found dead at his desk Continue reading →

Book review: The Beautiful Ones
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Book review: The Beautiful Ones

Posted on March 18, 2022 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

This book takes place in a world similar to ours, around the turn of the 20th century. However, sometimes people have telekinetic powers, including the two main characters of the novel, Nina and Hector. While Hector can demonstrate his powers in front of paying audiences, for a woman like Nina, it’s frowned upon. Continue reading →

Book review: A Master of Djinn
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Book review: A Master of Djinn

Posted on December 23, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

For those of you not familiar with the world, it’s set in the early 20th century, in a world where the veil between the world of Djinn and other supernatural beings, and the world as we know it, as been breached. Egypt has become a world power and Djinn incorporate into Egyptian life. Continue reading →

Book review: Monstrous Design
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Book review: Monstrous Design

Posted on August 23, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The sequel finds the Battalion Des Morts split up, half in England and half in France, trying to undermine their enemies and rescue Olympe. Continue reading →

Book review: The Helm of Midnight
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Book review: The Helm of Midnight

Posted on June 5, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The previous books I’ve read by Marina Lostetter were science fiction, so was intrigued by her fantasy novel. I had high hopes for The Helm of Midnight as the Noumenon series was so richly crafted and I enjoyed the universe so much. Continue reading →

Once and Future
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Once and Future

Posted on April 24, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

So for those of you that don’t know, this novel was a retelling of the Arthurian legends, but through the lens of the 42nd reincarnation of Arthur. Continue reading →

Book review: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
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Book review: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

Posted on February 4, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The whole novella is centred around the relationship of Scholar Dieu and a tiger (who can turn into a human, it works okay) named Ho Thi Tao. Continue reading →

Book review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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Book review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Posted on January 18, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

So what’s it about. At its heart is a Faustian bargain: Addie gives her soul to an old god in exchange for time and freedom. She’s in 18th century France and about to be shipped off to marry the town widower and it’s not what she wants for her life Continue reading →

Book review: Silk and Steel
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Book review: Silk and Steel

Posted on December 17, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

This was a kickstartered anthology (which I contributed to), which takes the speculative tropes of a man rescuing a woman (and them falling for each other), but in this case they are both women. Continue reading →

Book review: The City We Became
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Book review: The City We Became

Posted on December 1, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The plot is basically cities are ‘born’, in that the accrue enough history, myths and legends that they pierce through different realities to become a living breathing thing, with a human avatar that becomes its champion. Continue reading →

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