REVIEW: An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard
An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard seems like a straightforward dark magic story, but it is anything but. If you are just reading the description of this story, on the surface it looks...
REVIEW: Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade
Kel Kade’s book, Fate of the Fallen, is a book of tropes turned on their head and flipped all around. For example, how many books have you read about a small-town farming boy (and his...
10 Graphic Novels to Get You Started in the Genre
Comic books and, by extension, graphic novels (long-form comic books) were at one time the domain of the great unwashed. They were populated only by the geeks, the nerds, the weirdos, and outcasts. It...
REVIEW: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel takes the best parts of the dystopian science fiction and fantasy genre and does one thing most books can’t, give the reader hope. Generally, In speculative fiction, I...
REVIEW: Chasing Graves by Ben Galley
Ben Galley’s epic story, Chasing Graves is the quintessential grimdark fantasy: Dark and brooding characters, check. Inhospitable political climate, check. Violence, check. Fantastic plot, check. The world-building is exceptional. Galley has created a city...
REVIEW: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso
Bitch, Queen, whore, warrior, wife, and mother: In The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso, Talyien aren dar Orenar is all of these and so much more. K.S. Villoso’s debut novel and the first novel of...
REVIEW: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s uber anticipated sequel to his 1977 horror novel The Shining was in almost all ways, worth the wait. Fifty pages into Doctor Sleep, my only thought was “my god, King...
REVIEW: Invasive by Chuck Wendig
Invasive by Chuck Wendig makes me hate ants. Every year, and it seems no matter what part of the country I live in, these evil creatures invade my home. They find every nook and...
REVIEW: Misery by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King is a novel about pain, obsession, and writing. Paul Sheldon, the stories protagonist, is 42. He is a celebrity writer, twice married and divorced, drinker and smoker, and he is in...
REVIEW: The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold is a fantasy novel about sin, redemption, and hope. The story follows a man-for-hire named Fetch Phillips. Fetch is a human working in a town full...
