Book Haul Post: The Plague of Swords Edition
UPDATE: My review has now been posted. I’m in the middle of an eight day stretch during which I will take 11 flights and I have a shuttle scheduled to leave for an airport in 10 minutes (not sure...
View ArticleReview of The Plague of Swords by Miles Cameron
It was the false dawn; the time when old people die, when hopes fail, and when ambuscades lose their nerve, when men call out and wives comfort them. Cameron is telling one hell of a story. The Plague...
View ArticleReview of Steeplejack by A.J. Hartley
I don’t read much YA. If there is much as good as Steeplejack out there, I need to read a lot more. Steeplejack follows a 17-year-old chimney repairer turned private investigator in a fantasy South...
View ArticleGiveaway! And Review of Firebrand by A.J. Hartley
I was all kinds of impressed by Hartley’s Steeplejack. Firebrand improves on it. Hartley is more confident in his story, his setting, and his characters, and it shows. Ang Sutonga is back as a private...
View ArticleThe Traitor Son Cycle is the Perfect Hair of the Dog for your Game of Thrones...
Suffering from a Game of Thrones hangover after that shocking season 7 finale? Theorizing about the final season too bitter a salve when the wait might be well over a year? Looking for something with...
View ArticleThe Fall of Dragons Ends a Great Fantasy Series with a Bloody, Alien Bang
Is there anything left I can say about The Traitor Son Cycle that I haven’t already said? After all, I have already posted reviews of the first, second, third, and fourth books, and I posted a pitch...
View ArticleThe Tethered Mage is an excellent fantasy debut, if a little YA for my tastes
The Tethered Mage is an excellent fantasy debut, if a little YA for my tastes. It benefits tremendously from a rich, Venetian-inspired setting, a well-crafted plot, and two strong leads. Heiress...
View ArticleFriday Face-Off: Medieval Cover
It’s 4am, another semester is on the books, and I am awake. Why not crack open a beer and participate in Friday Face-Off? This week’s theme is: “Those darling bygone times… with their delicious...
View ArticleCan’t Wait Wednesday: Guardian by A.J. Hartley
One of my more delightful discoveries last year was the Steeplejack series by A.J. Hartley. A “steeplejack” is a craftsman who repairs chimneys, church steeples, and the like. In a 19th-century...
View ArticleThe Traitor Son Cycle is the Perfect Hair of the Dog for your Game of Thrones...
Originally posted on Every Day Should Be Tuesday: Suffering from a Game of Thrones hangover after that shocking season 7 finale? Theorizing about the final season too bitter a salve when the wait...
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Review of Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger
I almost bailed early on Steel Crow Saga. It didn’t wind up blowing on me, but it did grow on me. I’m glad I didn’t bail. Steel Crow Saga is sort of a secondary world, fantasy version of the Asia...
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The Lions of Al-Rassan is the Rare Single-Volume Epic
Guy Gavriel Kay has given us a true epic in a single volume in The Lions of Al-Rassan. It is a thinly veiled retelling of El Cid and the Reconquista, albeit altered and compressed (the reconquest of...
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