Book Review – Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell
In my continuing quest to read everything Ridan Publishing produces I thought I’d take a look at Nathan Lowell’s Quarter Share, part of the Solar Clipper Trader Tales series of science fiction books. When I first mentioned that I was planning on reading it Nathan got in touch and warned me that pretty [...]
Book Review: The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J Sullivan
Note: The Crown Conspiracy is the first book in Michael J Sullivan’s six book series The Riyria Revelations. I’m writing this after reading all the way up until book five and this review is for the Crown Conspiracy as part of the wider series. I’d almost given up reading fantasy by people not named Terry [...]
Book Review: When The Hero Comes Home edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood
When The Hero Comes Home edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood, was a real surprise. I expected it to be good, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as moving as it was. This is a perfect example of how an anthology of stories should work, individual tales tied together by a cohesive theme. [...]
Book Review: Confessions Of A Freelance Penmonkey By Chuck Wendig
*UPDATED WITH WINNERS* Yes, I said winners. I chose one comment at random (actually my cat did. She knocked over the hat full of numbers and in the end there was only one left in it). I also picked one because it contained the bit of advice I wish I’d gotten. Actually I did get [...]
Book Review: Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig
Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig My rating: 5 of 5 stars Irregular Creatures is a collection of short stories from self described freelance pen monkey Chuck Wendig. Each of the stories features a different strange creature, including (but not limited to) flying cats, mermaids, aliens and radioactive monkeys. You heard me. My favorite was the [...]
Book Review: Be A Sex Writing Strumpet by Stacia Kane
I needed this book. I was in dire straights with my sex scenes and too embarrassed to write them properly. As I’ve said before, I’m no prude, but I felt like I was airing someone else’s dirty laundry and it just seemed wrong. Thanks to Stacia Kane, I can say that I’m no longer cringing [...]
Book Review: Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow My rating: 5 of 5 stars Night Shift is Urban Fantasy gone hardcore. Protagonist Jill Kismet runs and guns her way through so many of Hell’s denizens you wonder why the Hellbreed ever stick their heads above the ground at all. Jill is a hunter, a human trained to lay [...]
Book Review: Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane
Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane My rating: 5 of 5 stars Unholy Magic is the follow up to Unholy Ghosts, and part two of Stacia Kane’s urban fantasy series. I thought City Of Ghosts was excellent, everything an urban fantasy should be. Unholy Magic is better. The plot follows Church debunker Chess Putnam as sh [...]
Yet another review, Horns by Joe Hill
I have reviewed again. I cannot be stopped. This time it was Joe Hill’s excellent novel Horns. I should warn you that the review has some mild spoilers in it, so if you want to remain unspoiled, that i not the review for you. In other news I seem to be writing every day still, [...]
Review of Geist by Philippa Ballantine
I have another review up and ready to go, this time for Philippa Ballantine’s Geist. You can hear my thoughts (as well as my Cro-Magnon alter ego Thag’s thoughts) on it here.
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