Valor of the Healer by Angela Highland is epic fantasy set in a robust world. I’d been looking for a book like this for a while and once I started reading, I found it difficult to stop. The three main characters had distinct voices and each called to me to finish their story. Of course,ContinueContinue reading “Review: Valor of the Healer by Angela Highland”
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Review: Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf by R.A. Salvatore
There are nearly thirty books in the Legend of Drizzt and a number of side ventures. When you get this far into a series, spoilers are inevitable. So if you’re not familiar with the legend, much of the content of Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf will confound, and perhaps ruin you for everything that comesContinueContinue reading “Review: Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf by R.A. Salvatore”
Review: Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
Thorn Bathu is touched by Mother War. She has dedicated her life to learning to fight so that she might avenge her father, who duelled the infamous Grom-gil-Gorm, Breaker of Swords, and lost. A terrible accident mars her last test, however, and she is branded murderer instead of warrior. Her sentence: death! Brand is touchedContinueContinue reading “Review: Half the World by Joe Abercrombie”
Review: Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin
During the first Opium War, China suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the British Royal Navy. The treaty that followed led to rebellion uprising against an already unpopular regime. In her novel Gunpowder Alchemy, Jeannie Lin reimagines this period of 1842, introducing steampunk elements. She hasn’t altered history (just yet). The Qing NavyContinueContinue reading “Review: Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin”
Review: Gemini Cell by Myke Cole
The movie Lone Survivor was my introduction to what a U.S. Navy SEAL is. Before then, I had a vague idea they were something like Marines in wetsuits. I realise I’m denting my own credibility here, but not all of us know everything there is to know about every branch of the military and thereContinueContinue reading “Review: Gemini Cell by Myke Cole”
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