Sharpen your axes and raise your horns people! This week’s review is for Northern Wrath, the first part of the Hanged God trilogy, by Thilde Kold Holdt. Vikings, gods and monsters meet in this epic tale of vengeance and bloodshed. This fair and unbiased review was conducted with gratitude for the advance reader copy of… Read More Book Review: Northern Wrath, by Thilde Kold Holdt
For my review this week, I’m once again journeying into Ingland with the friendliest guide in the world. That’s right, it’s The Trials of Koli, by M.R. Carey, the second part of the Rampart trilogy. Thanks to its publisher, Orbit, for the free electronic copy of the book which I received in exchange for this… Read More Book Review: The Trials of Koli, by M.R. Carey
For Music Monday this week, I thought I would celebrate the paperback release of Adrian J. Walker’s The Human Son by reminding you all how great it is, as well as picking an album to go with it. Music Monday is a weekly meme created by Drew at The Tattooed Book Geek, and this is… Read More Music Monday: The Human Son, by Adrian J. Walker
This week, I’m reviewing The Sentient, by Nadia Afifi. Cloning, conspiracies and consciousness certainly gave me plenty of food for thought with this one. This fair and unbiased review was conducted with gratitude for the free electronic copy of the book which I received from the publisher, Flame Tree Press. This review contains an affiliate… Read More Book Review: The Sentient, by Nadia Afifi
It returns. The feature that I had an absolute blast writing before, which saw this little blog chosen as blog of the day by The Write Reads (huge thanks to them for the support). Yes, it’s back, so without further ado, here are five more fictional places I think we can all agree are pretty… Read More You Wouldn’t Want to Live There: Part 2
I feel like Music Monday should have its own jaunty jingle. I’m not saying I should attempt to come up with one, because it would be horrible and probably cause bleeding out of the ears, but someone should really get on that. Anyway, for today (in this adapted meme created by Drew at The Tattooed… Read More Music Monday: The Phlebotomist, by Chris Panatier
For my review this week, I decided to try an author I’d heard lots about, but had never read anything by before – Alastair Reynolds. As Permafrost is a novella, it seemed like the perfect way to dip a toe in the water. Did I like it, or did it leave me cold? Read on… Read More Book Review: Permafrost, by Alastair Reynolds
