My take is both a warning and a promise to prospective readers. For the very reasons I found this tome of fantasy to be right up my alley may be reasons for others to try something else. See my full review at SFFInsiders.com
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Well, Well, Well did an excellent job of keeping me guessing about the nature of the dream. One moment I was convinced of one thing and the next I didn’t know what to think.
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The prose is practically poetic compensating for shortcomings that can be found.…the act of reading even the most mundane of passages is simply enjoyable.
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Leon Stevens’ ‘Euphrates Vanished’ is a short engaging read that offers an opportunity to reset your emotional odometer while contemplating that next big chonky scifi or fantasy tome. Stevens has the knack for setting the reader up with a puzzle to be solved. Full Review at SFF Insiders: Euphrates Vanished Review
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Flowing prose, a nose for excellent timing and story beats accompanied by vivid descriptive styling makes for a page turning read that is over all too soon. Book two will be on my to-be-read list.
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Murder breeds magic. What would you do in a world where killing increased your power?
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Bloodwoven’s monsters, the untethered, are creepy, powerful &ruthlessly violent. The imagery was sublime enough that I might have had a childhood night terror.
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Anticipated release April 2024 K. Aagard’s debut, The Hunter, is a welcome addition to the fantasy universe of tales. A third POV, character driven, adult fantasy with flavors of found family (of sorts), coming of age/self-discovery, friendship, sacrifices and betrayal. The medium magic system employed is intriguing with significant consequences for the magic
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This is not my usual type of reading. If it wasn’t for X (Twitter), I would not have tumbled onto this one. I’m glad that I did. I found myself immediately plunged into Harper’s, our protagonist, head, heart, confusion and grief. Struggling to deal with the death of her mother, a crumbling marriage and
Chair Repair and Other Ways to Die – Jody Wenner Read More »
A shared tragic event sets complete strangers upon a journey of self discovery where each of them will find purchase and direction in the relationships they develop with each other in the aftermath. I asked Jody how A MATTER OF COURSE came to be: “This story just came out of me feeling really sick
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